European Parliament elections were held in Greece on 7 June 2009 to elect the 22 Greek members of the European Parliament. Members were elected by party-list proportional representation with a 3% electoral threshold. The number of seats allocated to Greece was reduced from 24 to 22, as a result of new member states joining the European Union (EU). Consistent with EU-wide rules, Greek citizens resident in another of the 26-member states were permitted to vote in the place where they currently reside.

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2009 European Parliament election in Greece

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22 seats in the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader George Papandreou Kostas Karamanlis Aleka Papariga Party PASOK ND KKE Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL Last election 34.03%, 8 seats 43.01%, 11 seats 9.48%, 3 seats Seats won 8 8 2 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 1,879,229 1,656,085 428,151 Percentage 36.65% 32.30% 8.35% Swing 2.62pp 10.71pp 1.13pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Georgios Karatzaferis Alexis Tsipras 6-member committee Party LAOS Syriza OP Alliance EFD GUE/NGL Greens/EFA Last election 4.12%, 1 seat 4.16%, 1 seat 0.67%, 0 seats Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 366,616 240,971 178,960 Percentage 7.15% 4.70% 3.49 Swing 3.03pp 0.54pp 2.82pp

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On 24 May, the Greek Court of Cassation, the country's supreme court, accepted the applications of 27 of the 33 parties which applied to contest the elections. It banned six parties from participating:

• Alternative Ecologists
• Party of Responsible Citizenship
• Dimokratiki
• Party of Uprising Pensioners of Greece
• Panagriarian Workers Movement
• Political Greek-European Animal-Loving Movement
• Animal-Loving Ecologists of Greece

In addition, the court ruled that the following parties could not participate as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left:

• Democratic Social Movement
• Movement of Active Citizens
• Movement for the United in Action Left
• Kokkino
• Xekinima
• Ecosocialists of Greece
• ROZA

A judicial dispute ensued, when Drassi filed a petition before the Council of State to annul the ministerial decision, through which the time for political advertising spots on the radio and television would be allocated, since it disproportionately favoured established parties. A preliminary ruling sent the dispute to the Council of State's plenary session, which will hear the petition for annulment on 25 September 2009.

• Gemenis, Kostas (2013). Election Report—Winning Votes and Weathering Storms: The 2009 European and Parliamentary Elections in Greece. Routledge. pp. 99–108. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)