List of political parties in Greece
Encyclopedia
The characteristic Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 political system is the two-party system
Two-party system
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties...

. The dominant parties are New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

 and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

. A party needs to surpass a 3% threshold in the popular vote in order to enter parliament under the current electoral system. In the last Parliamentary elections
Greek legislative election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. An election was not required until September 2011.On 2 September Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced he would request President Karolos Papoulias to dissolve Parliament and call an election...

, held in 2009, five parties entered parliament: New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

 (ND), the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

 (PASOK), the Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

 (KKE), the Coalition of the Radical Left
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left , commonly known by its Greek abbreviation ΣΥΡΙΖΑ , is a coalition of left political parties in Greece...

 (SYRIZA) and the Popular Orthodox Rally
Popular Orthodox Rally
The Popular Orthodox Rally or The People's Orthodox Rally , often abbreviated to ΛΑ.Ο.Σ as a pun on the Greek word for people, is a Greek party. According to its political program LA.O.S...

 (LA.O.S.).

Parties represented in the current Parliament and European Parliament

Name Ideology Leader MPs
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

MEPs
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...

Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...


Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα
PA.SO.K.
ΠΑ.ΣΟ.Κ.
Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

George Papandreou
George Papandreou
Georgios A. Papandreou , commonly anglicised to George and shortened to Γιώργος in Greek, is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece following his party's victory in the 2009 legislative election...

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New Democracy
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...


Νέα Δημοκρατία
N.D.
Ν.Δ.
Liberal conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different...

Antonis Samaras
Antonis Samaras
Antonis Samaras is a Greek economist and politician who has been leader of New Democracy, Greece's major conservative party and main opposition party, since 2009. A Member of Parliament for Messenia, he was Minister of Finance in 1989, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and again...

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Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...


Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
Κ.Κ.Ε.
Κ.Κ.Ε.
Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

Aleka Papariga
Aleka Papariga
Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a communist Greek politician who has served the Communist Party of Greece as its General Secretary since 1991. She is the first woman to head a political party in Greece.- Early years :...

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Popular Orthodox Rally
Popular Orthodox Rally
The Popular Orthodox Rally or The People's Orthodox Rally , often abbreviated to ΛΑ.Ο.Σ as a pun on the Greek word for people, is a Greek party. According to its political program LA.O.S...


Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός
LA.O.S.
ΛΑ.Ο.Σ.
National conservatism
National conservatism
National conservatism is a political term used primarily in Europe to describe a variant of conservatism which concentrates more on national interests than standard conservatism as well as upholding cultural and ethnic identity, while not being outspokenly nationalist or supporting a far-right...

Georgios Karatzaferis
Georgios Karatzaferis
Georgios Karatzaferis is a Greek politician, a member of the Hellenic Parliament and the president of the Popular Orthodox Rally. Previously, Karatzaferis was a member of parliament of the liberal-conservative New Democracy party, from which he was expelled in 2000...

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Coalition of the Radical Left
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left , commonly known by its Greek abbreviation ΣΥΡΙΖΑ , is a coalition of left political parties in Greece...


Συνασπισμός της Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς
SY.RIZ.A.
ΣΥ.ΡΙΖ.Α.
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...


Anti-capitalism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-capitalism describes a wide variety of movements, ideas, and attitudes which oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists, in the strict sense of the word, are those who wish to completely replace capitalism with another system....

Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras is a Greek left wing politician, member of the Hellenic parliament, president of the Synaspismos political party and head of SYRIZA parliamentary group.-Early life and career:Tsipras was born July 28, 1974, in Athens....

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Democratic Left
Democratic Left (Greece)
Democratic Left is a Greek democratic socialist political party.It emerged, in June 2010, when the members of the moderate Renewal Wing platform left the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, or Synaspismos, at its 6th congress.-Principles:...


Δημοκρατική Αριστερά
DIM.AR.
ΔΗΜ.ΑΡ.
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...


Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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Democratic Alliance
Democratic Alliance (Greece)
The Democratic Alliance is a centrist-liberal political party in Greece. It was founded on 21 November 2010 by Dora Bakoyannis, a few months after she was expelled from the centre-right party New Democracy for voting in support of an European Union-International Monetary Fund backed financial...


Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία
DI.SI.
ΔΗ.ΣΥ.
Centrism
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...


Liberalism
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

Dora Bakoyannis
Dora Bakoyannis
Dora Bakoyannis , born Theodora Mitsotaki , is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in...

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Panhellenic Citizen Chariot
Panhellenic Citizen Chariot
Panhellenic Citizen Chariot is a Greek democratic socialist political party.The party was formed by two MEPs of PASOK, Giannis Dimaras and Vasilis Oikonomou. On October 20, 2011 Vasilis Oikonomou decided to form his own movement under the name "Free Citizens"....


Πανελλήνιο Άρμα Πολιτών
P.A.P.
Π.Α.Π.
Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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Free Citizens
Free Citizens
Free Citizens is a political party, that was founded in November 2011 from the independent deputy Vasilis Oikonomou, which had voted “present” in the voting for the memorandum and afterwards was erased by the parliamentary team of PASOK, and other 250 individuals that withdrew from the political...


Ελεύθεροι Πολίτες
EL.PO.
ΕΛ.ΠΟ.
Social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

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Ecologist Greens
Ecologist Greens
The Ecologist Greens are a Greek Green ecologist political party. It has existed since 2002, yet the ecologist movement in Greece dates many years and was characterised by a reluctance to actively become involved in the political scene...


Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι
O.P.
Ο.Π.
Green politics
Green politics
Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...

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Minor parties

  • Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
    Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow
    The Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left, in Greek Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow is a coalition of radical left political organisations in Greece. The Greek word antarsia means "mutiny"...

      - ANT.AR.SY.A. (Communist, Revolutionary Socialist, Anti-capitalist, Eco-socialist)
  • ASPIDA - , formed in January 2006 to represent the Greek Roma community)
  • Communist Organization of Greece
    Communist Organization of Greece
    The Communist Organization of Greece is a left-wing Greek political party of Maoist origins that was founded in 2003. The KOE's ideology is revolutionary Marxism, supporting Marxist ideology with all the historical experience of the Communist Movement....

      - Κ.Ο.Ε. (Communist Left)
  • Communist Organization "Redeployment" (Greek
    Greek language
    Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

    : Κομμουνιστική Οργάνωση "Ανασύνταξη") (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Communist Party of Greece (marxist-leninist)  (Maoist Left)
  • Democratic Social Movement
    Democratic Social Movement
    The Democratic Social Movement is a Greek democratic socialist political party...

      - DI.K.KI. (Democratic Socialist)
  • Democratic Revival
    Democratic Revival
    The Democratic Revival is a populist political party in Greece, initially founded in 2004 by Stelios Papathemelis. It was deactivated after its leader participated in the legislative elections of 2004 with New Democracy and was elected MP.The party was reactivated in March 2007...

      (Populist)
  • Democrats  (Centrist)
  • Drasi
    Drasi
    Drasi is a minor Greek political party.Founded in 2009, it is led by former government minister Stefanos Manos. Unlike Manos's previous party, it was not founded as a liberal party, but espouses "common sense" as an ideological basis....

      (Liberal Centrist)
  • Ecologists Greece
    Ecologists Greece
    Ecologist Greece is a Greek political party that was founded in 1988. It is currently led by Konstantinos Papanikolas....

      (Green)
  • Fighting Socialist Party of Greece
    Fighting Socialist Party of Greece
    The Fighting Socialist Party of Greece , , is a leftwing Greek political party founded in February 1984.The main core of its founding cadres consisted of members of the organisation committee of PASOK, who immediately after the Greek parliamentary elections in 1981, after which PASOK came to power,...

      - A.S.K.E. (Socialist)
  • Greek Ecologists (Green Politics)
  • Golden Dawn
    Hrisi Avgi
    Golden Dawn is a Greek nationalistic far right-wing political organization led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos in Greece. It is frequently characterized as Neo-Nazi and as opposing democracy, immigration, multiculturalism, Marxism, globalization, liberalism, anti-militarism, anarchism, Judaism and Islam...

      - Hrisi Avgi (Nationalist - National Socialist)
  • Liberal Alliance
    Liberal Alliance (Greece)
    The Liberal Alliance is a liberal political party in Greece founded February of 2007. Its stated purpose is to cover the political ground between what it considers to constitute a conservative New Democracy and the socialist PASOK .The highest organ in Liberal Alliance is its congress, which...

     ( Φ.Σ.) - Fileleftheri Simmakhia FS (Liberal)
  • Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece
    Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece
    The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece better known by its acronym M-L KKE , is a Anti-Revisionist Marxist-Leninist and Maoist, communist political party in Greece....

      - M.-L. K.K.E (Maoist Left)
  • Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918-55
    Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918-55
    The Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55 , is a minor Greek political party. It is better known as Anasintaxi ....

      (Stalinist Left)
  • Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece
    Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece
    The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece , mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party known for its strong anti-Russian positions....

      - Ο.Α.Κ.Κ.Ε. (Maoist Left)
  • Party of Greek Hunters
    Party of Greek Hunters
    The Party of Greek Hunters, , is a minor Greek political party.Led by Giorgos Tsagkanelias, it advocates the rights of hunters.-Electoral results:...

     ( K.Ε.Κ.) - Κomma Ellinon Kinigon KEK (sectional interest, hunters' rights)
  • Pirate Party of Greece 
  • Renewing Communist Ecological Left
    Renewing Communist Ecological Left
    Renewing Communist Ecological Left is a political party in Greece. It was formed mostly by members of the late eurocommunist-influenced KKE Interior.In the 2000 parliamentary elections AKOA supported Synaspismos...

      - A.K.O.A. (ex-Eurocommunist)
  • Socialist Workers' Party
    Socialist Workers' Party (Greece)
    The Socialist Workers Party of Greece is an affiliate of the International Socialist Tendency . It is the second largest organisation in IST behind the Socialist Workers Party of Britain....

      - S.E.K. (Revolutionary Left)
  • Union of Centrists
    Union of Centrists
    The Union of Centrists is a political party in Greece without parliamentary representation.The party was founded by Vassilis Leventis in 1992 under the title "Union of Centrists and Ecologists". The name was changed shortly after. This party is continued by the old party Center Union.The party...

      - E.K. (UC) (Centrist Social Democrats)
  • Union of the Democratic Centre  - Enosi Dimokratiko Kentrou, E.DI.K. (Liberal / Social-Democratic)
  • Workers Revolutionary Party
    Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece)
    The Workers Revolutionary Party is a Trotskyist communist political party in Greece, taking part in the elections independently , since the departure from Radical Left Front coalition in spring of 2009 .The party's newspaper is Νέα Προοπτική The Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK: Ergatiko...

      - Ε.Ε.Κ. (Trotskyist)

Parties during the reign of King Otto (1833-1862)

  • English Party
    English Party (Greece)
    The English Party , was one of the three informal Early Greek Parties that dominated the early political history of Modern Greece, the other two being the Russian Party and the French Party.-History and party development:...

      (liberal, pro-English) (1833–1863)
  • French Party
    French Party (Greece)
    The French Party was one of the three informal Early Greek Parties that dominated the early political history of Modern Greece, the other two being the Russian and the English Party.-History and party development:...

      (liberal, pro-French) (1833–1863)
  • Russian Party
    Russian Party (Greece)
    The Russian Party , one of the Early Greek Parties, was an informal grouping of Greek political leaders that formed during the brief period of the First Hellenic Republic and lasted through the reign of King Otto...

      (conservative, pro-Russian) (1833–1863)

Parties during the reign of King George I (1863-1913)

  • Liberal Party
    Liberal Party (Greece)
    The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

      (Liberal) (1910–1961)
  • Nationalist Party
    Nationalist Party (Greece)
    The Nationalist Party of Greece was the conservative and expansionist political party from 1865-1909. It was opposed primarily by the New Party of Charilaos Trikoupis....

      - Komma Ethnikofronon, KE (conservative) (1865–1909)
  • Modernist Party  - Neoteristikon Komma, ΝΚ (Liberal) (1875–1910)

Parties during the reign of King Constantine I - George II (1913-1924)

  • Freethinkers' Party
    Freethinkers' Party (Greece)
    The Freethinkers' Party was a royalist party established by Ioannis Metaxas in 1922.The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.- Electoral results :...

     ( K.E.) - Komma Eleftherofronon (Nationalist, Royalist) (1922–1936)
  • Liberal Party
    Liberal Party (Greece)
    The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

      (Liberal) (1910–1961)
  • People's Party
    People's Party (Greece)
    The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

     ( Λ.Κ.) LK - Laiko Komma (Conservative, Royalist) (1920–1958)

Parties during the Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935)

  • Agrarian Party ( A.K.) - Agrotikon Komma AK (1926–1956)
  • Conservative Democratic Party  - Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma SDK (1932–1936)
  • Democratic Union ( Δ.E.) - Demokratiki Enosis (Liberal) (1926-?)
  • Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    The Democratic Socialist Party of Greece was a political party founded by George Papandreou in 1935.The party emerged from a split in the Liberal Party.The party was replaced in 1950 with the formation of the Georgios Papandreou Party....

      - DSK (Democratic Socialist) (1935–1950)
  • Farmers’ and Workers’ Party  - Agrotikon kai Ergatikon Komma/Agrotergatiko Komma AEK (Rural radical) (1932–1936)
  • General People's Radical Union  - Geniki Laiki Rizospastiki Enosis GLRE (??) (1932–1936)
  • Liberal Party
    Liberal Party (Greece)
    The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

      (Liberal) (1910–1961)
  • Greek National Socialist Party  - Elliniko Ethniko Sosialistiko Komma (National Socialist) (1932)
  • Jewish Political Union  - ?? (1926-?)
  • Macedonian Union ( ??) – ?? (Conservative) (1935)
  • National Radical Party ( E.Ρ.K.) - Ethnikon Rizospastikon Komma ERK (Conservative) (1932–1936)
  • National Unionist Party ( Ε.Ε.Κ.)– Ethnikon Enotikon Komma EEK (1935–1950)
  • People's Party
    People's Party (Greece)
    The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

     ( Λ.Κ.) LK - Laiko Komma (Conservative, Royalist) (1920–1958)
  • Progressive Party ( Π.Κ.) - Proodeftikon Komma PK (1928–1964, 1981)
  • Refugees' Liberal Party ( Φ.Π.Κ.) - Fileleftheron Prosfijikon Komma FPK (1926-?)
  • Union of Royalists ( EB) – Enosis Vasilikon (Monarchist-Conservative) (1935)

Parties during the restoration of King George II (1936-1946)

  • Agrarian Party ( A.K.) - Agrotikon Komma AK (1926–1956)
  • Conservative Democratic Party  - Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma SDK (1932–1936)
  • Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    The Democratic Socialist Party of Greece was a political party founded by George Papandreou in 1935.The party emerged from a split in the Liberal Party.The party was replaced in 1950 with the formation of the Georgios Papandreou Party....

      - DSK (Democratic Socialist) (1935–1950)
  • Democratic Union ( Δ.E.) - Demokratiki Enosis (Liberal) (1926-?)
  • Farmers’ and Workers’ Party  - Agrotikon kai Ergatikon Komma/Agrotergatiko Komma AEK (Rural radical) (1932–1936)
  • General People's Radical Union  - Geniki Laiki Rizospastiki Enosis GLRE (??) (1932–1936)
  • Liberal Party
    Liberal Party (Greece)
    The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

      (Liberal) (1910–1961)
  • National Party of Greece ( E.Κ.E.) - Ethnikon Komma Ellados E.K.E. (Monarchist-Conservative) (1946–1967)
  • National People's Party ( E.Λ.Κ.) - Ethniko Laiko Komma E.L.K. (1936)
  • National Political Union
    National Political Union (1946)
    The National Political Union, better known as EPE was a Greek political coalition. The coalition was founded in 1946. The coalition was made up of the Party of Venizelist Liberals, the National Unionist Party and the Democratic Socialist Party. It participated in the 1946 general election taking...

     E.P.E. ( Ε.Π.Ε.) - Ethniki Politiki Enosis, E.P.E. (Liberal) (1946)
  • National Radical Party ( E.Ρ.K.) - Ethnikon Rizospastikon Komma ERK (Conservative) (1932–1936)
  • National Unionist Party ( Ε.Ε.Κ.)– Ethnikon Enotikon Komma EEK (1935–1950)
  • People's Party
    People's Party (Greece)
    The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

     ( Λ.Κ.) LK - Laiko Komma (Conservative, Royalist) (1920–1958)
  • Progressive Party ( Π.Κ.) - Proodeftikon Komma PK (1928–1964, 1981)
  • Reform Party ( M.K.) - Metarrythmistikon Komma MK (1936)
  • Union of Agrarian Parties ( Ε.Α.Κ.) – Enosis Agrotikon Kommaton EAK (Agrarian) (1946)
  • Union of the Nationally Minded ( Ε.Ε.) – Enosis Ethnikofronon, ΕE (Monarchist-Conservative) (1946)
  • United Order of Patriot-Thinkers ( Η.Π.Ε.) – Inomeni Parataxis Ethnikofronon I.P.E. (Conservative) (1946)

Parties during the reigns of Kings Paul and Constantine II (1946-1973)

  • 4th of August Party
    4th of August Party
    The 4th of August Party was a radical Greek nationalist political party, founded in July 1965 by a group of young nationalists and led by Konstantinos Plevris...

     (Greek: Κόμμα 4ης Αυγούστου) - Κ4Α (Nationalist) (1965–1977)
  • Center Union
    Center Union
    The Centre Union was a Greek political party, created in 1961 by George Papandreou, senior.The party was elected to power in 1963, with Papandreou as Prime Minister...

      - Enosi Kentrou, E.K. (Liberal) (1961–1967)
  • Christian Democracy  - Christianikē Dēmokratia(socialist) (1963)
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
    Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
    The Communist Party of Greece, Interior , usually abbreviated as KKE Interior was a communist political party in Greece. The party was formed after a major split of the Communist Party of Greece in 1968...

      - KKE Esoterikou (Eurocommunism) (1968–1986)
  • Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    Democratic Socialist Party of Greece
    The Democratic Socialist Party of Greece was a political party founded by George Papandreou in 1935.The party emerged from a split in the Liberal Party.The party was replaced in 1950 with the formation of the Georgios Papandreou Party....

      - DSK (Democratic Socialist) (1935–1950)
  • Greek Rally
    Greek Rally
    Greek Rally , Ellinikos Synagermos ) was a Greek political party founded on 6 August 1951 by former general Alexandros Papagos. The party encompassed a broad spectrum of the royalist conservative right in Greek society and was modeled on the Charles de Gaulle's Rassemblement du Peuple Français...

     ( Ε.Σ.) - Ellinikos Synagermos E.S. (Conservative, Royalist) (1951–1956)
  • Politically Independent Camp (( Π.Α.Π.) - Politiki Anexartitos Parataxis PAP (Metaxist) (1950-?)
  • Left Liberals ( Α.Φ.) - Aristeroi Fileleutheroi AF (communist) (1950-?)
  • Liberal Democratic Center ( Φ.Δ.Κ.)– Filelefthero Dimokratiko Kentro FDK (Liberal) (1965–1966)
  • Liberal Democratic Union
    Liberal Democratic Union (Greece)
    The Liberal Democratic Union was a coalition of six Greek political parties for the elections of 1956.Its main leader was Sofoklis Venizelos. Members to the coalition were:* Republican Union* Liberal Party * United Democratic Left...

     ( Φ.Δ.Ε.) - coalition of Republican and Liberal parties (1956)
  • Liberal Party
    Liberal Party (Greece)
    The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

      (Liberal) (1910–1961)
  • Movement for Democracy and Socialism  - (socialist) (1963)
  • National Party of Greece ( E.Κ.E.) - Ethnikon Komma Ellados E.K.E. (Monarchist-Conservative) (1946–1967)
  • National Progressive Center Union
    National Progressive Center Union
    The National Progressive Center Union was a Greek political party.It was established in 1949 by General Nikolaos Plastiras and attracted a following of disappointed Liberals and left-leaning democrats. It preached a message of national conciliation, which put it in conflict with the rightist...

     ( E.Π.Ε.Κ.) – Ethniki Proodeutiki Enosi Kentrou EPEK (1952)
  • National Progressive Party ( Δ.Π.Κ.) - Dimokratiko Proodeutiko Komma DPK (1950-?)
  • National Radical Union
    National Radical Union
    The National Radical Union was a Greek political party formed in 1955 by Konstantinos Karamanlis out of the Greek Rally party....

     ( E.Ρ.E.) - Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis E.R.E. (Conservative, Royalist) (1955–1967)
  • New Party ( N.K.) - Neo Komma NK (conservative) (1950-?)
  • Pandemocratic Agrarian Front ( ??) – ?? (Socialist) (1961)
  • Party of Christian Democracy  – ?? (?) (1956)
  • Party of I. Sofianopoulos ( - Komma tou I. Sofianopoulou (communist) (1950-?)
  • Party of Progressive Liberals  - Kommatos ton Prodethikon Fileleutheron (liberal) (1950-?)
  • People's Social Party ( Λ.Κ.Κ.) – Laikon Koinonikon Komma LKK (1955)
  • Progressive Party ( Π.Κ.) - Proodeftikon Komma PK (1928–1964, 1981)
  • Progressive Rural Democratic Union  - ?? (1958)
  • Rally of Farmers and Workers ( Parataxis Agroton kai Ergazomenon) - ?? (Agrarian) (1951–1952)
  • Socialist Party-Democratic Popular Union ( Σ.Κ.-Ε.Λ.Δ.) - Sosialistiko Komma-Enosi Laikis Dimokratias SK-ELD (Communist) (1950–1952)
  • Union of the People's Party  – ?? (?) (1958)
  • United Democratic Left
    United Democratic Left
    The United Democratic Left was a political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.-Foundation:...

     ( Ε.Δ.Α. - Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera EDA (Communist) (1951–1977)

Parties during the Third Hellenic Republic (1974-present)

  • Center Union - New Forces
    Center Union - New Forces
    Centre Union – New Forces was the continuation of the Centre Union party of George Papandreou after the military junta...

      - Enosi Kentrou-Nees Dynameis (Liberal) (1974–1977)
  • Democratic Alignment ( Δ.Π.) - Dimokratiki Parataxi DP (1977)
  • Democratic Renewal
    Democratic Renewal
    Democratic Renewal was a Greek political party founded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos on September 6, 1985. It continued to exist until June 1994....

     ( DH.ANA) - Dimokratiki Ananeosi DIANA (Conservative) (1985–1994)
  • Democratic Revival
    Democratic Revival
    The Democratic Revival is a populist political party in Greece, initially founded in 2004 by Stelios Papathemelis. It was deactivated after its leader participated in the legislative elections of 2004 with New Democracy and was elected MP.The party was reactivated in March 2007...

     ( Δ.Α.) - Dimokratiki Anagenissi DA (Conservative) (2004, 2007-)
  • Front Line  - Proti Grammi (Nationalist) (1999-?)
  • Greek Left
    Greek Left
    Greek Left was a Greek leftwing political party.It emerged, in January 1987, from the split in the Communist Party of Greece into the Communist Party of Greece -Renewing Left and the Greek Left. Its ideology was Eurocommunism....

      - Elliniki Aristera (Eurocommunism) (1987–1992)
  • Hellenic Front
    Hellenic Front
    The Hellenic Front was a Greek political party with a strongly nationalist platform, founded in 1994. Its declared raison d'être is to raise national conscience and inspire freedom, creativity, and development by reversing what it sees as dependence on foreign economies and ideas...

      - Elliniko Metopo (Nationalist, Rightist) (1994–2004)
  • Hellenic Women's Political Party  - Komma Ellinidon Ginaikon (Feminist) (?-?)
  • Liberal Democratic Union-Socialist Party ( Φ.Δ.Ε.-Σ.Κ.) - ?? (1974)
  • The Liberals
    The Liberals (Greece)
    The Liberals was a liberal political party in Greece founded by Stefanos Manos in April 1999. The president suspended operations of the party in October 2001, citing economic problems and limited appeal amongst the voting public . The party participated independently in popular elections only...

      - Oi Fileleftheroi (Liberal) (1999–2004)
  • Movement of Free Citizens
    Movement of Free Citizens
    The Movement of Free Citizens , also known by its acronym KEP, was a short-lived, right-of-center political party in Greece. It was a personality-driven party, founded and led by Dimitris Avramopoulos. After resigning from the diplomatic corps in 1993, Avramopoulos began his political career within...

      - Kinima Eleftheron Politon K.E.P. (Right of Center) (2001–2002)
  • Movement for a United Communist Party of Greece
    Movement for a United Communist Party of Greece
    The Movement for a United Communist Party of Greece , was a minor Greek political organisation.The movement was established in 1993 as the union of the pro-Albanian Organisation of Marxist-Leninist Communists of Greece and exiled Greek communists from the former Soviet Union and other ex-socialist...

      (communist) (1993–1996)
  • National Alignment
    National Alignment
    National Alignment was a nationalist-conservative Greek political party that contested only the 1977 legislative election, winning 7% of the vote and five seats...

     ( Ε.Π.)- Ethniki Parataxis (E.P.) (Nationalist, Royalist) (1977)
  • National Democratic Union  - ?? (?) (1974)
  • National Political Union
    National Political Union
    The National Political Union, better known as EPEN was a Greek far-right political party. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former junta leader Georgios Papadopoulos. It participated in the 1985 general election...

     E.P.EN. ( Ε.Π.ΕΝ.) - Ethniki Politiki Enosis, E.P.EN. (Rightist, Nationalist) (1984-?)
  • Organisation of Communists Marxists-Leninists of Greece ( ΟΚΜΛΕ) (communist) (1982–1993)
  • Panhellenic Macedonian Front
    Panhellenic Macedonian Front
    The Panhellenic Macedonian Front is a political party in Greece. It was founded in May 2009 by the politician Stelios Papathemelis and professor Kostas Zouraris to run in the European Parliamentary elections of June with 22 candidates...

      (2009 - ?)
  • Party of Democratic Socialism ( ΚΟΔΗΣΟ) – Komma tou Dimokratikou Sosialismou KODISO (socialist) (1981-)
  • Patriotic Alliance
    Patriotic Alliance
    Patriotic Alliance was a short-lived Greek nationalist political party, founded in 2004...

     (Greek: Πατριωτική Συμμαχία) - Patriotiki Symmachia - PATRI.S. (Nationalist) (2004–2007)
  • Party of Hellenism  - Komma Ellinismou (Nationalist) (1984–2004)
  • Party of New Liberals
    Party of New Liberals
    The Party of New Liberals was a shortly lived liberal political party in Greece.The party was founded by Constantine Mitsotakis in 1977. It took part in only one election, that of 1977, where it obtained 1.08% of the vote and two seats in the Hellenic Parliament .The New Liberals merged into the...

     ( K.N.) – Komma ton Neofileftheron KN (Liberal) (1977–1978)
  • Peoples Democratic Unity  - LDE (1977)
  • Political Spring
    Political Spring
    Political Spring is a former Greek conservative political party founded in June 1993 by Antonis Samaras. The party was formed after Antonis Samaras broke away from the New Democracy after being dismissed as Foreign Minister over the Macedonian question....

      - POL.AN (Right-Conservative) (1993–2004)
  • Progressive Party ( Π.Κ.) - Proodeftikon Komma PK (1928–1964, 1981)
  • Radical Left Front
    Radical Left Front
    The Radical Left Front was a coalition of radical left political parties in Greece.The Radical Left Front was founded in 1999 by New Left Current , the Maoist Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece , the Trotskyist Workers Revolutionary Party , Youth of Communist Liberation , Independent...

     - ME.R.A. (Radical Left)
  • Republican Union ( Δ.Ε.) – Dimokratiki Enosis DE
  • Rainbow
    Rainbow (political party)
    The Rainbow is a political party in Greece, and a member of the European Free Alliance. It is known for its activism amongst what it regards as the Ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece and their descendants abroad...

     (Greek
    Greek language
    Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

    : Ουράνιο Τόξο Ouránio Tóxo, Slavic Macedonian
    Macedonian language
    Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

    : Виножито Vinožito)
  • Revolutionary Communist Party of Greece  – Epanastatiko Koumounistiko Komma Ellados-EKKE (communist) (1974)
  • United Democratic Left
    United Democratic Left
    The United Democratic Left was a political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.-Foundation:...

     ( Ε.Δ.Α.) - Enomeni Aristera EA (Socialist) (1951–1977)
  • United Nationalist Movement ( ΕΝ.Ε.Κ.) - Eniaio Ethnikistiko Kinima ENEK (Extreme Right) (1979-c. 1989)

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