Parliament
New Democracy holds 156 of 300
The Hellenic Parliament's group page lists 156 New Democracy members, five above the 151 needed for a majority.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Greece
The seat map is the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. It shows 300 seats: New Democracy 156, Independent members 50, PASOK – Movement for Change 36, Communist Party of Greece 21, Greek Solution 11, SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance 11, Niki (Victory) 8, Course of Freedom 5. A majority of 300 is 151. Seats have moved a lot since 2023: SYRIZA fell from 47 to 11 after splits, and 50 members now sit as independents. ELAS, Alexis Tsipras's new party, polls second but has no parliamentary group. The next election is due by 25 July 2027. Vote shares are from the 25 June 2023 election result. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Key takeaways
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Parliament. New Democracy holds the most seats: 156 of 300 (52%). A majority needs 151.
- 2
Headlines. The tone is steady: 6% of the last 4 days' headlines read grim, 13% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (13%).
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Government. Government barometer 65/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
Headline mood · 4 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 8 stories · neutral1 upbeat · 6 neutral · 1 grim
What the headlines are about
- Other 56%
- Politics 13%
- Security 13%
- Society 13%
- Economy 3%
- Climate 3%
A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.
Who holds the seats · Hellenic Parliament
300 seats · 151 for a majority (line)
New Democracy
156 seats · 52% · a majority alone
156 of 300 seats. The Hellenic Parliament's group page lists 156 New Democracy members on 22 October 2026, down from 158 won in June 2023 with 40.56 percent. GPO for iefimerida printed 29.4 percent on 16–19 October 2026.
Map · mood compared
Greece
Overall mood: 6% grim, 13% upbeat · today +0
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 8 stories (average 8); tone grimmer than usual.
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300 seats, and New Democracy holds 156.
The seat map is the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. It shows 300 seats: New Democracy 156, Independent members 50, PASOK – Movement for Change 36, Communist Party of Greece 21, Greek Solution 11, SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance 11, Niki (Victory) 8, Course of Freedom 5. A majority of 300 is 151. Seats have moved a lot since 2023: SYRIZA fell from 47 to 11 after splits, and 50 members now sit as independents. ELAS, Alexis Tsipras's new party, polls second but has no parliamentary group. The next election is due by 25 July 2027. Vote shares are from the 25 June 2023 election result. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.
The room
Hellenic Parliament
300 seats · 151 to govern alone · New Democracy 156
The deal
One party holds 156 of 300 seats
151 seats are a majority of 300. New Democracy governs alone with 156. The six opposition groups have 92 together, 50 members sit as independents, and the group page does not list 2 seats.
The mood
Election vs now
The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 300. They are different counts.
- ND29.4%
- Independents0.0%
- PASOK13.1%
- KKE9.4%
- Greek Solution8.5%
- SYRIZA2.0%
- Niki1.5%
- Course of Freedom4.7%
The first point is the 25 June 2023 election. The next three are the October 2026 polls by Alco for Flash, Marc for ANT1 and GPO for iefimerida, as the outlets published them. The poll shares include undecided respondents, so they are lower than vote shares. Greek polls also list ELAS, the new party of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, at 15.7 to 16.4 percent; it has no parliamentary group yet, so it is not a line here.
The trend
From election night to now
Public pollster blend — not a forecast
The split
Seat share beside the vote share
The right bar is seats divided by 300. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.
The mismatch
Seats they hold vs the poll
The seat bar is seats divided by 300. The other bar is the GPO poll for iefimerida of 16–19 October 2026.
The rude gauge
Growth king or a fight with work
Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 65 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.
Against the workBuilderGrowth king
Full causal chains live on every promise
This week
The pulse
Polls
GPO: ND first at 29.4 percent
GPO for iefimerida put New Democracy at 29.4 percent, ELAS at 15.7 and PASOK at 13.1. The election is due by 25 July 2027.
Politics 101
How this country actually works
What this chamber drawing is
300 seats. 151 to govern alone.
The seat map is the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. It shows 300 seats: New Democracy 156, Independent members 50, PASOK – Movement for Change 36, Communist Party of Greece 21, Greek Solution 11, SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance 11, Niki (Victory) 8, Course of Freedom 5. A majority of 300 is 151. Seats have moved a lot since 2023: SYRIZA fell from 47 to 11 after splits, and 50 members now sit as independents. ELAS, Alexis Tsipras's new party, polls second but has no parliamentary group. The next election is due by 25 July 2027. Vote shares are from the 25 June 2023 election result. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Who holds the offices this desk names
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister; Kostis Hatzidakis, Vice President of the Government.
Office holders come from the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.
How foreigners are seen
Openness in Greece
Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.
Who's welcomed
Share of adults in Greece with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2016
MIPEX, 2024
What expats say
InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.
- Ease of settling in14 of 46
- Culture and welcome11 of 46
- Local friendliness12 of 46
- Finding friends16 of 46
In plain words
- Expats ranked Greece 14 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 11.
- Of the 3 countries Pew asked about here, China drew the most favourable opinions (56%, 2025).
- Favourable opinions of Russia went from 52% in 2018 to 38% in 2025 (Pew).
Sources and method
Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 11, 2025), Q3a opinion of the United States · checked 2026-10-19
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (July 15, 2025), Q3b opinion of China · checked 2026-10-19
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 23, 2025), Q3f opinion of Russia · checked 2026-10-19
- InterNations, Expat Insider 2025 survey report: The Complete Ease of Settling In Index (46 destinations, 10,000+ respondents) · checked 2026-10-19
- Gallup, 2016
- MIPEX, 2024
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Pay
The Ministry of Labour states that Ministerial Decision 8934/27.3.2026 set the minimum salary for white-collar workers at €920 a month and the blue-collar daily wage at €41.09, both from 1 April 2026.
Ministry of Labour and Social Security, minimum wage, 2026-03-27 Source
Taxes
The summary gives a standard rate of 24 percent, a reduced rate of 13 percent and a super-reduced rate of 6 percent. The rates are 30 percent lower on some smaller Aegean islands.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Greece, other taxes, 2026-09-08 Source
Business
The standard corporate income tax rate is 22 percent. Credit institutions in the deferred-tax-asset regime pay 29 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Greece, taxes on corporate income, 2026-09-08 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): Greek City Times, X, ERTnews, To Vima (English), Πρώτο Θέμα.
- The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 300. They are different counts.
- Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.
Survey sources
- Greece — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Greece at 3.34. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
- Greece — MIPEX overall score 2024: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Greece country page. The block headed 2024 prints “MIPEX Score (with Health): 49” and the label “Equality on paper”. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.
Image credits
- New Democracy mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- PASOK – Movement for Change mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Communist Party of Greece mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Greek Solution mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Niki (Victory) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Course of Freedom mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Independent members mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Flag of Greece — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers
FAQ
Questions the desk actually answers
- Is the Greece desk live on Nation Runner?
- Yes. It draws the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026, the 25 June 2023 election result, and the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
- Which culture figures does the Greece desk show?
- Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Greece in 2016 (3.34 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 49, with 2024 printed beside that score. No Pew row for Greece is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
- Does the money tab score political donations in Greece?
- No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this
Seats: the Hellenic Parliament's per-group seat page, read on 22 October 2026. Votes: the 25 June 2023 election result. Ballot support: Alco for Flash, 8–13 Oct 2026; Marc for ANT1, 12–14 Oct 2026; GPO for iefimerida, 16–19 Oct 2026. Offices: the CIA's World Leaders list for Greece, last updated 23 April 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index block headed 2024.