Democratic Left (Greece)
Democratic Left Δημοκρατική Αριστερά (ΔΗΜΑΡ) Dimokratiki Aristera (DIMAR) | |
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SYRIZA (from 2019) | |
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Democratic Left (
History
Foundation
DIMAR was founded on 27 June 2010 when the Renewal Wing platform of the left-wing party Synaspismós, a component of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)—among them MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanasis Leventis, Nikos Tsoukalis, and Grigoris Psarianos—exited Synaspismós at its 6th congress. They were joined by more than 550 individuals.[10] At a subsequent national conference of the Renewal Wing, 170 members were elected to national policy committee of the new party.[11]
The first conference of DIMAR was held on 31 March – 3 April 2011. It elected Fotis Kouvelis as the party's leader with 97.31% of the vote.[12]
On 22 March 2012, six MPs from the
2012 elections and governing coalition
In the May 2012 legislative election DIMAR received 386,116 votes (6.1%) and elected 19 MPs in the Greek Parliament, making it the seventh biggest party in the Hellenic Parliament. In the June 2012 legislative election, the DIMAR won 6.3% of the vote and 17 seats, making it the sixth largest party by seat count. It joined the Samaras cabinet with New Democracy (ND) and PASOK.
In November 2012, the party decided to vote abstained/present to the labor market reform and "Midterm fiscal plan 2013-16" as part of the
In April 2013, two former Democratic Left MPs,
Back in opposition
On 21 June 2013, DIMAR left the governing coalition with ND and PASOK in protest of the unilateral closure of the state broadcasting corporation, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) which was opposed by both DIMAR and PASOK.[22] The withdrawal left Samaras with a tiny majority with 153 New Democracy/PASOK MPs.[23]
In the 2014 European elections on 25 May 2014, DIMAR's vote collapsed, with the party receiving less than one fifth of the popular support it had in the national elections two years before (1.20%, down from 6.25%) and failing to win any seats in the European Parliament.
2015 legislative elections
On 4 January 2015 DIMAR announced it would contest the upcoming election in cooperation with the
On 30 August 2015, ahead of the forthcoming September snap election, PASOK announced an electoral pact with DIMAR, named the
In the September 2015 legislative election on 20 September 2015, the PASOK–DIMAR list received 6.3% of the vote, and returned 17 seats.[28]
Opposition
DIMAR was one of the founding members of the
In April 2019, DIMAR affiliated with Syriza, ahead of the 2019 European election.[30]
Election results
Hellenic Parliament
Election | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
May 2012 | 386,394 | 6.1% | New | 19 / 300
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19 | #7 | Opposition | Fotis Kouvelis |
June 2012 | 384,986 | 6.2% | +0.1 | 17 / 300
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2 | #6 | Coalition gov't PASOK -DIMAR
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Fotis Kouvelis |
January 2015 | 30,074 | 0.5% | -5.7 | 0 / 300
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17 | #13 | No seats | Fotis Kouvelis |
September 2015 | w. Democratic Coalition
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1 / 300
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1 | #4 | Opposition | Thanasis Theocharopoulos |
European Parliament
European Parliament | |||||||
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Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader |
2014 | 68,873 | 1.2% | New | 0 / 21
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±0 | #10 | Fotis Kouvelis |
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