today: elections in Greece

[minionofmidas]

I like Belgium.

But there's no Conservative Revolution in Greece, the swing was about 3%. And don't forget that the ND are in govermnet only because of the Election law, proportional elections would have lead to a coalition either of PASOK and ND or PASOK and some of Greece's left wing parties, KKE, Synapsismos and DIKKI.
Same goes for the 90's PASOK wins, of course.

[minionofmidas]

I spent four summers on the Belgian coast as a kid.
Taught me to like fries, dislike mussles, and not to fear jellyfish and cool water:)
And later I twice spent a few days in Brussels.

[minionofmidas]

Oh yeah. I was too young to know back then, but the Belgians brew the best beer in the world.
Leffe Radieuse!
Auderghem!

[minionofmidas]

Can anyone explain to me how the Greek system of seats distribution works?
If compared with D'Hondt, it's more favorable to the largest party and to third parties, but horribly unfair to the second party.
There are even two constituencies in Greece (Piraeus B and Dodecanese) where PASOK got the most votes but ND got more mandates!

[minionofmidas]

Well, I actually went through the results and D'Hondt would have served that purpose just as well...
In that case (without national threshold; with those 12 seats not redistributed to the constituencies treated as a national constituency) the final tally is ND 157 (instead of 165), PASOK 132 (117), KKE 6 (12), Synapsismos 3 (6), LAOS 1 (0), DIKKI 1 (0)

[minionofmidas]

Could you just explain how that law works?
Pleeeese?