Democratic Alignment (2015)
The Democratic Alignment (Greek: Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη (ΔΗΣΥ), romanized: Dimokratiki Symparataxi, DISI), also translated as Democratic Coalition, was a political alliance in Greece.
Democratic Alignment Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη | |
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Leader | Fofi Gennimata |
Founded | 30 August 2015 |
Dissolved | 16 March 2018 |
Merged into | Movement for Change |
Ideology | Majority: Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Factions: Democratic socialism Social liberalism |
Political position | Centre-left |
History
The alliance was launched on 30 August 2015 by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR).[1][2][3]
In the September 2015 legislative election, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.[4]
In January 2017, the Movement of Democratic Socialists joined Democratic Alignment.[5]
Οn 13 January 2017, MPs Leonidas Grigorakos and Ilchan Achmet joined the Democratic Alignment.
On 16–18 March 2018, DISI and other Greek centre-left parties merged into Movement for Change.[6][7]
Election results
Hellenic Parliament
Election | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
September 2015 | 341,390 | 6.4% | +1.1 | 17 / 300 |
4 | #4 | Opposition | Fofi Gennimata |
A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for PASOK and DIMAR in the January 2015 election.
Name
The name Democratic Alignment has been previously used by a 1950/51 centre-left coalition.[8] It had previously been proposed in 2014 by Evangelos Venizelos as a new name for PASOK, but was rejected by former prime minister George Papandreou.[9]
See also
References
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- Papapostolou, Anastasios. "Greek Elections: Official Final Results | GreekReporter.com". Ελλάδα.greekreporter.com.
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- Philip Chrysopoulos (23 November 2014). "PASOK Rejects Papandreou Proposal on Party Leadership Election". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2016.