AH.com Votes: Greek parliamentary election, 2012

[XNM]

Same rules apply, as to how seats are allocated and such. Poll ends on the day of the next parliamentary election, in June.

The options:

New Democracy (ND)
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Independent Greeks (ANEL)
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Golden Dawn (XA)
Democratic Left (DIMAR)
Ecologist Greens (Ecogreens)
Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS)
Democratic Alliance (DISY)
Recreate Greece (DX)
Drasi (DRASI)
Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA)
Social Agreement (KOISY)
Other

[stefanbl]

Rare I have three Liberal parties to choose from.

Voted for Democratic Alliance, and you probably should have used the English language names on the poll.

[Hercule Poirot]

Greeks need to stop whining and reduce their unbelievable debt so ND.

[Lemon flavoured]

I voted for SYRIZA, but Greens are also tempting.

[Romanos]

Until now, this is the result: (when there were 13 votes, that is)

SYRIZA: 96,15+50+1= 147
ND: 19,22 = 19
KKE: 38,45+1 = 39
XA: 19,22 = 19
DIMAR: 19,22 = 19
EcoGreens: 19,22 = 19
ANTARSYA: 19,22 = 19
DISY: 19,22 = 19

Ignore the commas.

The +50 is due to the bonus that the first party gets.
The +1 bonuses are seats not allocated from the start that go to the parties with the highest post decimal number in the percentage of its votes.

Result: coalition between SYRIZA and ANTARSYA, probably EcoGreens join in. KKE remains stalinist and thinks it will now be easier to wage revolution. The centre-right and centre-left are almost non existant. Golden Dawn, the ultra right, creates unrest and many of its members are arrested by the new government. SYRIZA, being pressured from its ANTARSYA partners, since it relies from their support, follows almost disastrous policies, like leaving the euro and refusing to pay any debt. Chaos ensues.

[Don_Giorgio]

Still we need more than 100 votes in order to have a safe result in seats prediction...

[The Red]

Looks like the increased coverage of SYRIZA has united AH.com's Left vote somewhat.

[Æsir]

AH.com gives SYRIZA a majority. Go figure.

[d32123]

I like KKE, I really do, but the fact that they won't join in a coalition means I have to vote SYRIZA to stop an ND-PASOK coalition of evil.

[JSmith]

So at least 2 people here would vote for a Neo-Nazi party

[d32123]

Originally Posted by JSmith

So at least 2 people here would vote for a Neo-Nazi party

Should've made the poll public. I almost wanna bet that one of those two is Henry Ford.

[freethinker]

SYZIRA!!!

If only the world's population was A.H.com

[Tayya]

EcoGreens for me, since they seem like less hypocritical about having no clue how they're supposed to fix the economy.

[stefanbl]

Originally Posted by d32123

Should've made the poll public. I almost wanna bet that one of those two is Henry Ford.

And the other one is taking the piss.

[Hercule Poirot]

Originally Posted by d32123

I like KKE, I really do, but the fact that they won't join in a coalition means I have to vote SYRIZA to stop an ND-PASOK coalition of evil.

Originally Posted by JSmith

So at least 2 people here would vote for a Neo-Nazi party

Why is the KKE being treated as if it were another normal leftist/socialist party? They are unreconstructed, unreformed Communists straight out of the USSR. They are little better than the Golden Dawn.

[Nekronion]

Originally Posted by d32123

I like KKE, I really do, but the fact that they won't join in a coalition means I have to vote SYRIZA to stop an ND-PASOK coalition of evil.

You like old guard marxists?

[d32123]

Originally Posted by Nekronion

You like old guard marxists?

I prefer them to ND, PASOK, and all the other pro-austerity parties. It's not like they have a chance of winning anyway.

[Hercule Poirot]

Originally Posted by d32123

I prefer them to ND, PASOK, and all the other pro-austerity parties. It's not like they have a chance of winning anyway.

SYRIZA is also anti-austerity. And then why shouldn't I vote for the RGP in the Netherlands-they have no chance of winning either?

[d32123]

Originally Posted by Hercule Poirot

SYRIZA is also anti-austerity.

That's why I voted for them. The only thing that worries me about SYRIZA is the disunity. My local socialist group recently withdrew support for SYRIZA and is thinking of backing KKE because they're afraid that the less radical elements of SYRIZA might take over and negotiate with ND and PASOK if the next couple elections are inconclusive.

[Odd_Numbered_Bonaparte]

Originally Posted by JSmith

So at least 2 people here would vote for a Neo-Nazi party

Not that surprising given that the 'states-rights' candidates in Retrospective US Elections always somehow get a few votes.