Democratic Alignment (2015)

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Democratic Alignment
Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη
LeaderFofi Gennimata
Founded30 August 2015 (2015-08-30)
Dissolved16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
Preceded byOlive Tree – Democratic Alignment
Merged intoMovement for Change
IdeologyMajority:
Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Factions:
Democratic socialism
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre-left

The Democratic Alignment (Greek: Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη (ΔΗΣΥ), romanizedDimokratiki Symparataxi, DISI), also translated as Democratic Coalition,[1] was a political alliance in Greece.

History

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The alliance was launched on 30 August 2015 by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR).[2][3][4]

In the September 2015 legislative election, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.[5]

In January 2017, the Movement of Democratic Socialists joined Democratic Alignment.[6]

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.[7][8]

It remained legally active (albeit not as a political formation) alongside PASOK – KINAL, PASOK and Olive Tree until 2022; balance sheets were published for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.[9]

Election results

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Hellenic Parliament

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Election Hellenic Parliament Rank Government Leader
Votes % ±pp Seats won +/−
September 2015 341,390 6.4% +1.1
17 / 300
Increase4 #4 Opposition Fofi Gennimata

A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for PASOK and DIMAR in the January 2015 election.

The name Democratic Alignment has been previously used by a 1950/51 centre-left coalition.[10] 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.[11]

See also

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References

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