Democratic Alignment (2015)

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

Democratic Alignment Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη
Leader	Fofi Gennimata
Founded	30 August 2015 (2015-08-30)
Dissolved	16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
Preceded by	Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment
Merged into	Movement for Change
Ideology	Majority: Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Factions: Democratic socialism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

History

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

Hellenic Parliament

Election	Hellenic Parliament					Rank	Government	Leader
	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.^[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

• Olive Tree (Greece)

References

1. "Election Results". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
2. A. Makris (2015-08-30). "PASOK and DIMAR Cooperation in Greek Elections | GreekReporter.com". Greekreporter.com. Greece.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
3. "PASOK seals vote pact with DIMAR | News". ekathimerini.com. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
4. "Επισήμως "Δημοκρατική συμπαράταξη" ΠΑΣΟΚ - ΔΗΜΑΡ | πολιτικη". ethnos.gr. 2015-08-30. Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
5. Papapostolou, Anastasios (2015-09-21). "Greek Elections: Official Final Results | GreekReporter.com". Greekreporter.com. Greece.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
6. Papapostolou, Anastasios (21 September 2015). "Greek Elections: Official Final Results | GreekReporter.com". Greekreporter.com. Ελλάδα.greekreporter.com.
7. "New center left party wraps up inaugural conference unveils new logo". Ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
8. "balkaneu.com". Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
9. "Οικονομικές Καταστάσεις – ΠΑΣΟΚ – Κίνημα Αλλαγής" (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-05-05.
10. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook, p. 830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
11. Philip Chrysopoulos (23 November 2014). "PASOK Rejects Papandreou Proposal on Party Leadership Election". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

External links

• Candidates Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine