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! rowspan="2" style="width:65px;"| Election! colspan="5"| Hellenic Parliament! rowspan="2" style="width:30px;"| Rank! rowspan="2" style="width:145px;"| Government! rowspan="2"| Leader! style="width:75px;"| Votes! style="width:45px;"| %! style="width:45px;"| ±pp! style="width:100px;"| Seats won! style="width:40px;"| +/−! 1974| 666,413| 13.58%| New! 1977| 1,300,025| 25.34%| +11.76! 1981| 2,726,309| 48.07%| +22.73! 1985| 2,916,735| 45.82%| −2.25! Jun 1989| 2,551,518| 39.13%| −6.69! Nov 1989| 2,724,334| 40.67%| +1.54! 1990| 2,543,042| 38.61%| −2.06! 1993| 3,235,017| 46.88%| +8.27! 1996| 2,814,779| 41.49%| −5.39! 2000| 3,007,596| 43.79%| +2.40! 2004| 3,003,988| 40.55%| −3.34! 2007| 2,727,279| 38.10%| −2.45! 2009| 3,012,373| 43.92%| +5.82! May 2012| 833,452| 13.18%| −30.74! Jun 2012| 756,024| 12.28%| −0.80! Jan 2015| 289,469| 4.68%| −7.60! Sep 2015| 341,390(DISY)! 2019| 457,519(KINAL)! May 2023| 676,165(PASOK–KINAL)! Jun 2023| 617,574(PASOK–KINAL)| 11.84%(PASOK–KINAL)| +0.38

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name	Panhellenic Socialist Movement Nikos Androulakis| secretary = | founder = Andreas Papandreou | Historical: | Democratic socialism | Left-wing nationalismWEB, Panhellenic Socialist Movement,weblink Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μπριτάννικα, 17 August 2023, }}	Centre-left politics>Centre-leftHTTP://WWW.VOANEWS.COM/CONTENT/REU-GREEK-PM-FALL-SHORT-FIRST-ROUND-PRESIDENTIAL-VOTE/2563269.HTML>TITLE=GREEK PM FALLS SHORT IN FIRST ROUND PRESIDENTIAL VOTE	PUBLISHER=VOA NEWS	ACCESS-DATE=12 NOVEMBER 2017, | slogan = "Society in the foreground"	Panhellenic Combative Student Faction (ΠΑΣΠ) {{small>(universities' organization)}} Panhellenic Combative Student Movement (ΠΑΜΚ) {{small|(school organization; dormant)}}| youth_wing = PASOK Youth| membership_year = 2022		DATE=7 MAY 2022, | predecessor = {hide}ublist | Panhellenic Liberation Movement | Centre Union {edih}| headquarters = Chariláou Trikoúpi 50,106 80 Athens	Party of European Socialists}}| europarl = Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats| national = {hide}ublist | Olive Tree (2014) | Democratic Alignment (2015–2017) | PASOK – Movement for Change (2017–present) {edih}| international = {hide}ublist | Progressive Alliance | Socialist International {edih}| colours = {hide}ublist | {{color box|{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016){edih}}} Dark green{{efn|Since 2016}} | {{color box|{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}} Green{{efn|Before 2016}} }}	O ílios o prásinos (The Green Sun)HTTPS://WWW.NEWS247.GR/AFIEROMATA/OI-EPISIMOI-KAI-ANEPISIMOI-YMNOI-TON-ELLINIKON-KOMMATON.6573875.HTML	DATE=29 JANUARY 2018, | flag = Flag of PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement).png| logo_size = 200px	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}	Hellenic Parliament>Parliament	30	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| seats2_title = European Parliament	1	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| website = {{Official URL}}| country = Greece| wing1 = Panhellenic Trade Union Movement of Workers (ΠΑΣΚΕ)| wing1_title = Trade union wing}}The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (, {{IPA-el|paneˈlini.o sosi.alistiˈko ˈcinima|pron}}), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|s|ɒ|k}}; , {{IPA-el|paˈsok|pron}}) is a social-democratic{{citation |first1=Dionyssis G. |last1=Dimitrakopoulos |first2=Argyris G. |last2=Passas |title=The Panhellenic Socialist Movement and European integration: The primacy of the leader |work=Social democracy and European integration |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2011 |pages=117–156 |isbn=9780203845349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Um4LwFQx-TAC&pg=PA117}}BOOK, Dimitri Almeida, The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus,weblink 2012, Routledge, 978-0-415-69374-5, 61, political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country, along with New Democracy, its main political rival. In the June 2023 Greek legislative electionit once again held firm on to its position of one of the ”big three” political parties of Greece.Following the collapse of the Greek military dictatorship of 1967–1974, PASOK was founded on 3 September 1974 as a socialist party.Formerly the largest left-wing party in Greece between 1977 and 2012, PASOK lost much of its popular support as a result of the Greek debt crisis. PASOK was the ruling party when the economic crisis began, and it negotiated the first Greek bailout package with the European troika, which necessitated harsh austerity measures.NEWS, Smith, Helena, Greece approves sweeping austerity measures,weblink 27 November 2019, The Guardian, 6 May 2010, NEWS, Donadio, Rachel, Greece Approves Tough Measures on Economy,weblink 27 November 2019, The New York Times, 29 June 2011, This caused a significant loss in the party's popularity.NEWS,weblink Politikó Varómetro 95 – Októvrios 2011, el:Πολιτικό Βαρόμετρο 95 – Οκτώβριος 2011, Ultimate Barometer 95 – October 2011, 6 October 2011, Skai Group, el, 7 October 2011, WEB, Mnimónio éna chróno metá: Apodokimasía, aganáktisi, apaxíosi, anasfáleia, el:Μνημόνιο ένα χρόνο μετά: Αποδοκιμασία, αγανάκτηση, απαξίωση, ανασφάλεια, One Year after the Memorandum: Disapproval, Anger, Disdain, Insecurity,weblink Skai Group, el, 18 May 2011, 19 May 2011, It was part of two coalition governments from 2011 to 2015, during which further austerity measures were taken in response to the crisis. Due to these measures and the crisis, PASOK went from being the largest party in the Hellenic Parliament with 160 seats (43.92% of the popular vote) in the 2009 election to being the smallest party with 13 seats (4.68% of the popular vote) in the January 2015 election. This decline became known as Pasokification.NEWS,weblink Jeremy Corbyn has defied his critics to become Labour's best hope of survival, Younge, Gary, 22 May 2017, The Guardian, 30 November 2019, 0261-3077, To halt the party's decline, Fofi Gennimata was elected as the new president of the party and formed a political alliance known as the Democratic Alignment (DISY). In the September 2015 election, DISY was the fourth most voted-for party. In 2018, PASOK merged into a new political alliance of centre-left parties, again led by Gennimata, called the Movement for Change (KINAL), becoming the third largest party in the parliament in the 2019 election. History {{more footnotes|section|date=January 2015}} Foundation The first members of the party were the main organizers of the collapse of the Greek junta and the re-establishment of democracy on 3 September 1974. Its founder was Andreas Papandreou, son of the late Greek liberal leader and three-time Prime Minister of Greece Georgios Papandreou Sr, and its co-founder trade unionist Georgios Daskalakis. Its founding mottos were "National Independence, Popular Sovereignty, Social Emancipation, Democratic Process." Andreas Papandreou was offered the leadership of the liberal political forces - what evolved into Centre Union – New Forces - immediately after the restoration of democracy, but in a risky move he declined, so the leadership was assumed by Georgios Mavros. Papandreou, a powerful orator and charismatic leader, explicitly rejected the Venizelist ideological heritage of his father, and stressed the fact that he was a socialist, not a liberal. Early years At the November 1974 elections the Party received only 13.5% of the vote and won 15 seats (out of 300), coming third behind the centre-right New Democracy of Konstantinos Karamanlis and the Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND) of Giorgos Mavros. In the November 1977 elections, however, PASOK eclipsed the EK-ND, winning 93 seats by doubling its share of the vote and becoming the main opposition party in Greece at the time. In government In the October 1981 national elections PASOK won a landslide victory with 48.1% of the vote, capturing 172 seats; it forming the first socialist government in Greece since 1924. Although Papandreou had campaigned for withdrawal of Greece from NATO and the European Economic Community, after a strong request by the rest of the party members and its supporters,{{Citation needed|reason=The standard explanation is that this was decided by the leadership, ie the other way around|date=August 2019}} changed his policies towards both organizations. He proved to be an excellent negotiator when it came to securing benefits and subsidies for Greece from the EEC. For example, in 1985 he openly threatened Jacques Delors to veto the entry of Spain and Portugal in to the ECC to secure more monetary aid for Greece.Richard Clogg, Parties and Elections in Greece, 1987In 1986, the PASOK government amended the Greek constitution to remove most powers from the President and giving wider authority to the Prime Minister and the Executive Government. Civil marriages, not consecrated by religious ceremony, were recognized as equally valid with religious weddings. The left-wing Resistance movement against the Axis in World War II was finally formally recognized, and former leftist resistance fighters were given state pensions, while leftist political refugees of the Greek Civil War were finally given permission to return to Greece. The National Health System was created and various repressive laws of the anti-communist postwar establishment were abolished, wages were boosted, an independent and multidimensional foreign policy was pursued, many reforms in family law to strengthen the rights of women were undertaken and the Greek Gendarmerie military police force abolished in 1984.Richard Clogg, a Concise History of Greece, 2002 In the June 1985 elections, PASOK received 46% of the vote, winning 161 seats, thus securing a stable parliamentary majority for its second term in power.It continued to be popular for much of its second term, especially in March 1987 when Andreas Papandreou successfully handled a crisis in the Aegean with Turkey. By late 1988 however, both the government's popularity and Papandreou's health had declined. The former, because of the press’ reports of financial and corruption scandals that, implicated Ministers and, allegedly, Andreas Papandreou himself as well as because of fiscal austerity measures imposed after the Keynesian policies of the first term. PASOK lost the June 1989 elections with 40% of the vote while the opposing New Democracy received 44.3%. PASOK had changed the electoral law before the elections, making it harder for the leading party to form a majority government, so the legislature was deadlocked.Another election in November produced a very similar result. After a brief period of a grand coalition government, in which PASOK participated, a third election in April 1990 brought New Democracy back to power. Despite a 7% lead in popular vote over PASOK, New Democracy could only secure a marginal majority in the Hellenic Parliament, electing 152 MPs out of a total of 300; PASOK had secured a larger number of representatives on a lower percentage of votes, as well as having a small overall lead, in the elections of 1985, under the previous electoral system. Its representation in the Parliament shrunk to 121 MPs in 1990.In opposition, PASOK underwent a leadership crisis when Andreas Papandreou was prosecuted over his supposed involvement in the Bank of Crete scandal. He was eventually acquitted and, in a dramatic twist of fate, in the October 1993 elections led the party to another landslide victory. Papandreou returned to office with 47% of the vote and his re-election was considered by many a vote of confidence of the public against his prosecution. In November 1995, however, Papandreou's health began to deteriorate and the party was racked with leadership conflicts. Modernization period File:Συμβούλιο της Σοσιαλιστικής Διεθνούς (1η μέρα).jpg|thumb|left|Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece in the Socialist InternationalSocialist InternationalFile:Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg-34.jpg|thumb|Costas Simitis with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Romano ProdiRomano ProdiIn January 1996 Andreas Papandreou retired after a protracted three-month-long hospitalization, during which he retained the role of Prime Minister; he died six months later. He was succeeded by Costas Simitis, the candidate of the modernising, pro-European wing of PASOK (the so-called "modernizers", εκσυγχρονιστές eksynchronistes), who won an internal vote against Akis Tsochatzopoulos, a Papandreou confidant. In the first days following his election, Costas Simitis faced the biggest crisis in Greek politics for over 20 years,{{Citation needed|reason= on top of my head, the Koskotas scandal seems like a much graver political crisis|date=August 2019}} with the Imia crisis. He was criticized for his soft stance against Turkey and especially for praising in public the American intervention on the issue.In a PASOK conference held in the summer of 1996, following Andreas Papandreou's death, Costas Simitis was elected leader of the party and called early elections seeking a renewed public vote of confidence. Although the Imia crisis had somewhat tarnished his image, the country's economic prosperity and his matter-of-fact administration won him the September 1996 general election with a 41.5% of the vote. Under Costas Simitis' leadership, PASOK had two major successes: In September 1997 Greece won the right to stage the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and in 2001 it was confirmed that the country would be included in the Eurozone, for which it had failed to meet the convergence criteria in 1998. Costas Simitis won another term in April 2000, narrowly winning with 43.8% of the vote and 158 seats: a substantial achievement for a Party which had been in power almost continuously for nearly 20 years.In 2000, after the assassination of Brigadier Saunders by the terrorist group 17 November (17N), and especially with the forthcoming Athens Olympics being a major terrorist target, a significant international pressure was exerted on PASOK to recognise that Greece had a terrorist problem and do everything possible to bring the terrorist group to justice. Some {{who|date=August 2019}} among the western media had even falsely accusing the party of colluding with the terrorists, due to the fact that the authorities were unable to arrest the terrorists. Under the guidance of British and U.S. experts, the government intensified its efforts and finally, with a string of events starting at 29 June 2002, the 17N members were captured and put to trial. Under the leadership of George Papandreou Nevertheless, the party was losing its traditional appeal to the Greek lower and middle classes. To revitalize the party's chances for the next elections, Costas Simitis announced his resignation as the leader of the party on 7 January 2004. He was succeeded by George Papandreou, son of Andreas Papandreou. The party members were expecting that Papandreou could reverse the slide in the opinion polls which saw the opposition New Democracy (ND), under Kostas Karamanlis, 7% ahead at the start of the year.Although Papandreou reduced ND's lead in the polls to 3%, he was unable to reverse the view of the majority of Greek voters that PASOK had been in power too long and had grown lazy, corrupt and had abandoned the inclusive and progressive principles of economic parity on which it was founded. ND had a comfortable win at the 2004 legislative elections held on 7 March 2004, placing the party in opposition after eleven years in office with 40.55% share of the vote and 117 seats. missing image! - PASOK election kiosk 2007.jpg - PASOK electoral campaign kiosk in Athens in 2007 On 16 September 2007, New Democracy headed by Costas Karamanlis won re-election with a marginal majority of 152 seats in the Parliament. Despite ND's falling performance in the 2007 legislative election, PASOK suffered a crushing defeat, registering 38.1% of the vote, its lowest percentage in almost 30 years, and 102 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.(File:PASOK MPs in the Greek parliament during 2009 budget discussion.jpg|thumb|PASOK members of the Greek parliament during the discussion of the 2009 budget)The dismal result led to activation of the procedure to select a new leadership, or to reaffirm the current one. The main candidates for the leadership were the incumbent George Papandreou and the Party's informal second in command, Evangelos Venizelos. M.P. for Thessaloniki. M.P. Kostas Skandalidis also announced his candidacy in September. According to Party regulation, leaders are elected in a voting process open to all members. During the leadership election of 11 November 2007 George Papandreou was re-elected by the friends and members of the party as its leader.File:Aristotelous-PASOK.png|thumb|A political rally organized by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in ThessalonikiThessalonikiFile:2009 Greek legislative election - Vote Strength.svg|thumb|Legislative election 2009 results map. Green denotes those won by PASOK]]In June 2009, the PASOK won the 2009 European Parliament election in Greece.WEB,weblink European election results 2009 for Greece, Results of the 2009 European Elections, Ministry of Internal Affairs, 6 October 2009, NEWS,weblink PASOK Wins EP Elections – Abstention Rate High, 8 June 2009, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, ERT, ert.gr, 6 October 2009, {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Four months later, the Party enjoyed a resounding victory in the October 2009 general elections with 43.92% of the popular vote to ND's 33.48%, and 160 parliament seats to 91.WEB, Greek legislative election, 2009 results,weblink Results of the 2009 Greek legislative elections, Ministry of Internal Affairs, 6 October 2009, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090610163929weblink">weblink 10 June 2009, Due to a number of defections and expulsions after 2009, by November 2011 PASOK held a slim majority of 152 of the parliament's 300 seats.WEB,weblink Βουλευτές – Ανά Κοινοβουλευτική Ομάδα, MPs – By Parliamentary Group, hellenicparliament.gr, 25 August 2011, Decline (2009–2015) (File:ElectionMonthlyAverageGraphGreeceMay2012.png|thumb|Loss of support ahead of the 2012 election)A poll in October 2011 on behalf of the Greek TV channel Skai TV and the newspaper Kathimerini (after the austerity measures that were taken to tackle the financial crisis) revealed that of the people asked, 92% felt disappointed by the government while only 5% believed that a PASOK government would be best for the nation in the next elections. In the same survey, when asked about whether people have a positive or negative opinion of the various political parties in Greece, PASOK scored as the lowest, with 76% answering "negative".Because of the financial crisis and the measures that were taken by the party from 2009 to 2012, PASOK, having been the largest party in the outgoing coalition government, achieved only third place with a mere 13.18%, retaining just 41 seats.NEWS,weblink Greece set for deadlock, 7 May 2012, en.europeonline-magazine.eu, 7 May 2012, After the elections of 6 May 2012, the President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, mandated New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras to form a coalition government. On 7 May 2012, Samaras gave up the attempt and on the following day, President Papoulias mandated Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos political party and head of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) parliamentary group. After Tsipras was also unable to form a government, Evangelos Venizelos was mandated, but he too had no success. The legislative elections of June 2012 resulted in a further reduction in PASOK's popular support, probably as a result of the unpopular memorandum signed by former Prime Minister George Papandreou with the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank. PASOK's share of the overall vote was its worst ever showing since the party was formed (12.28%). However PASOK decided to help the formation of a government by joining with New Democracy (ND) as well as the Democratic Left (DIMAR) of Fotis Kouvelis in a coalition under Prime Minister Samaras.To contest the 2014 European election, PASOK founded the Olive Tree electoral alliance on 7 March 2014.WEB,weblink Founding congress of 'Olive Tree' alliance causes rift in PASOK – Kathimerini, 12 November 2017, WEB,weblink Greece: UE elections; Pasok alarm over slide in opinion poll – Politics – ANSAMed.it, www.ansamed.info, 7 March 2014, 12 November 2017, WEB,weblink PASOK alarm over slide in opinion polls as new party makes strong debut – Kathimerini, 12 November 2017, In the May 2014 European elections, the Olive Tree list came in fourth place nationally, receiving 8.02% of the vote, electing 2 MEPs.WEB,weblink Archived copy, 2014-05-27, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140527211603weblink">weblink 27 May 2014, WEB,weblink European elections in Greece: SYRIZA wins, the government resists, Osservatorio Balcani e, Caucaso, 12 November 2017, On 29 December 2014, following the failure of the government to elect a presidential candidate, a snap January 2015 legislative election was called by Prime Minister Samaras, scheduled for 25 January 2015.NEWS,weblink Greece plunged into crisis as failure to elect president sets up snap election, Helena, Smith, Jill, Treanor, The Guardian, 29 December 2014, 12 November 2017, www.theguardian.com, WEB,weblink Greece parliament fails to elect president, www.aljazeera.com, 12 November 2017, 2015 legislative elections On 2 January 2015, in the run-up to the legislative election, former Prime Minister and PASOK leader George Papandreou announced the formation of a breakaway party called Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO),WEB,weblink Papandreou's Return to Greek Politics Adds New Wild Card to Election, Nektaria, Stamouli, 2 January 2015, 12 November 2017, The Wall Street Journal, WEB,weblink Greece's Upcoming Election Just Got More More Complicated, 12 November 2017, WEB,weblink Former Greek PM Papandreou sets up new party, complicating election outlook, James, Mackenzie, 3 January 2015, 12 November 2017, The Sydney Morning Herald, a move immediately condemned by PASOK officials.NEWS,weblink Former Greek PM Papandreou sets up new party, complicating election outlook, Reuters, MacKenzie, James, 2 January 2015, 2015-01-03, WEB,weblink Papandreou's Return to Greek Politics Adds New Wild Card to Election, Stamouli, Nektaria, The Wall Street Journal, 2 January 2015, 2015-01-03, Five PASOK members of the Hellenic Parliament were expected to join the new party, including the former ministers Philippos Sachinidis and Dimitris Reppas.WEB,weblink Papandreou to launch new party, Kathimerini, 2 January 2015, 2015-01-03, In the 25 January 2015 legislative election, PASOK received 4.7% of the vote, with mandate for 13 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.WEB,weblink Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1, 2015-01-26, dead,weblink" title="archive.today/20150126122621weblink">weblink 26 January 2015, On 30 August 2015, ahead of the upcoming September snap election, PASOK announced an electoral alliance with DIMAR, dubbed the Democratic Alignment (DISY).NEWS,weblink PASOK and DIMAR Cooperation in Greek Elections - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 30 August 2015, 12 November 2017, Makris, A., WEB,weblink PASOK seals vote pact with DIMAR – Kathimerini, 12 November 2017, WEB,weblink Domain Names, Web Hosting, Managed WordPress Hosting, SSL Certificates – Papaki, www.ethnos.gr, 12 November 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171113112809weblink">weblink 13 November 2017, dead, In the September 2015 legislative election on 20 September 2015, the Democratic Alignment (DISY) received 6.3% of the vote, and 17 seats.NEWS,weblink Greek Elections: Official Final Results - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 21 September 2015, 12 November 2017, Papapostolou, Anastasios, Under KINAL (2017–2021) On 12 November 2017, an open primary was used as the first round of elections to select the leader of a new, as yet unfounded centre-left party in which PASOK would be folded. Nine initial leadership candidates include PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata, The River leader Stavros Theodorakis and incumbent Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis.NEWS,weblink Polls Opened in Greece for Leader of New Centre-Left Party - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 12 November 2017, 12 November 2017, Kokkinidis, Tasos, WEB,weblink Center-left candidates brace for Sunday's leadership vote – Kathimerini, 12 November 2017, Reaching the second-round election were Gennimata, with 44.5% of the vote, and PASOK MEP Nikos Androulakis with 25.4%.NEWS,weblink Fofi Gennimata Closes in on Leadership of New Centre-Left Party in Greece - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 12 November 2017, 28 March 2018, Kokkinidis, Tasos, WEB,weblink Gennimata, Androulakis head for center-left leader poll runoff – Kathimerini, ekathimerini.com, 28 March 2018, The run-off election on 19 November was won by Gennimata with 56% of the vote.NEWS,weblink New Center-Left Coalition Party Elects PASOK Leader Fofi Gennimata - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 20 November 2017, 28 March 2018, Ioannou, Theo, WEB,weblink Gennimata elected leader of the center-left party to be created – Kathimerini, ekathimerini.com, 28 March 2018, On 28 November 2017, the name of the new party was announced as "Movement for Change" (), abbreviated to KINAL (ΚΙΝΑΛ).WEB,weblink Name of center-left grouping to be Movement for Change – Kathimerini, ekathimerini.com, 28 March 2018, NEWS,weblink Movement of Change: Greek Centre-Left Coalition Unveils Name - GreekReporter.com, Greekreporter.com, 28 November 2017, 28 March 2018, Ioannou, Theo, On 2 July 2018, The River left KINAL."Αποχώρηση από το Ποτάμι μετά το διαζύγιο με το ΚΙΝΑΛ". Kathimerini. On 20 January 2019, DIMAR also left KINAL due to its position of supporting the Prespa agreement."Συμφωνία των Πρεσπών". CNN Greece. On 1 June 2019 former PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos left KINAL, accusing Gennimata of turning the Movement into "SYRIZA's tail".WEB, Venizelos quits socialist KINAL {{!, Kathimerini |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/241152/article/ekathimerini/news/venizelos-quits-socialist-kinal |access-date=2019-07-08 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=en}}KINAL increased its obtained seats in the 2019 Greek legislative election compared to Democratic Alignment, becoming Greece's third-largest party or coalition and securing 22 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.WEB, Nationwide {{!, National elections – July 2019 |url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/en/parties/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=ekloges.ypes.gr}} Following the election, KINAL positioned itself into opposition to the new Mitsotakis Government.WEB, 7 July 2019, Gennimata: KINAL will mount responsible, policy-based opposition,weblink Athens-Macedonian News Agency, Gennimata died on 25 October 2021 at the Evangelismos Hospital in Athens from cancer.WEB, 25 October 2021, Greek Socialist leader Gennimata dies after long illness,weblink Kathimerini, English, Elections for the new leader took place in December 2021, with the main candidates being Andreas Loverdos, Nikos Androulakis, and George Papandreou. Nikos Androulakis was elected to the leadership of both KINAL and PASOK on 12 December 2021.Nikos Androulakis Elected New Leader of Greece's Center-Left Return of PASOK On 9 May 2022, the alliance was rebranded back to "PASOK – Movement for Change" (PASOK–KINAL) after an internal party referendum, becoming a political party in its own right and absorbing the original party incarnation.WEB, 9 May 2022, PASOK, the return: Over 170K KINAL members vote for name change,weblink Keep Talking Greece, en-US, The old PASOK emblem (the green sun) was restored soon after that.WEB, 24 May 2022, PASOK returns to the green sun,weblink Kathimerini, English, At the May 2023 election, PASOK–KINAL managed to increase both its vote percentage by 3.36% and its share of seats in the Hellenic Parliament from 22 to 41.WEB, National elections – May 2023,weblink This increase, in combination with the electoral decline of Syriza,WEB, national election-May 2023,weblink has raised hopes among members that the party will regain its former status as the largest opposition party.NEWS, Διαμάντης, Αλέξανδρος, Εκλογές 2023 – ΠΑΣΟΚ: Ο Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης «έδειξε» τις προθέσεις του – Στόχος η αξιωματική αντιπολίτευση, ΕΘΝΟΣ,weblink International and European links PASOK is a member of the Socialist International,WEB, MEMBER PARTIES of the SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL,weblink Socialist International, 8 November 2011, Greece Panhellenic Socialist Movement, PASOK, the Progressive AllianceWEB,weblink Participants – l'Alliance progressiste, 12 November 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150302142054weblink">weblink 2 March 2015, dead, and the Party of European Socialists.WEB,weblink Parties – PES, 2015-06-16, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150724163338weblink">weblink 24 July 2015, PASOK MEPs sit with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament.Pasokification refers to the decline and rightward political shift of centre-left parties across Europe. Election results Hellenic Parliament{| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center; line-height:16px;"
12	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 12| 3rd	Opposition}}	Andreas Papandreou
93	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 81| 2nd	Opposition}}
172	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 79| 1st	Government}}
161	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 11| 1st	Government}}
125	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 36| 2nd	Opposition}}
128	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 3| 2nd	Government}}
123	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 5| 2nd	Opposition}}
170	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 47| 1st	Government}}
162	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 8| 1st	Government}}	Costas Simitis
158	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 3| 1st	Government}}
117	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 41| 2nd	Opposition}}	George Papandreou
102	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 15| 2nd	Opposition}}
160	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 58| 1st	Government}}
41	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 119| 3rd	Snap election}}	Evangelos Venizelos
33	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 8| 3rd	Coalition}}
13	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}} 20| 7th	Opposition}}
Democratic Alignment (2015)>DISY)	name=DISY}}	16	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}} 3| 4th	Opposition}}	Fofi Gennimata
PASOK – Movement for Change>KINAL)	name=KINAL}}	19	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| {{increase}} 3| 3rd	Opposition}}
PASOK – Movement for Change>PASOK–KINAL)| +3.36	40	{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| {{increase}} 21| 3rd	Snap election}}	Nikos Androulakis
31	hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| {{decrease}} 9| 3rd	Opposition}}

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! colspan="8"|European Parliament! width="60px"| Election! width="75px"| Votes! width="45px"| %! width="45px"| ±pp! width="100px"| Seats won! width="30px"| +/−! width="30px"| Rank! Leader! 1981| 2,278,030| 40.1%| New10hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}}10| 1stAndreas Papandreou! 1984| 2,476,491| 41.6%| +1.510hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{steady}}0| 1st! 1989| 2,352,271| 35.9%| −5.79hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}}1| 2nd! 1994| 2,458,619| 37.6%| +1.710hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{increase}}1| 1st! 1999| 2,115,844| 32.9%| −4.79hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}}1| 2nd| Costas Simitis! 2004| 2,083,327| 34.0%| +1.18hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}}1| 2ndGeorge Papandreou! 2009| 1,878,859| 36.6%| +2.68hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{steady}}0| 1st! 2014| 458,403(Elia)Olive Tree (Greece)>Elia)| −28.62hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}}}| {{decrease}}6| 4th| Evangelos Venizelos! 2019| 436,726(KINAL)PASOK – Movement for Change>KINAL)| −0.32hex={{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}}}| {{steady}}0| 3rd| Fofi Gennimata">

Party leaders {| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center;"

! colspan=2|#! Leader! Portrait! colspan=2|Term of office! Prime Minister! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}; color:white;" |! 1| Andreas Papandreou60px)| 3 September 1974| 23 June 1996†| 1981–19891993–1996! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}; color:white;" |! 2| Costas Simitis60px)| 30 June 1996| 8 February 2004| 1996–2004! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}; color:white;" |! 3| George Papandreou60px)| 8 February 2004| 18 March 2012| 2009–2011! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement}}; color:white;" |! 4| Evangelos Venizelos60px)| 18 March 2012| 14 June 2015| —! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}; color:white;" |! 5| Fofi Gennimata60px)| 14 June 2015| 25 October 2021†| —! style="background:{{party color|Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2016)}}; color:white;" |! 6| Nikos Androulakis60px)| 12 December 2021| Incumbent| —

Gallery

Pasok-1981.svg|1981–2012PASOK logo 2012.svg|2012–2017Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima Logo.svg|2022–present

See also

• Terrorism in Greece
• PASOKification
• History of Greece
• List of political parties in Greece
• Socialism in Greece
• Politics of Greece
• Party of European Socialists
• Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
• Socialist International

Notes

{{notelist| refs ={{efn| name = DISYDemocratic Left (Greece)>DIMAR in the January 2015 election.}}{{efn| name = KINALSeptember 2015 Greek legislative election>September 2015 election.}}}}

References

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• Dimitris Michalopoulos, "PASOK and the Eastern Block", in Greece under Socialism, New Rochelle, New York: Orpheus Publishing Inc., 1988, pp. 339–337. {{ISBN|0-89241-460-X}}

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