The 2002 Greek local elections elected representatives to

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's super-prefectures, 54

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, and approximately 1,033 communities and municipalities. The local elections in Greece traditionally occur during the month of October. Candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of the party they belong, but form electoral platforms with different names for the purpose.

Elections

Municipal mayoralties

Candidates supported by

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won in all the three major municipalities,

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Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

and

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Sar ...

Municipality of Athens

Dora Bakoyannis, a prominent member of New Democracy, won the election and replaced Dimitris Avramopoulos as mayor of

(first term).

Municipality of Piraeus

Christos Agrapidis was reelected mayor of

(second term) with the support of New Democracy.

Municipality of Thessaloniki

Vasilis Papageorgopoulos Vasilis Papageorgopoulos ( el, Βασίλης Παπαγεωργόπουλος; born 27 June 1947) is a retired Greek sprinter, former mayor of Thessaloniki and convicted felon. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as ...

was reelected mayor of Thessaloniki with the support of New Democracy.

Super-Prefectural elections

Athens-Piraeus

Fofi Gennimata won the mainly ceremonial position of the super-prefect of Athens-Piraeus (first term) supported by

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. The coalition supported by New Democracy suffered a setback because of the unpopularity of

Ioannis Tzanetakos Ioannis or Ioannes ( el, Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John and the Arabic name Yahya . Notable people with the name include: * Ioannis I, Tzimiskis, Byzantine Emper ...

and because of the candidacy of Georgios Karatzaferis. Sub-prefectures of the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture

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Elected prefect:

Yiannis Sgouros Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of ''John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάνν� ...

(supported by PASOK) Piraeus Prefecture Elected Prefect:

Yiannis Mihas Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of ''John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάνν� ...

(supported by PASOK)

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Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnati ...
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Xanthi Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope m ...

Evros- Rhodope

Prefectural elections

Thessaloniki Prefecture

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