Local elections were held in
Greece
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on 8 October 2023 and, where a second round is required, on 15 October 2023. Voters will elect representatives to the country's
local authorities
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, comprising 13
regions
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and 332
municipalities
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2023 Greek Local Elections in Crete
The 2023 Cretan regional election took place on 8 October 2023, simultaneously with 2023 Greek local elections, the rest of Greece. The election was for all 45 elected seats of the Regional Council of Crete as well as the Regional Governor.
This ...
Results
Haris Doukas defeated the incumbent mayor of Athens
Kostas Bakoyannis
Kostas Bakoyannis ( el, Κώστας Μπακογιάννης; born 16 March 1978) is a Greek politician. Having served as mayor of the town of Karpenisi, he was popularly elected Regional governor of Central Greece in the 2014 local elections. ...
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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 ...
mayor
Konstantinos Zervas
Konstantinos Zervas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ζέρβας; born 1964) is the 61st and current mayor of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece.
Konstantinos Zervas was born in Thessaloniki in 1964. He is the son of Vasilis Zervas� ...
was defeated in a landslide victory by independent challenger Stelios Aggeloudis in a runoff, with Aggeloudis receiving 67% of the vote to Zervas' 32%.
, incumbent Regional Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis, secured his fourth consecutive term, making him the longest serving Governor in Greece.
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Local elections
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2023
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