On December 29, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras called for a national election to be held on January 25 after government presidential candidate and former European commissioner Stavros Dimas failed to garner the 180 votes in the third and final round of voting in Parliament. Under the constitution, the legislature was dissolved on December 31. The new Parliament will reconvene on February 5 following the national election.

On January 25, a total of 9,808,760 people will be eligible to vote, the majority of whom (5,060,877) are women. The largest number of Greek voters is in the 42-47 age group, with 1,003,743 individuals between these ages registered on the official electoral lists. There are 273,941 newly registered voters casting their ballots on January 25, of whom 224,272 are aged 18-21. The rest are new citizens who were only recently issued state identification cards and registered on the electoral lists.

In total, 18 official parties and 4 alliances are taking part in the forthcoming election. The main parties are: New Democracy, Syriza, PASOK, Golden Dawn, Independent Greeks, Communist Party (KKE), Democratic Left (DIMAR), Movement of Democratic Socialists, To Potami (The River).

Kathimerini.com: Elections 2015 - Party Profiles; See also Greek News Agenda: Snap Elections for Greece in January & Special Issue: General Election May 6, 2012

Election results will be uploaded as soon as they are processed on: Parliamentary Elections 2014; Interior Ministry: Previous election results (1996-2009)