The 2021 Movement for Change leadership election took place on 5 December 2021, in which six candidates took part. Since none of the candidates received 50% of the vote, a runoff election took place in 12 December, between Nikos Androulakis and George Papandreou.

The other candidates that took part were: Andreas Loverdos, Haris Kastanidis, Pavlos Geroulanos, and Pavlos Christidis. Nikos Androulakis won the runoff.

Background On 19 November 2017, the second round of the 2017 Greek centre-left leadership election took place, with Fofi Gennimata defeating Nikos Androulakis.Εκλογές Κεντροαριστεράς: Θρίαμβος Γεννηματά, δεύτερος ο Ανδρουλάκης Political parties that took part in the elections then moved on to the founding of the Movement for Change on 16 March 2018.

On 7 July 2019, early elections took place,Τσίπρας : Εκλογές στις 7 Ιουλίου, την ερχόμενη Παρασκευή το αφορολόγητο στη Βουλή in which the Movement for Change received 8,10% of the vote, along with the third place with 22 MPs.Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών: Αποτελέσματα εθνικών εκλογών 2019 The percentage was considered disappointing by the party, blaming the President for it, expressed primarily from Pavlos Geroulanos.https://www.efsyn.gr/politiki/antipoliteysi/220274_thema-igesias-ethese-o-geroylanos-sto-synedrio-toy-pasok Θέμα ηγεσίας έθεσε ο Γερουλάνος στο συνέδριο του ΠΑΣΟΚ On November the 11th Congress of PASOK took place, aiming to extend the President's term till 2021, and also it was decided to combine the organs of Movement for Change with those of PASOK.Αυτή είναι η νέα ηγεσία του ΠΑΣΟΚ: Φώφη Πρόεδρος, Χριστοδουλάκης Γραμματέας, Χρηστίδης εκπρόσωπος ΤύπουΤο ΠΑΣΟΚ «συγχρονίζεται» με το ΚΙΝΑΛ με τροποποίηση του καταστατικού του

A conversation regarding the leadership elections started from the fall of 2020 within the Movement for Change, with Fofi Gennimata declaring that she would again stand as a candidate for them.Γεννηματά: Δεν μου αρκεί το 8%, θα είμαι ξανά υποψήφια το 2021 On 25 November, Nikos Papandreou, MEP candidate in the 2019 EP elections, announced his candidacy for the position,Υποψήφιος για την ηγεσία του ΚΙΝΑΛ ο Νίκος Παπανδρέου but on 2 December, he suspended it.ΚΙΝΑΛ: Δεν θα είναι υποψήφιος τελικά ο Νίκος Παπανδρέου On 23 January 2021, Andreas Loverdos announced his candidacy for the leadership.A. Λοβέρδος: Θα διεκδικήσω την ηγεσία του ΠΑΣΟΚ – ΚΙΝΑΛ Nikos Androulakis officially announced his candidacy in July 2021.ΚΙΝΑΛ: Υποψήφιος για την ηγεσία ο Ν. Ανδρουλάκης On 1 September Haris Kastanidis also announced his candidancy.ΚΙΝΑΛ: Υποψήφιος για την ηγεσία ο Χάρης Καστανίδης

On 3 October the Central Committee was convened, aiming to decide over the leadership elections. It was decided that the elections would take place on December 5, and the second round on the 12th. The candidates, according to the statute, are required to collect 5.000 movement member signatures, to get their candidacy approved. However, that was not specified at the meeting, as candidates were in disagreement. Anyone that wants to vote, can sign up as a member or a friend of the party up until the elections, paying 3 Euros in the process.ΚΙΝΑΛ: Όλα όσα αποφάσισε η Κεντρική Επιτροπή για τις εκλογές

On 12 October, Fofi Gennimata announced her withdrawal from the electoral process, for health reasons.Αποσύρεται η Φώφη Γεννηματά από την διαδικασία εκλογής του ΚΙΝΑΛΦώφη Γεννηματά: Αποσύρεται από την κούρσα εκλογής Προέδρου στο ΚΙΝΑΛ - Εισήχθη στο νοσοκομείο

On 13 October, Vassilis Kegkeroglou started collecting signatures, and announced his intention to run as a candidate and later, Pavlos Geroulanos also announced his candidacy. On 15 October, Pavlos Christidis announced his candidacy and resigned as Press Representative. On the same day, the final day for collecting signatures was moved from the 15th to 21 October. On 20 October, former Prime Minister, George Papandreou announced his candidacy.ΚΙΝΑΛ – Ο Γιώργος Παπανδρέου υποψήφιος για την ηγεσία του κόμματος – Ενημέρωσε τη Φώφη ΓεννηματάΕκλογές ΚΙΝΑΛ: Ο Γιώργος Παπανδρέου ανακοίνωσε την υποψηφιότητά του - Ενημέρωσε τη Φώφη Γεννηματά The next day, Vassilis Kegkeroglou withdrew from the electoral process, due to the candidacy of Papandreou.

On 22 October, the Statute Implementation and Certification Ethics Committee of the Movement of Change, after reviewing the collected signatures, officially declared the candidates.ΚΙΝΑΛ – Ανακηρύχθηκαν επίσημα οι έξι υποψήφιοι πρόεδροι

On 25 October, the president of the Movement for Change, died at age 56 at Evangelismos Hospital from Cancer.

O 29 November, a debate took place on ERT, between five of the six candidates, while George Papandreou disagreed with the process and refused to take part. Questions were taken by Giorgos Kouvaras, Tasos Pappas and Pavlos Tsimas, while Antrianna Paraskevopoulou was the moderator.

On 5 December, the first round of the leadership elections took place. Nikos Androulakis reached the first place, George Papandreou reached the second spot.Εκλογές ΚΙΝΑΛ: Τα τελικά αποτελέσματα του πρώτου γύρου With the second round incoming, Andreas Loverdos backed Nikos Androulakis,Εκλογές ΚΙΝΑΛ – Λοβέρδος – Ψηφίζω Ανδρουλάκη στο β’ γύρο while the other three candidates did not publicly back anyone.Γερουλάνος: Οι ψηφοφόροι μου δεν περιμένουν να τους πω τι να ψηφίσουν στο β' γύροΕκλογές ΚΙΝΑΛ – Παύλος Χρηστίδης για β΄γύρο: «Δεν είμαι κομματάρχης του ’60, να δίνω γραμμές»«Καλή τύχη» στους Ανδρουλάκη και Παπανδρέου ευχήθηκε ο Καστανίδης

On 12 December, the second round of the leadership elections took place. Nikos Androulakis came out as the winner, defeating George Papandreou, with a percentage of 67,60%.Εκλογές ΚΙΝΑΛ – Τα τελικά αποτελέσματα: Με 67.6% εξελέγη ο Νίκος Ανδρουλάκης

Candidacies

Candidates Candidate Positions Declaration Nikos Androulakis( years old) President of PASOK (2021-) MP for Thessaloniki A (2023-) Other positions: 18 July 2021 Pavlos Geroulanos( years old) MP for Athens A Other positions: 14 October 2021 Haris Kastanidis( years old) MP for Thessaloniki AOther positions: 1 September 2021 Andreas Loverdos( years old) MP for Athens B1Other positions: 23 January 2021 George Papandreou( years old) MP for AchaeaOther positions: 20 October 2021 Pavlos Christidis( years old) MP for Athens B3 (2023-) PASOK Youth SecretaryOther positions: 15 October 2021

Withdrawn candidates Candidate Positions Declaration Withdrawal Fofi Gennimata( years old †) President of KINALOther positions: 30 September 2020 12 October 2021 Vassilis Kegkeroglou( years old) MP for HeraklionOther positions: 14 October 2021 21 October 2021

Debate Date and time Channel Moderator Rating Androulakis Geroulanos Kastanidis Loverdos Papandreou Christidis References 29 Nov, 22:00 ERT1 Antrianna Paraskevopoulou 8,20%PPPPAP

Opinion polling

SourceDate Androulakis Gennimata† Geroulanos Kastanidis Loverdos Papandreou Christidis Other Lead Second round 12 Dec 67.2 – – – – 32.2 – – – 35.0Interview9 Dec 56.6 – – – – 40.0 – – – 16.6 First round 5 Dec 36.9 – 3.0 2.9 26.0 28.0 3.3 – – 8.9 GPO 27 Nov 28,10 - 3,30 2,90 30,10 27,60 4,10 - - 2,00 Pulse 26 Nov 28,00 - 2,00 5,00 30,00 29,00 5,00 - 1,00 1,00 Metron Analysis 25 Nov 29,00 - 8,00 8,00 27,00 22,00 4,00 - 2,00 2,00 Alco 22 Nov 33,00 - 3,00 3,00 32,00 24,00 2,00 - 3,00 1,00 Marc 21 Nov 31,70 - 2,00 2,50 31,10 25,20 1,80 - - 0,60 MRB 18 Nov 29,50 - 2,20 7,30 30,30 27,90 1,40 - 1,30 0,80 Interview 17 Nov 26,40 - 4,80 5,00 27,10 23,50 3,50 - 9,70 0,70 Marc15 Nov 26,10 - 3,20 5,60 29,50 25,90 3,50 - 6,10 3,40 Metron Analysis 15 Nov 26,00 - 4,00 6,00 26,00 23,00 5,00 - - 0,00 GPO 13 Nov 24,70 - 4,30 4,10 28,80 25,20 6,20 - - 3,60 Opinion Poll 9 Nov 28,20 - 2,80 7,00 31,60 21,60 3,50 - 5,33,40 GPO 6 Nov 25,40 - 4,30 3,70 27,20 25,80 6,20 - 7,401,40 Interview 25 Oct 32,40 - 12,70 5,30 17,40 29,20 1,20 - 1,803,20 To the pointΕκλογές Κίνημα Αλλαγής - Ιούνιος 2021 12 Jul 32,50 16,60 3,80 5,00 33,80 - - 0,00 5,301,30 MRBΔημοσκόπηση MRB: Η Φώφη Γεννηματά προηγείται στα εσωκομματικά του Κινήματος Αλλαγής 8 Jul 15,90 56,70 - - 24,30 - - 0,00 3,0032,40 Opinion PollΕκλογές Κίνημα Αλλαγής - Ιούνιος 2021 31 May 22,00 19,70 9,10 3,80 37,10 - - 2,30 6,1015,10 Opinion PollΈρευνα Opinion Poll : Μεγάλη η διαφορά ΝΔ – ΣΥΡΙΖΑ – Τα «καμπανάκια» για την κυβέρνηση 24 Feb 26,92 16,67 6,79 - 39,74 - - 7,31 2,5612,82 Opinion PollΑναταραχή στο ΚΙΝΑΛ: Προβάδισμα Ανδρουλάκη και Λοβέρδου στη μάχη για την ηγεσία - Μεθοδεύσεις καταγγέλλει η Γεννηματά 18 Nov 2020 26,70 21,00 8,00 -25,30 - - 13,00 6,001,40

Results

+ Summary of the 2021 Movement for Change leadership election results Candidates Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Nikos Androulakis PASOK 99,120 36.88 139,492 67.17 George Papandreou KIDISO 75,183 27.97 66,847 32.19 Andreas Loverdos PASOK 69,827 25.98 Pavlos Christidis PASOK 8,733 3.25 Pavlos Geroulanos PASOK 8,027 2.99 Haris Kastanidis KIDISO 7,908 2.94 Valid votes 268,798 99.30 206,339 99.36 Blank / invalid votes 1,908 0.70 1,319 0.64 Total 270,706 207,658 Source: Κίνημα Αλλαγής - Αποτελέσματα Α΄ Γύρου Κίνημα Αλλαγής - Αποτελέσματα Β΄ Γύρου

By Region First Round Region Votes Valid votes Blank votes Invalid votes Androulakis Geroulanos Kastanidis Loverdos Papandreou Christidis Attica 78,721 77,906 141 674 21795 3521 1374 25939 22880 2397 Central Greece 12,798 12,751 13 34 4649 282 224 3611 3632 353 Central Macedonia 39,807 39,573 51 183 14529 770 3381 11032 8760 1101 Crete 30,300 30,091 47 162 18579 283 274 3076 7257 622 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 12,741 12,672 24 45 4677 367 469 3519 3069 571 Epirus 10,521 10,475 15 31 3969 346 180 2153 3424 403 Ionian Islands 5,533 5,473 9 51 1819 422 109 1436 1509 178 North Aegean 4,348 4,329 8 111527 63 75 1497 909 258 Peloponnese 17,728 17,628 36 64 6286 330 232 4800 4915 1065 South Aegean 7,770 7,745 4 21 3072 129 82 2060 2041 361 Thessaly 16,276 16,192 23 61 5882 878 299 3743 4791 599 Western Greece 24,098 23,944 47 107 8279 439 396 5260 9076 494 Western Macedonia 7,596 7,568 14 14 3368 116 729 1285 1830 240 International 2,469 2,451 4 14 689 81 84 416 1090 91

Second Round Region Votes Valid votes Blank votes Invalid votes Androulakis Papandreou Attica 59,165 58,691 168 306 37778 20913 Central Greece 9,061 9,023 19 19 6142 2881 Central Macedonia 30,065 29,859 95 111 21683 8176 Crete 23,608 23,456 55 97 17948 5508 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 9,565 9,506 24 35 6830 2676 Epirus 8,016 7,977 19 20 5045 2932 Ionian Islands 3,988 3,968 8 12 2685 1283 North Aegean 3,481 3,452 16 132583 869 Peloponnese 12,838 12,784 22 32 8575 4209 South Aegean 5,749 5,726 11 12 4122 1604 Thessaly 12,236 12,167 27 42 7929 4238 Western Greece 17,914 17,833 40 4110229 7604 Western Macedonia 5,985 5,951 18 16 4247 1704 International 1,662 1,656 2 4 817 839

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