By Antonis Anzoletou

New Democracy and PASOK have completed the compilation of their ballots and have announced their total, except of course the State ballot. SYRIZA still has 32 positions open. One woman is missing in Athens A, three names in the North and West Sectors, four in the South, and one in East Attica, A – B Piraeus. One candidacy has not been announced in the 2nd district of Thessaloniki, four in the 1st district of the city, two in Etoloakarnania, Heraklion and Pella. In total, only one person is missing from 14 regions to close the lists of Koumundourou.

According to information published by Kathimerini on the ND ballots 46 candidates are participating who are under 35 years old, while there are a total of 82 candidates between the ages of 36-46. The youngest candidate of the N.D. he is 26 years old. This is Evangelia Kosmidou from the Prefecture of Evros, while Konstantinos Iraklis Andreadakis in the Prefecture of Lasithi is the same age as her, and Maria Panoelia, 27 years old, is a candidate in Western Attica. The participation of women amounts to 42% and of men to 58%, while the average age of young candidates is 44 years.

To SYRIZA the renewal of persons in relation to 2019 reaches approximately 50% and the male-female quota has been maintained, as defined by the statute, at 50-50. According to unofficial data, the composition of the SYRIZA ballot papers so far shows that they include, among others, 18 representatives of the artistic field, 52 lawyers, 30 engineers, 35 doctors, 21 academics, 15 journalists and 28 teachers. Farmers, freelancers, representatives of social groups and disability movements, retirees, soldiers, scientists of various disciplines, trade unionists and food workers make up the puzzle. From the “think tank”, there are – so far – six advisors of Mr. Tsipras on the ballots: G. Gerotziafas, G. Mylopoulos, T. Albanis, D. Voutyrakou, S. Vidali, N. Farandouris.

His ballots PASOK they include new people at a rate of 63%, while one in three candidates, 31%, is under the age of 45. The analysis of the candidates shows that 92% have a university education, with 12% also holding a doctorate, while 30% have a master’s degree. In terms of gender discrimination, 42% of applicants are women and 58% are men.

MPs and officials have already taken up the communication of their parties’ program in their regions ahead of Easter. That is why the proceedings proceeded before the holidays. The great reshuffle and internal competition caused in almost all constituencies puts pressure on the current MPs for their re-election and therefore forces them to “run” if they want to get the ticket for Parliament again. This is how the electoral mechanism always works so that the final winners are the parties.