It may be that nine mayors, in a total of 19 municipalities of the Region of Western Greece, were elected for the first time in the recent self-governing elections, however five other mayors elected in municipalities of the regional units of Ilia, Achaia and Aitoloakarnania have been winning the trust of the majority over time, through the ballot box the citizens.

They are the mayor of Andritsaina-Krestena Dionysis Baliukos, the mayor of Pinio Alexis Kastrinos, the mayor of Kalavryton Thanasis Papadopoulos, the mayor of Patreon Kostas Peletidis and the mayor of Thermo Spyros Konstandaras.

The mayor of Andritsaina – Krestena

The mayor of Andritsaina – Krestena of Ilia Dionysis Baliukosholds the election record for seven consecutive termssince in the recent municipal elections he was elected from the first Sunday, with a percentage of 55.18%.

Dionysis Baliukos was elected mayor for the first time in 1998 in the then, with the “Kapodistrias” project, the Municipality of Skilloundos, which was based in Krestena.

In the next municipal elections of 2002, the mayor of Skilloundos was re-elected, with a percentage of 53.24%, as in the elections of 2006, with a percentage of 56.01%.

In 2010, he was re-elected, with a percentage of 54.75%, as mayor of the “Kallikratiko” Municipality of Andritsaina – Krestena, which was created by the merger of the municipalities of Skilloundos, Andritsaina and Alifeira.

Dionysis Baliukos was re-elected in 2014, with a percentage of 53.61% and in 2019, with a percentage of 50.93%, while after his victory on October 8, he will be the Mayor with seven consecutive terms.

The mayor of Pinios

Another mayor from the regional unit of Ilia with many terms is the new mayor of Pinios Alexis Kastrinos.

In the recent municipal elections, a mayor was elected from the first round, with a percentage of 50.16%, while the mayor was elected for the first time in 2006with a percentage of 52.09%.

In his next election 2010 was re-elected mayor, with a percentage of 59.18%, as well as in the municipal elections of 2014with a percentage of 61.04%.

He did not run in the 2019 elections, but came back this year and was re-elected mayor to reach the four terms.

The mayor of Kalavryta

In the regional unity of Achaia, the mayor of Kalavryton Thanasis Papadopouloswas re-elected from the first Sunday, with a high percentage of 71.20%.

Thanasis Papadopoulos was elected mayor of Kalavryton for the first time 1998 and re-elected it 2002, with a percentage of 53.62%. The 2006 he was re-elected mayor of Kalavryta, with a percentage of 62.92%, while in 2010 he did not run for office, after he had been elected deputy of Achaia with PASOK.

In the next municipal elections of 2014, he did not stand as a candidate, while he returned to his elections 2019, where he was elected mayor in the second round with a percentage of 59.14%. With his election in the last municipal elections, it will count five terms.

The mayor of Patreon

In the Municipality of Patreon, the Kostas Peletidis was elected on October 15 mayor for third time in a row.

The current mayor was elected for the first time in 2014, with 63.53% in the second round of elections.

In 2019, he was elected mayor of Patreon for the second time, receiving a percentage of 70.86% in the second round, while in the recent municipal elections he received a percentage of 39.95% in the first round and a percentage of 56.69% in the second round.

The mayor of Thermo

In the Municipality of Thermo of Etoloakarnania, the Spyros Constantaras re-elected on October 8 as mayor for trite consecutive time.

Spyros Konstandaras was elected mayor of Thermo for the first time in 2014 and indeed from the first round, with a percentage of 68.25%.

In the next municipal elections, in 2019, he was re-elected mayor again from the first round, with a percentage of 54.16%, while on October 8 he received a percentage of 56.26%.