Editing Democratic Social Movement (section)

=== Formation and early success ===
In the [[1996 Greek legislative election|1996 legislative election]], DIKKI received 4.43% of the vote and 9 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. In the [[1999 European Parliament election in Greece|1999 election to the European Parliament]], the party received 6.85% of the vote and 2 seats in the European Parliament, and was a full member of the [[European United Left - Nordic Green Left]] group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guengl.org/showPage.jsp?ID=39 |title=GUE/NGL Site<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-08-22 |archive-date=2010-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627023451/http://www.guengl.org/showPage.jsp?ID=39 |url-status=dead }}</ref>