Editing Party system (section)

==== Greece ====
Following the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974, the centre right [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] and centre left [[PASOK]] came to dominate the Greek party system. PASOK and New Democracy had a combined vote share of 80 percent or more in every election between 1981 and 2000.<ref>Takis S. Pappas Ph.D. Candidate (2003) The transformation of the Greek party system since 1951, West European Politics, 26:2, 90–114 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402380512331341121]</ref>
Following the 2008 recession and the ensuing [[Greek government-debt crisis|sovereign debt crisis]] in the country, the populist left [[Syriza]] came to challenge the dominance of PASOK and New Democracy, increasing its vote share in every election from 2009 until eventually winning power in 2015.<ref>Stavrakakis, Y. (2015), "Populism in power: Syriza's challenge to Europe". ''Juncture'', 21: 273–280. {{doi|10.1111/j.2050-5876.2015.00817.x}} </ref>