The use of the Macedonian name dispute on the candidates’ websites in Northern Greece’s regional and municipal elections of 2019

Figures & data

Table 1. The candidates’ information and results for the regional and municipal elections 2019 in the city of Thessaloniki and the region of Central Macedonia.

Head of electoral combination (electoral list)	Name of the electoral combination (electoral list)	Party Support	Percent of Votes	Number of Websites
Running for Governor of Central Macedonia
Apostolos-Ioannis Tzitzikostas	Apostolos Tzitzikostas Solidarity Empowering Macedonia	New Democarcy	62.03 per cent	1
Christos Giannoulis	Look Ahead	SYRIZA	11.47 per cent	1
Running for Mayor of Thessaloniki
Nikos Tachiaos	Thessaloniki-Tachiaos-Responsible	New Democracy	22.48 per cent (33.37 per cent)	1
Konstantinos Zervas	Yes To Thessaloniki	New Democracy, But No Official Support	14.98 per cent (66.63 per cent)	2
Georgios Orfanos	Thessaloniki Is The Future	New Democracy, But No Official Support	14.47 per cent	1
Aikaterini Notopoulou	Thessaloniki Together	SYRIZA	13.43 per cent	1
Spyridon Vougias	Colourful Thessaloniki – Spyros Vougias	KINAL	7.02 per cent	1
Panagiotis Psomiadis	Citizens’ Power Panagiotis Psomiadis For Mayor	Independent Candidate	5.47 per cent	1

Note. The data comes from the Greek Ministry of Interior. The percent of the votes in the parenthesis for Zervas and Tachiaos is the result of the elections. They had to compete against each other for a second week to be elected mayor according to the regulation of the Greek state.

Figure 1. The Home Page of Apostolos Tzitzikostas (tzitzikostas.Gr).

Figure 2. The Home Page of Christos Giannoulis’ Electoral Combination (koitamemprosta.Gr).

Figure 3. The Two Sections on Zervas’ Websites (naistithessaloniki.Gr (left) & kzervas.Gr (right)) where there is the use of the MND.

Figure 4. The Program of Panagiotis Psomiadis’ Electoral Combination (panagiotispsomiadis.Gr).