Is voting compulsory in Greece?

Compulsory (not enforced)

Voting is legally compulsory but no longer enforced since sanctions were lifted in 2000.

Greece is one of 8 countries classified “Compulsory (not enforced)” for compulsory voting — 5% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
Last checked
7 July 2026
How it was classified
Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

North Macedonia
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Albania
Voluntary Albania repealed compulsory voting in 1990-1991 following the fall of communism.
Bulgaria
Voluntary Bulgaria's 2016 compulsory voting law was annulled by the Constitutional Court in 2017.
Montenegro
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Serbia
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Voluntary Voting is voluntary.

Other laws in Greece

Voting Age
16–17

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