26 Cretan villages give not a single vote to Golden Dawn

Pappas Post — Crete suffered immensely at the hands of Nazi Germany  during World War II and doesn’t forget the past too easily. In the September 20th Greek national elections, the historic town of Anogeia— burned to the ground by the Nazi Germans during the Second World War and twenty-five other villages throughout Crete didn’t give a single vote to the Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

Golden Dawn scored its lowest voter totals in Crete, than anywhere else in Greece. On islands like Kos, besieged by the refugee crisis, the anti-immigrant nationalist party saw huge increases in new voters.

The town of Anogeia had 1604 people casting votes, which were split between the two leading parties of Syriza and New Democracy, as well as a dozen smaller parties— without a single vote for Golden Dawn.

Two dozen more entire villages on the island gave Golden Dawn zero votes. The names of the villages (in Greek) are below:

Heraklion

Kalami Viannou

Kamari

Kamatioti

Politheas

Peri Phestos

Aitania

Chania

Macheroi

Melidoni

Sembrona

Skalotis Sfakion

 

Rethymnon

Drimiskos

Agios Vasilios

Agios Ioannis

Lambioton

Meronas

Agios Mamas

Kalandare

Axoulivada

Erfoi

Anogia

 

Lasithi

Louma

Gdohia

Kato Metohi

Marmaketo

Lastro

Rousses