Political Representation
In May 2009, Golden Dawn took part in the European elections, receiving 23,564 votes corresponding to 0.46 percent of the total votes. In 2010 it won 5.3 percent of the vote in Athens. In that election, the party won its first municipal council seat and entered parliament for the first time in 2012 at the expense of LAOS. In the Greek parliamentary elections of May 2012, the party received 6.97% of the popular vote. In the rerun of the elections in June 2012, their share of the vote was 6.92%. A survey in September 2012 showed that 22% of respondents expressed "positive opinions" about Golden Dawn, up from 12% in May.
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