section_path: Constitutional provisions
section_name: Constitutional provisions
paragraph_text: Constitutional provisions
  
  According to Article 32 of the Constitution of Greece, the president is elected for a five-year term by the Hellenic Parliament in a special session at least a month before the incumbent's term expires. The first and second rounds require a supermajority of 200 out of the 300-strong body, dropping to 180 on the third.
  
  As of November 2019, after a constitutional amendment, Article 32, Paragraph 4 of the Greek Constitution which states about the election of the President was changed and the new reform of the paragraph is as follows: If after 3 ballots, the president is not elected, the 4th ballot's threshold will drop to 151 votes, and the 5th and last ballot would be contested between the two candidates with the most votes and decided by a relative majority. That means that the 6th ballot, in place before that, is removed.