In roughly one third of municipalities in Greece, 107 in total, the mayor has been elected in the first round of the local government elections. In most cases where the vote ended in the first round, the winning candidates were mayors running for re-election.

Golden Dawn deputy Ilias Kasidiaris has chosen once again to play provocateur, this time through a poster for his campaign for Athens mayor, showing him handcuffed being led to justice.

Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris Speaking in the city council, pushed his agenda for equal smoking and non smoking rights and spoke about about terrorism imposed on smokers.