Greek MP Miltos Zamparas resigns his seat and joins Tsipras's ELAS party

Resignation announced in a video

On 29 October 2026 Miltos Zamparas, elected in Aitoloakarnania with SYRIZA-PS in 2023, announced that he was resigning as a member of parliament. He made the announcement in a video posted on social media, saying he would carry on his political path with Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Left Rally, known as ELAS. Zamparas had already become independent from SYRIZA, and NewsIT dates that move to July. His resignation letter was expected to reach the office of the Speaker of Parliament within the same day so that the standard procedures could begin. The move makes him the seventh MP elected with SYRIZA-PS in 2023 to give up a seat.

Zamparas on his decision

Zamparas presented the step as a move forward rather than an exit from politics. In the video he said:

“I am leaving the benches, but not the front line.”

He closed his message by linking his next stage directly to the party.

“From today, I continue from a new point. With Alexis Tsipras. With ELAS.”

In a separate post he wrote that the seat he was giving up did not mean abandoning the people who had trusted him or the battles they had fought together.

Who takes the seat

Under the ranking from the 2023 elections, the seat passes down a list of three runners-up: Grigoris Theodorakis, Giorgos Varemenos and Thanos Moraitis. Theodorakis is the first runner-up and a close associate of Tsipras, and he is not expected to accept the seat. If he declines, Varemenos is next. He is described as a journalist who had been linked to New Left, and reports say he is likely to accept the seat, though he could become independent straight away afterwards. ERT reported that the seat was likely to go to Varemenos. Moraitis, third in line, first worked alongside Stefanos Kasselakis, and there has been speculation that he could return to PASOK.

Seventh SYRIZA seat to be vacated

Zamparas is the seventh of the MPs elected with SYRIZA-PS in 2023 to resign. Six colleagues had already stepped down: Giorgos Karameros, Efi Achtsioglou, Vasilis Kokkalis, Dionysis Kalamatianos, Charis Mamoulakis and Symeon Kedikoglou. Kathimerini noted that Karameros, Mamoulakis and Kalamatianos had also announced their decisions in videos. The same outlet wrote that resignations by former SYRIZA MPs, who are now independent and heading to Tsipras's party, will not stop with Zamparas.