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1993 Greek legislative election

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1993 Greek legislative election

10 October 1993

All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority
Andreas Papandreou.jpg Constantine Mitsotakis.jpg
Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis
Party PASOK ND
Leader since 3 September 1974 1984
Last election 123 seats, 38.6% 150 seats, 46.9%
Seats won 170 111
Seat change Increase 47 Decrease 39
Popular vote 3,235,017 2,711,739
Percentage 46.88% 39.30%
Swing Increase 8.27% Decrease 7.59%

Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg Aleka Papariga - Crop.jpg
Leader Antonis Samaras Aleka Papariga
Party POLAN KKE
Leader since June 1993 27 February 1991
Last election New 19 seats, 10.28%
Seats won 10 9
Seat change New Decrease 10
Popular vote 336,460 313,001
Percentage 4.88% 4.54%
Swing New Decrease 5.74%

Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Mitsotakis
ND

Subsequent Prime Minister

Andreas Papandreou
PASOK

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1993 elections (Results).
New Democracy: 111 seats
Political Spring: 10 seats

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 10 October 1993.[1] The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou, was elected with 170 of the 300 seats, defeating the conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) 3,235,017 46.9 170 +47
New Democracy (ND) 2,711,737 39.3 111 –39
Political Spring 336,460 4.9 10 New
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 313,001 4.5 9 -10
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN) 202,887 2.9 0 New
Trust 26,228 0.4 0 –1
Union of Centrists 15,926 0.2 0 New
Fate 12,458 0.2 0 –1
National Party - National Political Union 9,469 0.1 0 0
Left Struggle (NAR-EKKE- KKE (M-L)-EEK) 8,160 0.1 0 New
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (LEFKO) 7,237 0.1 0 0
Ecologists of Greece 5,723 0.1 0 0
Union of Ecologists 5,378 0.1 0 0
Party of Greek Hunters 3,614 0.1 0 0
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE) 1,817 0.0 0 0
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE) 1,578 0.0 0 New
Olympic Party 753 0.0 0 0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE) 703 0.0 0 New
Consistent Left Move of Greece 484 0.0 0 New
Self-Respect and Truth 334 0.0 0 New
Human Rights Party 255 0.0 0 0
Christian Faith 66 0.0 0 New
Hellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement 41 0.0 0 New
Political Independent Party "Vergina 1990" 33 0.0 0 New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology 30 0.0 0 New
Party of Responsible Citizens 19 0.0 0 New
Humanism and Peace Party 18 0.0 0 0
Free Democrats Party of Greece 16 0.0 0 New
Greens 6 0.0 0 New
Independents 863 0.0 0 –4
Invalid/blank votes 119,614
Total 7,019,925 100 300 0
Registered voters/turnout 8,861,833 79.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
PASOK
46.88%
ND
39.30%
POLAN
4.88%
KKE
4.54%
SYN
2.94%
Others
1.47%
Parliament seats
PASOK
56.67%
ND
37.00%
POLAN
3.33%
KKE
3.00%

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p862
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