Greek legislative election, 1993

Greek legislative election, 1993

10 October 1993
All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis Antonis Samaras Party PASOK ND POLAN Leader since 3 September 1974 1984 June 1993 Last election 123 seats, 38.6% 150 seats, 46.9% - Seats won 170 111 10 Seat change +47 -39 - Popular vote 3,235,017 2,711,739 336,460 Percentage 46.88% 39.30% 4.88% Swing +8.27% -7.59% -

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1993 elections (Results).

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 170 seats

  New Democracy: 111 seats

  Political Spring: 10 seats

  Communist Party of Greece: 9 seats

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 10 October 1993. 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.

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	New
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	202,887	2.9	0	–19
Union of Centrists	15,926	0.2	0	New
Trust	26,228	0.4	0	–1
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 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%