Greek legislative election, June 1989

Greek legislative election, June 1989

18 June 1989
All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Constantine Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Charilaos Florakis Party ND PASOK Synaspismos Leader since 1984 3 September 1974 1989 Last election 126 seats, 40.8% 161 seats, 45.8% - Seats won 145 125 28 Seat change +19 -36 - Popular vote 2,887,488 2,551,518 855,944 Percentage 44.3% 39.1% 13.1% Swing +3.5% -6.7% -
PM before election Andreas Papandreou PASOK Subsequent PM Tzannis Tzannetakis ND

Distribution of parliament seats after the June 1989 elections.

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 125 seats

  New Democracy: 145 seats

  Synapsismos: 28 seats

  Others and independents: 1 seat

  Democratic Renewal: 1 seat

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 18 June 1989. The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis defeated the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou. However, New Democracy could not form a government, despite its 5% lead in the popular vote, because of the Proportional representation voted into electoral law by the previous PASOK government.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Democracy (ND)	2,887,488	44.3	145	+19
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	2,551,518	39.1	125	–36
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	855,944	13.1	28	New
Democratic Renewal (DIANA)	65,914	1.0	1	New
Trust	25,099	0.4	1	New
National Party-National Political Union	21,149	0.3	0	0
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left (AKOA)	18,159	0.3	0	New
Hellenic Socialist Party for Democracy and Development	13,863	0.2	0	New
Christian Democracy	11,450	0.2	0	New
Fate	9,064	0.1	0	New
Liberal Party	9,001	0.1	0	0
Ecologist Movement-Political Renewal	8,182	0.1	0	New
Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK)	7,770	0.1	0	New
Alternative Anti-Capitalist Cohesion	6,185	0.1	0	New
Coalition of Parties "Direct Democracy"	5,939	0.1	0	New
Greek Radical Movement	4,162	0.1	0	New
Greek Orthodox Movement for Salvation	3,756	0.1	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) (KKE (M-L)	3,530	0.1	0	New
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE)	2,709	0.0	0	0
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,317	0.0	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,912	0.0	0	New
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	1,636	0.0	0	New
Labour Anti-Imperialistic Movement	1,432	0.0	0	New
Olympic Party	1,229	0.0	0	New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	873	0.0	0	New
Panhellenic Ecological Movement	403	0.0	0	New
Independent Personalities	113	0.0	0	New
Integrated Social Union	65	0.0	0	New
Independent Movement of Democratic Refresh	54	0.0	0	New
Collaboration Alliance of Independent Candidate MPs	28	0.0	0	New
Panhellenic Uncommitted Party of Equality	26	0.0	0	New
Federal Democratic Party of Greece	25	0.0	0	New
Party of Humanism and Peace	15	0.0	0	New
Independent Radical Spring Renewal	10	0.0	0	New
Independent Social Democratic Revival	10	0.0	0	New
Olympic Democracy	2	0.0	0	0
Independents	659	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	148,017	–	–	–
Total	6,669,228	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,302,412	80.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
ND			44.28%
PASOK			39.13%
SYN			13.13%
Others			3.47%

Parliament seats
ND			48.33%
PASOK			41.67%
SYN			9.33%
Others			0.67%