1996 Greek parliamentary election

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1996 Greek parliamentary election
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  1993 22 September 1996 2000  

All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Konstantinos Simitis 2012-01-23.jpg Miltiades Ebert.jpg Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader Costas
Simitis
Miltiadis Evert Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Last election46.88%, 170 seats39.30%, 111 seats4.54%, 9 seats
Seats won16210811
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote2,813,2452,584,765380,167
Percentage41.49%38.12%5.60%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.39 pp Decrease2.svg1.18 pp Increase2.svg1.06 pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Nikos Konstantopoulos 2013 cropped.jpg
Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Dimitris Tsovolas
Party Synaspismos DIKKI
Last election2.94%, 0 seats
Seats won109
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10New
Popular vote347,051300,617
Percentage5.12%4.43%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.18 pp New

1996 Greek Legislative Election Map.svg
Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. [1] The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
PASOK 2,814,77941.49162–8
New Democracy 2,586,08938.12108–3
Communist Party of Greece 380,0465.6011+2
Synaspismos 347,2365.1210+10
Democratic Social Movement 300,9544.449New
Political Spring 199,6862.940–10
Union of Centrists 48,6590.7200
Union of Ecologists 19,9310.2900
Party of Greek Hunters 17,4720.2600
National Party–National Political Union 16,4950.2400
Party of Hellenism 12,2160.180New
Left Struggle 10,4160.1500
Alternative Ecologists 5,7080.080New
Golden Dawn 4,5370.070New
Ecologists of Greece 4,1380.0600
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece 4,0190.060New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 3,5340.0500
Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance2,5190.040New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece 2,1130.0300
Olympic Party1,6140.0200
Party of Greek Workers2380.000New
Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party1630.000New
Christianity 710.0000
Free Democracy640.000New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology490.0000
Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement420.000New
Labour Class310.000New
Human Rights Party120.0000
Party of Responsible Citizens20.0000
Hellenic European Party10.0000
Independents6110.0100
Total6,783,445100.003000
Valid votes6,783,44597.15
Invalid/blank votes198,7592.85
Total votes6,982,204100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,145,59876.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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