Greek legislative election, 1977

Greek legislative election, 1977
	← outgoing members
All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament ; 151 seats were needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Constantine Karamanlis ; ND	Subsequent Prime Minister ; Constantine Karamanlis ; ND

Last updated April 05, 2019

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 20 November 1977.^[1] After Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis called for early elections, his New Democracy party suffered a significant loss of power. However, Karamanlis managed to secure an absolute majority in the Parliament. The big surprise was the success of PASOK, whose socialistic rhetoric remained radical. Because of PASOK's success, the Centrists (Union of the Democratic Centre, ΕDIK, former Center Union - New Forces) led again by Georgios Mavros lost half of their power. As a result, Andreas Papandreou, PASOK's leader, became a prominent figure in Greek politics. The Communists (Communist Party of Greece) and the Nationalists managed to amplify their support.

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Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Democracy (ND)	2,146,365	41.8	171	–49
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	1,300,025	25.3	93	+81
Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK)	612,786	11.9	16	+16
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	480,272	9.4	11	–
National Alignment (EP)	349,988	6.8	5	New
Progress and Left Forces Alliance	139,356	2.7	2	–
Party of New Liberals	55,494	1.1	2	New
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE)	11,895	0.2	0	0
Popular Democratic Unity	8,839	0.2	0	New
EDE-Trotskyists	1,032	0.0	0	New
Hellenic Christian-Social Union	777	0.0	0	New
Communist ORganisation "Fighter"	321	0.0	0	New
Labour-Agricultural Party of Greece	170	0.0	0	New
Farmer Smoke-Producers Party	84	0.0	0	New
Olympic Democracy	19	0.0	0	New
Independents	22,348	0.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	64,120	–	–	–
Total	5,193,891	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,403,738	81.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

ND			41.84%
PASOK			25.34%
EDIK			11.95%
KKE			9.36%
EP			6.82%
SPAD			2.72%
Others			1.97%

Parliament seats

ND			57.00%
PASOK			31.00%
EDIK			5.33%
KKE			3.67%
EP			1.67%
SPAD			0.67%
Others			0.67%

Aftermath

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References

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

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