1993 Greek legislative election

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1993 Greek legislative election
Flag of Greece.svg
  1990 10 October 1993 1996  

All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Andreas Papandreou.jpg Mitsotakis 1992.jpg
Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis
Party PASOK ND
Last election38.61%, 123 seats46.89%, 150 seats
Seats won170111
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 47Decrease2.svg 39
Popular vote3,235,0172,711,739
Percentage46.88%39.30%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.27ppDecrease2.svg7.59pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg Aleka Papariga 2009 (cropped).jpg
Leader Antonis Samaras Aleka Papariga
Party PA KKE
Last election [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won109
Seat changeNew
Popular vote336,460313,001
Percentage4.88%4.54%
SwingNew

Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Mitsotakis
ND

Prime Minister after election

Andreas Papandreou
PASOK

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

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Results

Greek legislative election 1993.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
PASOK 3,235,01746.88170+47
New Democracy 2,711,73739.30111–39
Political Spring 336,4604.8810New
Communist Party of Greece 313,0014.549
Synaspismos 202,8872.940
Trust 26,2280.380–1
Union of Centrists 15,9260.230New
Fate 12,4580.180–1
National Party–National Political Union 9,4690.1400
Left Struggle 8,1600.1200
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups 7,2370.1000
Ecologists of Greece 5,7230.0800
Union of Ecologists 5,3780.0800
Party of Greek Hunters 3,6140.0500
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece 1,8170.0300
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece 1,5780.020New
Olympic Party7530.0100
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece 7030.010New
Consistent Left Move of Greece4840.010New
Self-Respect and Truth3340.000New
Human Rights Party2550.0000
Christianity 660.000New
Hellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement410.000New
Political Independent Party "Vergina 1990"330.000New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology300.000New
Party of Responsible Citizens190.000New
Humanism and Peace Party180.0000
Free Democrats Party of Greece160.000New
Greens60.000New
Independents8630.010–4
Total6,900,311100.003000
Valid votes6,900,31198.30
Invalid/blank votes119,6141.70
Total votes7,019,925100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,861,83379.22
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. Part of Synaspismos alliance

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References

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