Greek legislative election, 1996

Greek legislative election, 1996

22 September 1996
All 300 seats to the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Costas Simitis Miltiadis Evert Aleka Papariga Party PASOK ND KKE Leader since 30 June 1996 1993 1991 Last election 170 seats, 46.88% 111 seats, 39.30% 9 seats, 4.54% Seats won 162 108 11 Seat change -8 -3 +2 Popular vote 2,813,245 2,584,765 380,167 Percentage 41.49% 38.12% 5.61% Swing -5.2% -1.2% +1.11%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Dimitris Tsovolas Party Synaspismos DIKKI Leader since 1993 1993 Last election 0 seats, 2.94%% n/a Seats won 10 10 Seat change +10 +10 Popular vote 347,051 300,617 Percentage 5.12% 4.43% Swing +2.18% n/a
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Subsequent Prime Minister Costas Simitis PASOK

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1996 elections (Results).

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 162 seats

  New Democracy: 108 seats

  Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats

  Coalition of the Left and Progress: 10 seats

  Democratic Social Movement : 9 seats

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	2,814,779	41.5	162	–8
New Democracy (ND)	2,586,089	38.1	108	–3
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	380,046	5.6	11	+2
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	347,236	5.1	10	+10
Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI)	300,954	4.4	9	New
Political Spring	199,686	2.9	0	–10
Union of Centrists	48,659	0.7	0	0
Union of Ecologists	19,931	0.3	0	0
Party of Greek Hunters	17,472	0.3	0	0
National Party-National Political Union	16,495	0.2	0	0
Party of Hellenism	12,216	0.2	0	New
Left Struggle	10,416	0.2	0	0
Alternative Ecologists	5,708	0.1	0	New
Golden Dawn (XA)	4,537	0.1	0	New
Ecologists Greece	4,138	0.1	0	0
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	4,019	0.1	0	New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	3,534	0.1	0	0
Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance	2,519	0.0	0	New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,113	0.0	0	0
Olympic Party	1,614	0.0	0	0
Party of Greek Workers	238	0.0	0	New
Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party	163	0.0	0	New
Christian Faith	71	0.0	0	0
Free Democracy	64	0.0	0	New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology	49	0.0	0	0
Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement	42	0.0	0	New
Labour Class	31	0.0	0	New
Human Rights Party	12	0.0	0	0
Party of Responsible Citizens	2	0.0	0	0
Hellenic European Party	1	0.0	0	0
Independents	611	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	198,759	–	–	–
Total	6,982,204	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,145,598	76.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote
PASOK			41.49%
ND			38.12%
KKE			5.61%
SYN			5.12%
DIKKI			4.43%
POLAN			2.94%
Others			2.28%

Parliament seats
PASOK			54.00%
ND			36.00%
KKE			3.67%
SYN			3.33%
DIKKI			3.00%