1974 Greek legislative election
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Parliamentary elections were held in
Center Union – New Forces. The third party in the Parliament became the newly-formed PASOK, a radical socialist party led by Andreas Papandreou, son of the former Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| New Democracy | 2,669,133 | 54.37 | 220 | |
| Centre Union – New Forces | 1,002,559 | 20.42 | 60 | |
| PASOK | 666,413 | 13.58 | 12 | |
| United Left | 464,787 | 9.47 | 8 | |
| National Democratic Union | 52,768 | 1.07 | 0 | |
| Democratic Centre Union | 8,509 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Movement | 1,539 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Union–Socialist Party | 975 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Independents | 42,291 | 0.86 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,908,974 | 100.00 | 300 | |
| Valid votes | 4,908,974 | 98.90 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 54,584 | 1.10 | ||
| Total votes | 4,963,558 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,241,066 | 79.53 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
Aftermath
These were the priorities of the Karamanlis's government:
- The adoption of a new constitution
- The abolition of the monarchy after a free referendum
- The submission of a new application for Greece to join the European Community.
The new government decided on a referendum on retaining the republic, which was held on 8 December 1974.
In 1975
President of the Republic
by parliament.
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Further reading
- Tridimas, George (2010). "Referendum and the choice between monarchy and republic in Greece". Constitutional Political Economy. 21 (2): 119–144. S2CID 154282086.
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