1977 Greek legislative election

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1977 Greek legislative election
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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader
Constantine Karamanlis
 Andreas Papandreou Georgios Mavros
Party ND PASOK EDIK
Last election 54.37%, 220 seats 13.58%, 12 seats, 20.42%, 60 seats
Seats won 171 93 16
Seat change Decrease 49 Increase 81 Decrease 44
Popular vote 2,146,365 1,300,025 612,782
Percentage 41.84% 25.34% 11.95%
Swing Decrease12.53pp Increase11.76pp Decrease8.47pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Charilaos Florakis Stefanos Stefanopoulos Ilias Iliou
Party KKE National Alignment SPAD
Last election 9.47%, 8 seats –
Seats won 11 5 2
Seat change Increase 3 New
Popular vote 480,272 349,988 139,356
Percentage 9.36% 6.82% 2.72%
Swing Decrease0.11pp New
  Seventh party
 
Leader
Constantine Mitsotakis
Party Party of New Liberals
Last election –
Seats won 2
Seat change New
Popular vote 55,494
Percentage 1.08%
Swing New
Prime Minister before election

Constantine Karamanlis

ND

Prime Minister after election

Constantine Karamanlis

ND

Parliamentary elections were held in

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.

Future Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras first won a seat in parliament at this election.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Democracy2,146,36541.84171−49
PASOK1,300,02525.3493+81
Union of the Democratic Centre612,78611.9516+16
Communist Party of Greece480,2729.3611–
National Alignment349,9886.825New
Progress and Left Forces Alliance139,3562.722–
Party of New Liberals55,4941.082New
Revolutionary Communist Movement11,8950.2300
Popular Democratic Unity8,8390.170New
International Workers' Union – Trotskyists1,0320.020New
Hellenic Christian-Social Union7770.020New
Communist Organisation "Fighter"3210.010New
Labour-Agricultural Party of Greece1700.000New
Farmer Smoke-Producers Party840.000New
Olympic Democracy190.000New
Independents22,3480.440New
Total5,129,771100.003000
Valid votes5,129,77198.77
Invalid/blank votes64,1201.23
Total votes5,193,891100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,403,73881.11
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

In 1979 Greece became

George Rallis
became Prime Minister and new leader of ND.

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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