Greek legislative election, 1977
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In the Greek legislative election, 1977, Prime Minister, Constantine Karamanlis, called for early elections. His party, ND, suffered a significant loss of power, but, nevertheless, 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.
| Summary of the 20 November 1977 Greek Parliament election results | Votes | Seats | |||||||||||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |||||||||
| New Democracy (ND) | Constantine Karamanlis | 2,146,365 | 41.84 | 171 | |||||||||
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | Andreas Papandreou | 1,300,025 | 25.34 | 93 | |||||||||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK) | Georgios Mavros | 612,782 | 11.95 | 16 | |||||||||
| Communist Party of Greece (KKE) | Harilaos Florakis | 480,272 | 9.36 | 11 | |||||||||
| National Alignment (EP) | Stefanos Stefanopoulos | 349,988 | 6.82 | 5 | |||||||||
| Alliance of Progressive and Left-Wing Forces (KKE Interior) | 139,356 | 2.72 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Party of New Liberals | Constantine Mitsotakis | 55,494 | 1.08 | 2 | |||||||||
| Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE) | 11,895 | 0.23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| People's Democratic Unity (LDE) | 8,839 | 0.17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Others | 24,751 | 0.49 | 0 | ||||||||||
| No. of valid votes | 100,00 | 300 | |||||||||||
| Invalid votes | |||||||||||||
| Total | (%) |
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| Sources: Greek Interior Ministry website http://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/ethnik_fr.htm, "Archives of Constantinos Karamanlis" | |||||||||||||
[edit] Post-election
In 1979 Greece became European Community's 12th member, despite the opposition of PASOK and the Communists. In 1980, Constantine Karamanlis succeeded Constantine Tsatsos as President of the Republic. George Rallis became prime minister and new leader of ND.
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