Greek legislative election, 1985

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Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on 2 June, 1985. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.

The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou, was re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis (Mitsotakis succeeded Evangelos Averoff as ND leader in 1984).

Summary of the 2 June 1985 Greek Parliament election results
Parties VotesNo. % +− % Seats +−
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) Andreas Papandreou 2,916,735 45.8% -2.3% 161 -11
New Democracy (ND) Constantine Mitsotakis 2,599,681 40.8% +4.9% 126 +11
Communist Party of Greece Charilaos Florakis 629,525 9.1% -1.8% 12 -1
Communist Party of Greece (Interior) Yiannis Banias 117,135 1.8% +0.5% 1 +1
National Political Union Georgios Papadopoulos 37,965 0.6% - - -
Independent Muslim List 20,708 0.3% - - -
Liberal Party 10,551 0.2% - - -
Others 32,794 0.5% - - -
No. of valid votes 6,365,094 100.00   300  
Invalid votes 57,372  
Total 6,422,466
(83.8%)
Sources: Thomas T. Mackie (November 1986). "General elections in Western Nations during 1985". European Journal of Political Research 14 (5-6): 695–697. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1986.tb00860.x.  Lar's Election website


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