Greek legislative election, 1996
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Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on 22 September 1996. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.
The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Costas Simitis, was elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.
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| Summary of the 22 September 1996 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |||
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement | Kostas Simitis | 2,813,245 | 41.49 | -5.2 | 162 | −8 | |
| New Democracy | Miltiadis Evert | 2,584,765 | 38.12 | -1.2 | 108 | -3 | |
| Communist Party of Greece | Aleka Papariga | 380,167 | 5.61 | +1.11 | 11 | +2 | |
| Coalition of the Left and Progress | Nikos Konstantopoulos | 347,051 | 5.12 | 2.18 | 10 | +10 | |
| Democratic Social Movement | Dimitris Tsovolas | 300,617 | 4.43 | (-) | 9 | (-) | |
| Political Spring | Antonis Samaras | 199,463 | 2.94 | (-) | (-) | (-) | |
| Union of Centrists | Vassilis Leventis | 48,677 | 0.72 | 0 | +0 | ||
| Union of Ecologists | Dimosthenis Vergis | 19,934 | 0.29 | 0 | +0 | ||
| Party of Greek Hunters Κόμμα Ελλήνων Κυνηγών | 17,419 | 0.26 | |||||
| National Political Union | Chrisanthos Dimitriadis Χρύσανθος Δημητριάδης | 16,501 | 0.24 | ||||
| Party of Hellenism | Sotiris Sofianopoulos | 12,205 | 0.18 | ||||
| Left Struggle | 10,443 | 0.15 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Alternative Ecologists | 5,715 | 0.08 | - | 0 | |||
| Hrisi Avgi | Nikolaos Michaloliakos | 4,487 | 0.07 | - | 0 | - | |
| Ecologists Greece | Konstantinos Papanikolas | 4,113 | 0.06 | - | 0 | - | |
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 4,016 | 0.06 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece / Rainbow | 3,485 | 0.05 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Coalition of Pensioners-Workers-Farmers-Youth Συμμαχία ΣΕΑΝ | 2,470 | 0.04 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Militant Socialist Party of Greece | 2,108 | 0.03 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Olympismos Ολυμπισμός | Georgios Zois | 1,619 | 0.02 | - | 0 | - | |
| Greek Workers' Party Κόμμα Εργαζομένων Ελλήνων, ΚΟ.Ε.ΕΛ. | 247 | 0.00 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Free Democracy Ελεύθερη Δημοκρατία | 65 | 0.00 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Greek European Party Ελληνικό Ευρωπαϊκό Κόμμα, Ελ.Ε.Κ. | 8 | 0.00 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Human Rights Party Κόμμα Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων, Κ.Α.Δικ. | 2 | 0.00 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Others | 1,123 | 0.02 | - | 0 | - | ||
| No. of valid votes | 6,780,049 | 100,00 | 300 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 198,607 | ||||||
| Total | 6,978,656 | ||||||
| Turnout | 75.0% | ||||||
| Electorate | 9,140,742 | ||||||
| Source: Official results from Greek Interior Ministry; Greekelections.com | |||||||
Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a majority of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Vouli. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.
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