Greek legislative election, 1974

Greek legislative election, 1974
Greece
17 November 1974

All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Mavros Andreas Papandreou
Party ND EK-ND PASOK
Leader since 4 October 1974 1974 3 September 1974
Last election - 171 seats, 52.72% -
Seats won 220 60 12
Seat change - -111 -
Popular vote 2,669,133 1,002,559 666,413
Percentage 54.37% 20.42% 13.58%
Swing - -32.3% -

PM before election

Konstantinos Karamanlis
ND

Subsequent PM

Konstantinos Karamanlis
ND

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 17 November 1974.[1] They were the first after the end of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and took place during the metapolitefsi era. The winner was Konstantinos Karamanlis and his newly formed conservative party, ND (New Democracy, Νέα Δημοκρατία). Karamanlis had already formed a government of national unity just after the fall of the dictatorship. The second biggest party was the centrist Center Union - New Forces (Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις). Third power in the Parliament became the newly formed PASOK (Panhellenic Sosialist Movement, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα), a radical socialist party led by Andreas Papandreou, son of the former prime minister Georgios Papandreou.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
New Democracy (ND)2,669,13354.4220
Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND)1,002,55920.460
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)666,41313.612
United Left (EA)464,7879.58
National Democratic Union (EDE)52,7681.10
Democratic Centre Union (DEK)8,5090.20
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE)1,5990.00
Coalition Liberal Democratic Union-Socialist Party of Greece (FDE-SKE)9750.00
List of Independents and independents42,2910.90
Invalid/blank votes54,584
Total4,963,558100300
Registered voters/turnout6,241,06679.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
ND
 
54.37%
EK-ND
 
20.42%
PASOK
 
13.58%
EA
 
9.47%
EDE
 
1.08%
Others
 
1.09%
Parliament seats
ND
 
73.33%
EK-ND
 
20.00%
PASOK
 
4.00%
EA
 
2.67%

Aftermath

The priorities of the Karamanlis' government were:

In 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos, a close friend of Karamanlis, was elected President of the Republic by the Greek Parliament.

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Further reading