1996 Greek legislative election

1996 Greek legislative election

22 September 1996
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Costas Simitis Miltiadis Evert Aleka Papariga Party PASOK ND KKE Leader since 30 June 1996 1993 1991 Last election 170 seats, 46.88% 111 seats, 39.30% 9 seats, 4.54% Seats won 162 108 11 Seat change 8 3 2 Popular vote 2,813,245 2,584,765 380,167 Percentage 41.49% 38.12% 5.61% Swing 5.2% 1.2% 1.11%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Dimitris Tsovolas Party Synaspismos DIKKI Leader since 1993 1993 Last election 0 seats, 2.94%% New Seats won 10 10 Seat change 10 10 Popular vote 347,051 300,617 Percentage 5.12% 4.43% Swing 2.18% New
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Subsequent Prime Minister Costas Simitis PASOK

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1996 elections (Results).

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 162 seats

  New Democracy: 108 seats

  Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats

  Coalition of the Left and Progress: 10 seats

  Democratic Social Movement : 9 seats

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	2,814,779	41.5	162	–8
New Democracy (ND)	2,586,089	38.1	108	–3
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	380,046	5.6	11	+2
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	347,236	5.1	10	+10
Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI)	300,954	4.4	9	New
Political Spring	199,686	2.9	0	–10
Union of Centrists	48,659	0.7	0	0
Union of Ecologists	19,931	0.3	0	0
Party of Greek Hunters	17,472	0.3	0	0
National Party-National Political Union	16,495	0.2	0	0
Party of Hellenism	12,216	0.2	0	New
Left Struggle	10,416	0.2	0	0
Alternative Ecologists	5,708	0.1	0	New
Golden Dawn (XA)	4,537	0.1	0	New
Ecologists Greece	4,138	0.1	0	0
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	4,019	0.1	0	New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	3,534	0.1	0	0
Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance	2,519	0.0	0	New
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,113	0.0	0	0
Olympic Party	1,614	0.0	0	0
Party of Greek Workers	238	0.0	0	New
Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party	163	0.0	0	New
Christian Faith	71	0.0	0	0
Free Democracy	64	0.0	0	New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology	49	0.0	0	0
Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement	42	0.0	0	New
Labour Class	31	0.0	0	New
Human Rights Party	12	0.0	0	0
Party of Responsible Citizens	2	0.0	0	0
Hellenic European Party	1	0.0	0	0
Independents	611	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	198,759	–	–	–
Total	6,982,204	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,145,598	76.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote PASOK   41.49% ND   38.12% KKE   5.61% SYN   5.12% DIKKI   4.43% POLAN   2.94% Others   2.28%

Parliament seats PASOK   54.00% ND   36.00% KKE   3.67% SYN   3.33% DIKKI   3.00%