1993 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 10 October 1993.[1] The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou, was elected with 170 of the 300 seats, defeating the conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis.[2]

1993 Greek legislative election

10 October 1993

All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis
Party PASOK ND
Leader since 3 September 1974 1984
Last election 123 seats, 38.6% 150 seats, 46.9%
Seats won 170 111
Seat change 47 39
Popular vote 3,235,017 2,711,739
Percentage 46.88% 39.30%
Swing 8.27% 7.59%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Antonis Samaras Aleka Papariga
Party POLAN KKE
Leader since June 1993 27 February 1991
Last election New 19 seats, 10.28%
Seats won 10 9
Seat change New 10
Popular vote 336,460 313,001
Percentage 4.88% 4.54%
Swing New 5.74%

Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Mitsotakis
ND

Subsequent Prime Minister

Andreas Papandreou
PASOK

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1993 elections (Results).
  New Democracy: 111 seats
  Political Spring: 10 seats

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)3,235,01746.9170+47
New Democracy (ND)2,711,73739.3111–39
Political Spring336,4604.910New
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)313,0014.59-10
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)202,8872.90New
Trust26,2280.40–1
Union of Centrists15,9260.20New
Fate12,4580.20–1
National Party - National Political Union9,4690.100
Left Struggle (NAR-EKKE- KKE (M-L)-EEK)8,1600.10New
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (LEFKO)7,2370.100
Ecologists of Greece5,7230.100
Union of Ecologists5,3780.100
Party of Greek Hunters3,6140.100
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)1,8170.000
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)1,5780.00New
Olympic Party7530.000
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)7030.00New
Consistent Left Move of Greece4840.00New
Self-Respect and Truth3340.00New
Human Rights Party2550.000
Christian Faith660.00New
Hellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement410.00New
Political Independent Party "Vergina 1990"330.00New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology300.00New
Party of Responsible Citizens190.00New
Humanism and Peace Party180.000
Free Democrats Party of Greece160.00New
Greens60.00New
Independents8630.00–4
Invalid/blank votes119,614
Total7,019,9251003000
Registered voters/turnout8,861,83379.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
PASOK
46.88%
ND
39.30%
POLAN
4.88%
KKE
4.54%
SYN
2.94%
Others
1.47%
Parliament seats
PASOK
56.67%
ND
37.00%
POLAN
3.33%
KKE
3.00%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p862
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