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).

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 170 seats

  New Democracy: 111 seats

  Political Spring: 10 seats

  Communist Party of Greece: 9 seats

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	3,235,017	46.9	170	+47
New Democracy (ND)	2,711,737	39.3	111	–39
Political Spring	336,460	4.9	10	New
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	313,001	4.5	9	-10
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	202,887	2.9	0	New
Union of Centrists	15,926	0.2	0	New
Trust	26,228	0.4	0	–1
Fate	12,458	0.2	0	–1
National Party-National Political Union	9,469	0.1	0	0
Left Struggle (NAR-EKKE- KKE (M-L)-EEK)	8,160	0.1	0	New
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (LEFKO)	7,237	0.1	0	0
Ecologists Greece	5,723	0.1	0	0
Union of Ecologists	5,378	0.1	0	0
Party of Greek Hunters	3,614	0.1	0	0
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	1,817	0.0	0	0
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	1,578	0.0	0	New
Olympic Party	753	0.0	0	0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	703	0.0	0	New
Consistent Left Move of Greece	484	0.0	0	New
Self-Respect and Truth	334	0.0	0	New
Human Rights Party	255	0.0	0	0
Christian Faith	66	0.0	0	New
Hellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement	41	0.0	0	New
Political Independent Party "Vergina 1990"	33	0.0	0	New
Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology	30	0.0	0	New
Party of Responsible Citizens	19	0.0	0	New
Humanism and Peace Party	18	0.0	0	0
Free Democrats Party of Greece	16	0.0	0	New
Greens	6	0.0	0	New
Independents	863	0.0	0	–4
Invalid/blank votes	119,614	–	–	–
Total	7,019,925	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,861,833	79.2	–	–
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