June 1989 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 18 June 1989.[1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis defeated the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou. However, New Democracy could not form a government, since its 5% lead in the popular vote was not enough to reach a majority because of the proportional representation system voted into electoral law by the previous PASOK government.

June 1989 Greek legislative election

18 June 1989
All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Constantine Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Charilaos Florakis Party ND PASOK Synaspismos Leader since 1984 3 September 1974 1989 Last election 126 seats, 40.8% 161 seats, 45.8% 13 seats, 11.7% Seats won 145 125 28 Seat change 19 36 15 Popular vote 2,887,488 2,551,518 855,944 Percentage 44.3% 39.1% 13.1% Swing 3.5% 6.7% 1.4%
Prime Minister before election Andreas Papandreou PASOK Subsequent Prime Minister Tzannis Tzannetakis ND

Distribution of parliament seats after the June 1989 elections.

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 125 seats

  New Democracy: 145 seats

  Synapsismos: 28 seats

  Others and independents: 1 seat

  Democratic Renewal: 1 seat

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Democracy (ND)	2,887,488	44.3	145	+19
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	2,551,518	39.1	125	–36
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	855,944	13.1	28	New
Democratic Renewal (DIANA)	65,914	1.0	1	New
Trust	25,099	0.4	1	New
National Party-National Political Union	21,149	0.3	0	0
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left (AKOA)	18,159	0.3	0	New
Hellenic Socialist Party for Democracy and Development	13,863	0.2	0	New
Christian Democracy	11,450	0.2	0	New
Fate	9,064	0.1	0	New
Liberal Party	9,001	0.1	0	0
Ecologist Movement-Political Renewal	8,182	0.1	0	New
Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK)	7,770	0.1	0	New
Alternative Anti-Capitalist Cohesion	6,185	0.1	0	New
Coalition of Parties "Direct Democracy"	5,939	0.1	0	New
Greek Radical Movement	4,162	0.1	0	New
Greek Orthodox Movement for Salvation	3,756	0.1	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) (KKE (M-L)	3,530	0.1	0	New
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE)	2,709	0.0	0	0
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	2,317	0.0	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,912	0.0	0	New
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	1,636	0.0	0	New
Labour Anti-Imperialistic Movement	1,432	0.0	0	New
Olympic Party	1,229	0.0	0	New
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	873	0.0	0	New
Panhellenic Ecological Movement	403	0.0	0	New
Independent Personalities	113	0.0	0	New
Integrated Social Union	65	0.0	0	New
Independent Movement of Democratic Refresh	54	0.0	0	New
Collaboration Alliance of Independent Candidate MPs	28	0.0	0	New
Panhellenic Uncommitted Party of Equality	26	0.0	0	New
Federal Democratic Party of Greece	25	0.0	0	New
Party of Humanism and Peace	15	0.0	0	New
Independent Radical Spring Renewal	10	0.0	0	New
Independent Social Democratic Revival	10	0.0	0	New
Olympic Democracy	2	0.0	0	0
Independents	659	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	148,017	–	–	–
Total	6,669,228	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,302,412	80.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote ND   44.28% PASOK   39.13% SYN   13.13% Others   3.47%

Parliament seats ND   48.33% PASOK   41.67% SYN   9.33% Others   0.67%

References

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