November 1989 Greek legislative election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 November 1989.[1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou. However, as in June 1989, Mitsotakis was unable to form a government since his party had failed to win a majority of seats.

November 1989 Greek legislative election

5 November 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 145 seats, 44.3% 125 seats, 39.1% 28 seats, 13.1% Seats won 148 128 21 Seat change 3 3 7 Popular vote 3,093,479 2,724,334 734,611 Percentage 46.2% 40.7% 11% Swing 1.9% 1.6% 2.1%
Prime Minister before election Yiannis Grivas Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Xenophon Zolotas Independent

Distribution of parliament seats after the November 1989 elections.

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 128 seats

  New Democracy: 148 seats

  Synapsismos: 21 seats

  Others and independents: 2 seats

  Alternative Ecologists: 1 seat

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Democracy (ND)	3,093,479	46.2	148	+3
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	2,724,334	40.7	128	+3
Left and Progress Coalition (SYN)	734,611	11.0	21	–7
Alternative Ecologists	39,158	0.6	1	New
Trust	24,623	0.4	1	0
Left Initiative of Communist Radical Ecologists (AKOA-EKKE)	13,461	0.2	0	New
Kollatos-Independent Political Movement-Ecologic-Hellenic	13,058	0.2	0	New
Fate	11,730	0.2	1	+1
Ecologists Greece	10,223	0.2	0	New
Liberal Party	5,125	0.1	0	0
Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups (LEFKO)	4,410	0.1	0	New
Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) (KKE (M-L))	3,188	0.0	0	0
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE)	1,602	0.0	0	0
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE)	1,422	0.0	0	0
Labour Anti-Imperialistic Front	1,384	0.0	0	0
Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,259	0.0	0	0
Workers Revolutionary Party-Trotskyists (EEK)	1,104	0.0	0	New
Olympic Party	840	0.0	0	0
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE)	614	0.0	0	0
National Front of National Fighters	99	0.0	0	New
Independent Party of Democratic Revival	61	0.0	0	New
Hellenists Party	53	0.0	0	New
Greens Ecological Party of Greece-Hellenic Alternative Green Movement	46	0.0	0	New
Olympic Democracy	32	0.0	0	0
Revolutionary-Popular Executive Committee "Care"	22	0.0	0	New
Independent Social Democratic Revival	21	0.0	0	0
Humanism and Peace Party	15	0.0	0	New
Regional Civic Development	12	0.0	0	New
Hellenic Social Democratic Revolutionary Liberation Front "Spartacus"	9	0.0	0	New
Movement of Non-Privileged	4	0.0	0	New
Hellenic European Party	3	0.0	0	New
Self-Respect	2	0.0	0	New
Hellenic European Party 1984	1	0.0	0	New
Independents	11,563	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	101,917	–	–	–
Total	6,799,485	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,425,212	80.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote ND   46.19% PASOK   40.67% SYN   10.97% Others   2.17%

Parliament seats ND   49.33% PASOK   42.67% SYN   7.00% Others   1.00%

References

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