Greek legislative election, 1989 (June)

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

on June 18, 1989. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.

The liberal-conservative New Democracy

New Democracy (Greece)

New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

party of Constantine Mitsotakis

Constantine Mitsotakis

Constantine Mitsotakis , a Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. He came from a political family: his father and grandfathers were members of parliament, and the great liberal leader Eleftherios Venizelos was his uncle...

defeated the Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

(PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou

Andreas Papandreou

Andreas G. Papandreou ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, a socialist politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics. The son of Georgios Papandreou, Andreas was a Harvard-trained academic...

. However, New Democracy could not form a government, despite its 5% lead in the popular vote, because of the electoral law that the previous PASOK government had voted into effect before the elections requiring a party to win 50 percent of the vote in order to govern alone.

rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 18 June 1989 Greek Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

election results

Greek legislative election, 1989 (June)

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on June 18, 1989. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis defeated the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Andreas Papandreou...

New Democracy (Greece)

|Constantine Mitsotakis

Constantine Mitsotakis

|align="right"|2,887,488
|align="right"|44.3%
|align="center"|+3.5%
|align="center"|145
|align="center"|+19
|-
|
|Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

|Andreas Papandreou

Andreas Papandreou

|align="right"|2,551,518
|align="right"|39.1%
|align="center"|-6.7%
|align="center"|125
|align="center"|-36
|-
|
|Coalition of the Left and Progress
|Charilaos Florakis

Charilaos Florakis

Charilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece .Florakis was born on 20 July 1914 in the village of Paliozoglopi, located near Agrafa in the Itamos municipality, prefecture of Karditsa, Greece. He joined KKE, in 1941...

Democratic Renewal

Democratic Renewal was a Greek political party founded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos on September 6, 1985. It continued to exist until June 1994....

|Konstantinos Stefanopoulos
|align="right"|65,614
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Independent Muslim List
|
|align="right"|34,145
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="center"|+0.2%
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|+1
|-
|
|National Political Union

National Political Union

The National Political Union, better known as EPEN was a Greek far-right political party. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former junta leader Georgios Papadopoulos. It participated in the 1985 general election...

|
|align="right"|21,149
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="center"|-0.0%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left

Renewing Communist Ecological Left

Renewing Communist Ecological Left is a political party in Greece. It was formed mostly by members of the late eurocommunist-influenced KKE Interior.In the 2000 parliamentary elections AKOA supported Synaspismos...

|Yiannis Banias
|align="right"|18,114
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="center"|-1.5%
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-1
|-
|
|Christian Democracy
|
|align="right"|11,450
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Greece)

The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

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|align="right"|9,001
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="center"|-0.1%
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
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|Ecology Movement
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|align="right"|2,079
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Center Union

Center Union

The Centre Union was a Greek political party, created in 1961 by George Papandreou, senior.The party was elected to power in 1963, with Papandreou as Prime Minister...

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|align="right"|7,770
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
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|Others
|
|align="right"|50,836
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|6,521,211
|align="center"|100.00
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|300
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|148,017
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|6,669,228
(84.5%)
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|colspan=7|Source:
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