Greek legislative election, 1996 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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 22 September 1996. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.

The ruling 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 Costas Simitis

Costas Simitis

Konstantinos Simitis , usually referred to as Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 1996 to 2004.- Biography :...

, was elected, defeating 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 Miltiadis Evert

Miltiadis Evert

Miltiadis Evert , was a Greek politician, a member of Parliament, Government minister, and ex-chairman of the New Democracy party.Evert was born in Athens, Greece, the son of the Athens police chief Angelos Evert. He studied at the Athens School of Economics and Business Science...

Results

rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 22 September 1996 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....

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

|Kostas Simitis
|align="right"|2,813,245
|align="right"|41.49
|align="center"|-5.2
|align="center"|162
|align="center"|−8
|-
|style="background-color:#005AC0"|
|New Democracy

New Democracy (Greece)

|Miltiadis Evert

Miltiadis Evert

|align="right"|2,584,765
|align="right"|38.12
|align="center"|-1.2
|align="center"|108
|align="center"|-3
|-
|style="background-color:#FF0000"|
|Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

|Aleka Papariga

Aleka Papariga

Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a communist Greek politician who has served the Communist Party of Greece as its General Secretary since 1991. She is the first woman to head a political party in Greece.- Early years :...

|align="right"|380,167
|align="right"|5.61
|align="center"|+1.11
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|+2
|-
|style="background-color:#FFD000"|
|Coalition of the Left and Progress
|Nikos Konstantopoulos

Nikos Konstantopoulos

Nikos Konstantopoulos is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and former president of the left-wing Synaspismos.Born in 1942 in the village of Krestena, near Olympia, Konstantopoulos studied law in the University of Athens...

|align="right"|347,051
|align="right"|5.12
|align="center"|2.18
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|+10
|-
|style="background-color:#FF7F00"|
|Democratic Social Movement

Democratic Social Movement

The Democratic Social Movement is a Greek democratic socialist political party...

|Dimitris Tsovolas

Dimitris Tsovolas

Dimitris Tsovolas is a politician of Greece.He was born at Melissourgoi, a village outside Arta, Epirus, Greece in 1942. He studied the Law at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. He worked as a lawyer in Arta from 1970 to 1977.He later began his career in politics as a member of PASOK...

|align="right"|300,617
|align="right"|4.43
|align="center"|(-)
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|(-)
|-
|style="background-color:#100077"|
|Political Spring

Political Spring

Political Spring is a former Greek conservative political party founded in June 1993 by Antonis Samaras. The party was formed after Antonis Samaras broke away from the New Democracy after being dismissed as Foreign Minister over the Macedonian question....

|Antonis Samaras

Antonis Samaras

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|align="right"|199,463
|align="right"|2.94
|align="center"|(-)
|align="center"|(-)
|align="center"|(-)
|-
|style="background-color:#FF7F50"|
|Union of Centrists

Union of Centrists

The Union of Centrists is a political party in Greece without parliamentary representation.The party was founded by Vassilis Leventis in 1992 under the title "Union of Centrists and Ecologists". The name was changed shortly after. This party is continued by the old party Center Union.The party...

|Vassilis Leventis

Vassilis Leventis

Vassilis Leventis is a Greek politician, leader of the Greek centrist party, Union of Centrists .-Early life:Vassilis Leventis is the fourth child of Apostolos and Gregoria Leventis. Leventis family moved to Piraeus where Vassilis Leventis graduated from high school and in 1969 he was admitted to...

|align="right"|48,677
|align="right"|0.72
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|+0
|-
|style="background-color:#7FFFD4"|
|Union of Ecologists

Greek Ecologists

The Greek Ecologists is a Greek "fringe" and "bizarre ecological party".The party's president is Dimosthenis Vergis, a former auto-worker, trade unionist, journalist, and peace activist...

|Dimosthenis Vergis
|align="right"|19,934
|align="right"|0.29
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|+0
|-
|
|Party of Greek Hunters

Party of Greek Hunters

The Party of Greek Hunters, , is a minor Greek political party.Led by Giorgos Tsagkanelias, it advocates the rights of hunters.-Electoral results:...

National Political Union

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Left Struggle

Left Struggle was a Greek far left political coalition.It was formed in 1993 by the following parties:* New Left Current,* Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece ,* Communist Party of Greece...

|
|align="right"|10,443
|align="right"|0.15
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Alternative Ecologists

Alternative Ecologists

The Alternative Ecologists , officially the Federation of Ecologists and Alternative Groups, was a federation of several groups created after the good performance of an autonomous electoral platform also called Alternative Ecologists in the 1989 European Parliament elections in Greece...

|
|align="right"|5,715
|align="right"|0.08
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|style="background-color:#000000"|
|Hrisi Avgi

Hrisi Avgi

Golden Dawn is a Greek nationalistic far right-wing political organization led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos in Greece. It is frequently characterized as Neo-Nazi and as opposing democracy, immigration, multiculturalism, Marxism, globalization, liberalism, anti-militarism, anarchism, Judaism and Islam...

|Nikolaos Michaloliakos

Nikolaos Michaloliakos

Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos is the leader of Hrisi Avgi, a Greek national socialist organisation.-Life:Michaloliakos was born in Athens, in 1957. Ηe completed his studies at the Faculty of Mathematics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.At the age of 16, he joined the nationalist...

|align="right"|4,487
|align="right"|0.07
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#99CC33"|
|Ecologists Greece

Ecologists Greece

Ecologist Greece is a Greek political party that was founded in 1988. It is currently led by Konstantinos Papanikolas....

|Konstantinos Papanikolas
|align="right"|4,113
|align="right"|0.06
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#AF4035"|
|Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece

The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece better known by its acronym M-L KKE , is a Anti-Revisionist Marxist-Leninist and Maoist, communist political party in Greece....

|
|align="right"|4,016
|align="right"|0.06
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#E2725B"|
|Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece

Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece

The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece , mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party known for its strong anti-Russian positions....

-Rainbow

Rainbow (political party)

The Rainbow is a political party in Greece, and a member of the European Free Alliance. It is known for its activism amongst what it regards as the Ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece and their descendants abroad...

|
|align="right"|3,485
|align="right"|0.05
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Coalition of Pensioners-Workers-Farmers-Youth
|
|align="right"|2,470
|align="right"|0.04
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|style="background-color:#800000"|
|Militant Socialist Party of Greece
|
|align="right"|2,108
|align="right"|0.03
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Olympismos
|Georgios Zois
|align="right"|1,619
|align="right"|0.02
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Greek Workers' Party
|
|align="right"|247
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Free Democracy
|
|align="right"|65
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Greek European Party
|
|align="right"|8
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Human Rights Party
|
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|1,123
|align="right"|0.02
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|-
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|6,780,049
|align="center"|100.00
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|300
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|198,607
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|6,978,656
|-
|colspan="3"|Turnout
|align="right"|75.0%
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Electorate
|align="right"|9,140,742
|-
|colspan="8"|Source: Official results from Greek Interior Ministry; Greekelections.com
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Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a majority of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Vouli. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.

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