1985 Greek legislative election explained

Country:Greece
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1981 Greek_legislative_election
Previous Year:1981
Next Election:June 1989 Greek legislative election
Next Year:June 1989
Seats For Election:All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:151
Election Date:2 June 1985
Leader2:Constantine Mitsotakis
Party2:New Democracy (Greece)
Last Election2:35.88%, 115 seats
Seats2:126
Seat Change2: 11
Popular Vote2:2,599,681
Percentage2:40.85%
Swing2:4.97pp
Image1:Andreas Papandreou.jpg
Leader1:Andreas Papandreou
Party1:PASOK
Last Election1:48.07%, 172 seats
Seats1:161
Seat Change1: 11
Popular Vote1:2,916,735
Percentage1:45.82%
Swing1:2.25pp
Image4:Charilaos Florakis.JPG
Leader4:Charilaos Florakis
Party4:Communist Party of Greece
Last Election4:10.94%, 13 seats
Seats4:12
Seat Change4: 1
Popular Vote4:629,525
Percentage4:9.89%
Swing4:1.05pp
Image5:LeonKyrkos.jpg
Leader5:Leonidas Kyrkos
Party5:Communist Party of Greece (Interior)
Last Election5:1.35%, 0 seats
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:117,135
Percentage5:1.84%
Swing5:0.49pp
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Andreas Papandreou
Before Party:PASOK
After Election:Andreas Papandreou
After Party:PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 2 June 1985.[1] The ruling PASOK of Andreas Papandreou, was re-elected, defeating the liberal conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis (Mitsotakis succeeded Evangelos Averoff as ND leader in 1984).

Notes and References

  1. http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/GREECE_1985_E.PDF 1986