November 1989 Greek legislative election explained

Country:Greece
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:June 1989 Greek legislative election
Previous Year:June 1989
Next Election:1990 Greek legislative election
Next Year:1990
Seats For Election:All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:151
Election Date:5 November 1989
Image1:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg
Leader1:Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Party1:New Democracy (Greece)
Last Election1:44.28%, 145 seats
Seats1:148
Seat Change1: 3
Popular Vote1:3,093,055
Percentage1:46.19%
Swing1:1.91pp
Leader2:Andreas Papandreou
Party2:PASOK
Seats2:128
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:2,723,739
Percentage2:40.67%
Swing2:1.55pp
Image3:Charilaos Florakis.JPG
Leader3:Charilaos Florakis
Party3:Synaspismos
Last Election3:13.13%, 28 seats
Seats3:21
Seat Change3: 7
Popular Vote3:734,552
Percentage3:10.97%
Swing3:2.16pp
Leader4:Dimitris Chatzhpanagiotou
Party4:Alternative Ecologists
Last Election4:
Seats4:1
Seat Change4:New
Popular Vote4:39,130
Percentage4:0.58%
Swing4:New
Leader5:Sadik Achmet
Party5:Trust
Last Election5:0.38%, 1 seat
Seats5:1
Popular Vote5:26,012
Percentage5:0.39%
Swing5:0.01pp
Leader6:Achmet Faikoglu
Party6:Fate
Last Election6:0.14%, 0 seats
Seats6:1
Seat Change6: 1
Popular Vote6:10,971
Percentage6:0.16%
Swing6:0.04pp
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Giannis Grivas
Before Party:Independent politician
After Election:Xenophon Zolotas
After Party:Independent politician

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 November 1989.[1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating 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.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]