1990 Greek legislative election explained

Country:Greece
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:November 1989 Greek legislative election
Previous Year:November 1989
Next Election:1993 Greek legislative election
Next Year:1993
Seats For Election:All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:151
Election Date:8 April 1990
Image1:Mitsotakis 1992.jpg
Party1:New Democracy (Greece)
Last Election1:46.19%, 148 seats
Seats1:150
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:3,088,137
Percentage1:46.89%
Swing1:0.70pp
Leader2:Andreas Papandreou
Party2:PASOK
Last Election2:40.68%, 128 seats
Seats2:123
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:2,543,042
Percentage2:38.61%
Swing2:2.07pp
Image3:Charilaos Florakis.JPG
Leader3:Charilaos Florakis
Party3:Synaspismos
Last Election3:10.97%, 21 seats
Seats3:19
Seat Change3: 2
Popular Vote3:677,059
Percentage3:10.28%
Swing3:0.69pp
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Xenophon Zolotas
Before Party:Independent (politics)
After Election:Constantine Mitsotakis
After Party:New Democracy (Greece)

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 8 April 1990.[1] The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis, was elected, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. In order to be able to command a majority of 151 in the 300-seat Parliament, New Democracy had to secure the support of Theodoros Katsikis, Democratic Renewal's sole MP. Shortly after Mitsotakis was given a confidence vote, the Supreme Special Court, after a mistake in seat calculation was detected, gave a 152nd seat to the coalition of New Democracy and Democratic Renewal.

Results

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]