June 1989 Greek parliamentary election
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
| First party | Second party | Third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Andreas Papandreou | Charilaos Florakis |
| Party | ND | PASOK | Synaspismos |
| Last election | 40.84%, 126 seats | 45.82%, 161 seats | – |
| Seats won | 145 | 125 | 28 |
| Seat change | Increase 19 | Decrease 36 | New |
| Popular vote | 2,887,488 | 2,551,518 | 855,944 |
| Percentage | 44.28% | 39.13% | 13.13% |
| Swing | Increase3.44 pp | Decrease6.69 pp | New |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | ||
| Leader | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | Sadik Achmet | |
| Party | DIANA | Trust | |
| Last election | – | – | |
| Seats won | 1 | 1 | |
| Seat change | New | New | |
| Popular vote | 65,614 | 25,099 | |
| Percentage | 1.01% | 0.38% | |
| Swing | New | New | |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 18 June 1989.[1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis defeated PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, New Democracy could not form a government, since its 5% lead in the popular vote was not enough to reach a majority because of the proportional representation system voted into electoral law by the previous PASOK government. An agreement between ND and Synaspismos was made to form a short-term government of "katharsis", with a mandate to clean up the various scandals from the outgoing PASOK government. Tzannis Tzannetakis was chosen as a compromise candidate to become Prime Minister, and an agreement was made that the coalition government would resign in October after the indictment of Papandreou for the Koskotas scandals. This was the first, and as of 2024, only time the Communist Party of Greece (as a part of Synaspismos) was part of a governing coalition.
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democracy | 2,887,488 | 44.28 | 145 | 19 | |
| PASOK | 2,551,518 | 39.13 | 125 | –36 | |
| Synaspismos | 855,944 | 13.13 | 28 | New | |
| Democratic Renewal | 65,614 | 1.01 | 1 | New | |
| Trust | 25,099 | 0.38 | 1 | New | |
| National Party–National Political Union | 21,149 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| KKE Interior – Renewing Left | 18,159 | 0.28 | 0 | New | |
| Greek Socialist Party | 13,863 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Christian Democracy | 11,450 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
| Fate | 9,064 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Party | 9,001 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ecologist Movement – Political Renewal | 8,182 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Union of the Democratic Centre | 7,770 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Alternative Anti-Capitalist Cohesion | 6,185 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Direct Democracy | 5,939 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Greek Radical Movement | 4,162 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Greek Orthodox Movement for Salvation | 3,756 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) | 3,350 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece | 2,709 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 2,317 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics | 1,912 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 1,636 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Labour Anti-Imperialistic Movement | 1,432 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Olympic Party | 1,229 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 873 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Panhellenic Ecological Movement | 403 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Personalities | 113 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Integrated Social Union | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Movement of Democratic Refresh | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Collaboration Alliance of Independent Candidate MPs | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Panhellenic Uncommitted Party of Equality | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Federal Democratic Party of Greece | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Humanism and Peace | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Radical Spring Renewal | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Social Democratic Revival | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Olympic Democracy | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 659 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,521,211 | 100.00 | 300 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,521,211 | 97.78 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 148,017 | 2.22 | |||
| Total votes | 6,669,228 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,302,412 | 80.33 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
[edit ]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7