1989 European Parliament election in Greece

1989 European Parliament election in Greece

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24 seats to the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party   Leader Constantine Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Party ND PASOK Alliance EPP–ED PES Last election 38.05% 41.58% Seats won 10 9 Seat change +1 -1 Percentage 40.45% 35.94% Swing +2.40% -5.64%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Charilaos Florakis Costis Stephanopoulos Party Synaspismos DIANA Alliance GUE/NGL EDA Last election Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 4 1 Seat change +4 Percentage 14.30% 1.37%

The 1989 European Parliament election in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 15. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 24.

Results[]

The 1994 European election was the third election to the European Parliament in which Greece participated. The European Parliament Election took place a few days before the national parliamentary elections and presaged the results of that election. The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Andreas Papandreou suffered strong losses against the opposition conservative New Democracy party and a coalition of the left and communist parties running as the Coalition of the Left and Progress. A new party Democratic Renewal reflected the organization of Costis Stephanopoulos who had left New Democracy and came in fourth, barely crossing the threshold.

Summary of the results of Greece's 1989 election to the European Parliament

National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy (ND)		Constantine Mitsotakis	2,647,215	40.41		10 / 24	1
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)		Andreas Papandreou	2,352,271	35.96		9 / 24	1
	Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)		Charilaos Florakis	936,175	14.31		4 / 24
	Democratic Renewal (DIANA)		Konstantinos Stephanopoulos	89,469	1.36		1 / 24
	National Political Union (EPEN)			75,877	1.16		0 / 24	1
	Alternative Ecologists (OE)			72,369	1.11		0 / 24
				67,998	1.04		0 / 24
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			303,295	4.37		0 / 24	0
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals					100.00	—	24 / 24	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
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