1996 Greek legislative election

1996 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Costas Simitis Miltiadis Evert Aleka Papariga Party PASOK ND KKE Leader since 30 June 1996 1993 1991 Last election 170 seats, 46.88% 111 seats, 39.30% 9 seats, 4.54% Seats won 162 108 11 Seat change 8 3 2 Popular vote 2,813,245 2,584,765 380,167 Percentage 41.49% 38.12% 5.61% Swing 5.2% 1.2% 1.11%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Dimitris Tsovolas Party Synaspismos DIKKI Leader since 1993 1993 Last election 0 seats, 2.94%% New Seats won 10 10 Seat change 10 10 Popular vote 347,051 300,617 Percentage 5.12% 4.43% Swing 2.18% New
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
Prime Minister before election Costas Simitis PASOK Prime Minister after election Costas Simitis PASOK

Distribution of parliament seats after the 1996 elections (Results).

  Panhellenic Socialist Movement: 162 seats

  New Democracy: 108 seats

  Communist Party of Greece: 11 seats

  Coalition of the Left and Progress: 10 seats

  Democratic Social Movement : 9 seats

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.^[1] The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

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