1985 Greek legislative election

1985 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis
Party PASOK ND
Last election 48.07%, 172 seats 35.88%, 115 seats
Seats won 161 126
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 11
Popular vote 2,916,735 2,599,681
Percentage 45.82% 40.85%
Swing Decrease2.25pp Increase4.97pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Charilaos Florakis Leonidas Kyrkos
Party KKE KKE Interior
Last election 10.94%, 13 seats 1.35%, 0 seats
Seats won 12 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 629,525 117,135
Percentage 9.89% 1.84%
Swing Decrease1.05pp Increase0.49pp

Prime Minister before election

Andreas Papandreou
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Andreas Papandreou
PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 2 June 1985.[1] The ruling PASOK of Andreas Papandreou, was re-elected, defeating the liberal conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis (Mitsotakis succeeded Evangelos Averoff as ND leader in 1984).

  1. ^ 1986 IPU