1964 Greek legislative election

1964 Greek legislative election
← 1963 16 February 1964 1974 →
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Georgios Papandreou Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Ioannis Passalidis
Party ΕΚ ERE EDA
Last election 42.04%, 138 seats 39.37%, 132 seats 14.34%, 28 seats
Seats won 171 107 22
Seat change Increase 33 Decrease 27 Decrease 6
Popular vote 2,424,477 1,621,546 542,865
Percentage 52.72% 35.26% 11.80%
Swing Increase10.68pp Decrease4.11pp Decrease2.54pp
Prime Minister before election

Georgios Papandreou
ΕΚ

Prime Minister after election

Georgios Papandreou
ΕΚ

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 February 1964.[1] They resulted in a clear victory for Georgios Papandreou and his Center Union (EK). Papandreou subsequently formed the 37th government since the end of World War II.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Milutin Tomanović (1965) Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1964, Institute of International Politics and Economics, p252 (in Serbo-Croatian)