1996 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Costas Simitis | Miltiadis Evert | Aleka Papariga
Party  | PASOK | ND | KKE
Last election  | 46.88%, 170 seats  | 39.30%, 111 seats | 4.54%, 9 seats
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%  | 5.60%
Swing  | 5.39 pp | 1.18 pp | 1.06 pp

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Leader  | Nikos Konstantopoulos | Dimitris Tsovolas
Party  | Synaspismos | DIKKI
Last election  | 2.94%, 0 seats  | –
Seats won  | 10  | 9
Seat change  |  10  | New
Popular vote  | 347,051  | 300,617
Percentage  | 5.12%  | 4.43%
Swing  | 2.18 pp | New

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Results by constituency

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| Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

| Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

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

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| PASOK| 2,814,779| 41.49| 162| –8
| New Democracy| 2,586,089| 38.12| 108| –3
| Communist Party of Greece| 380,046| 5.60| 11| +2
| Synaspismos| 347,236| 5.12| 10| +10
| Democratic Social Movement| 300,954| 4.44| 9| New
| Political Spring| 199,686| 2.94| 0| –10
| Union of Centrists| 48,659| 0.72| 0| 0
| Union of Ecologists| 19,931| 0.29| 0| 0
| Party of Greek Hunters| 17,472| 0.26| 0| 0
| National Party–National Political Union| 16,495| 0.24| 0| 0
| Party of Hellenism| 12,216| 0.18| 0| New
| Left Struggle| 10,416| 0.15| 0| 0
| Alternative Ecologists| 5,708| 0.08| 0| New
| Golden Dawn| 4,537| 0.07| 0| New
| Ecologists of Greece| 4,138| 0.06| 0| 0
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece| 4,019| 0.06| 0| New
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece| 3,534| 0.05| 0| 0
| Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance| 2,519| 0.04| 0| New
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece| 2,113| 0.03| 0| 0
| Olympic Party| 1,614| 0.02| 0| 0
| Party of Greek Workers| 238| 0.00| 0| New
| Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party| 163| 0.00| 0| New
| Christianity| 71| 0.00| 0| 0
| Free Democracy| 64| 0.00| 0| New
| Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology| 49| 0.00| 0| 0
| Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement| 42| 0.00| 0| New
| Labour Class| 31| 0.00| 0| New
| Human Rights Party| 12| 0.00| 0| 0
| Party of Responsible Citizens| 2| 0.00| 0| 0
| Hellenic European Party| 1| 0.00| 0| 0
| Independents| 611| 0.01| 0| 0
Total| 6,783,445| 100.00| 300| 0
Valid votes| 6,783,445| 97.15|
Invalid/blank votes| 198,759| 2.85|
Total votes| 6,982,204| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 9,145,598| 76.34|
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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