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Greece 1974 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1974 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 220 of 300 seats with 54.4% of the vote. 79.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Greece
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Democracy won 220 of 300 seats with 54.4% of the vote; 79.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • New Democracy 220 54.4%
  • Union of the Democratic Centre 60 20.4%
  • PASOK 12 13.6%
  • Communist Party of Greece 8 9.5%
  • National Democratic Union 0 1.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 54.4%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 220 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. 79.5%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
New Democracy22054.42,669,133
Union of the Democratic Centre6020.41,002,559
PASOK1213.6666,413
Communist Party of Greecewith United Democratic Left and Communist Party of Greece (Interior)89.5464,787
National Democratic Union01.152,768
Votes by party
  • New Democracy 2,669,133
  • Union of the Democratic Centre 1,002,559
  • PASOK 666,413
  • Communist Party of Greece 464,787
  • National Democratic Union 52,768

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

79.5% of the 6,241,066 registered voters cast a ballot (4,963,558 ballots). 4,908,974 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy54.4% of votes73.3% of seats
  • Union of the Democratic Centre20.4% of votes20.0% of seats
  • PASOK13.6% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece9.5% of votes2.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 1.7 by seats; New Democracy led Union of the Democratic Centre by 34.0 points of the vote.

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