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Greece 1977 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1977 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 171 of 300 seats with 41.8% of the vote. 81.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Democracy won 171 of 300 seats with 41.8% of the vote; 81.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.6 points on 1974.

  • New Democracy 171 −49 seats 41.8% −12.6 points
  • PASOK 93 +81 seats 25.3% +11.7 points
  • Union of the Democratic Centre 16 −44 seats 11.9% −8.5 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 11 +3 seats 9.4% −0.1 points
  • National Alignment 5 6.8%
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 1 2.7%
  • Party of New Liberals 2 1.1%
  • United Democratic Left 1
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Greece 1974 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.8%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 171 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +81 seats

    Seats gained by PASOK

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1974. New Democracy lost 49 seats.

  3. 81.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.6 points on 1974.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy171−4941.8−12.62,146,365
PASOK93+8125.3+11.71,300,025
Union of the Democratic Centre16−4411.9−8.5612,786
Communist Party of Greece11+39.4−0.1480,272
National Alignment56.8349,988
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)12.7139,356
Party of New Liberals21.155,494
United Democratic Left1

± is the change against the Greece 1974 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 2,146,365
  • PASOK 1,300,025
  • Union of the Democratic Centre 612,786
  • Communist Party of Greece 480,272
  • National Alignment 349,988
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 139,356
  • Party of New Liberals 55,494
  • United Democratic Left

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.

How many people voted?

81.1% of the 6,403,738 registered voters cast a ballot (5,193,891 ballots), up 1.6 points on 1974. 5,129,771 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy41.8% of votes57.0% of seats
  • PASOK25.3% of votes31.0% of seats
  • Union of the Democratic Centre11.9% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece9.4% of votes3.7% of seats
  • National Alignment6.8% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Party of New Liberals1.1% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior)2.7% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 2.4 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 16.5 points of the vote.

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