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Greece 1981 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1981 parliamentary election in Greece?

PASOK won 172 of 300 seats with 48.1% of the vote. 81.5% 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 : PASOK won 172 of 300 seats with 48.1% of the vote; 81.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1977.

  • PASOK 172 +79 seats 48.1% +22.8 points
  • New Democracy 115 −56 seats 35.9% −5.9 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 13 +2 seats 10.9% +1.5 points
  • Progressive Party 0 1.7%
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 0 −1 seat 1.3% −1.4 points
  • 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 1977 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.1%

    Share of the vote won by PASOK and its allies

    PASOK and its allies won 172 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Party of Greece

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1977. New Democracy lost 56 seats.

  3. 81.5%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.4 points on 1977.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
PASOKwith United Democratic Left172+7948.1+22.82,726,309
New Democracy115−5635.9−5.92,034,496
Communist Party of Greece13+210.9+1.5620,302
Progressive Party01.795,799
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)0−11.3−1.476,404

± is the change against the Greece 1977 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • PASOK 2,726,309
  • New Democracy 2,034,496
  • Communist Party of Greece 620,302
  • Progressive Party 95,799
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 76,404

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?

81.5% of the 7,059,778 registered voters cast a ballot (5,753,478 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1977. 5,671,057 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • PASOK48.1% of votes57.3% of seats
  • New Democracy35.9% of votes38.3% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece10.9% of votes4.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.1 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 12.2 points of the vote.

What else was on the same day?

Time and source Data as of