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Greece 1985 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1985 parliamentary election in Greece?

PASOK won 161 of 300 seats with 45.8% of the vote. 80.2% 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 : PASOK won 161 of 300 seats with 45.8% of the vote; 80.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1981.

  • PASOK 161 −11 seats 45.8% −2.3 points
  • New Democracy 126 +11 seats 40.8% +4.9 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 12 −1 seat 9.9% −1.0 points
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 1 +1 seat 1.8% +0.5 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 1981 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.8%

    Share of the vote won by PASOK and its allies

    PASOK and its allies won 161 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1981. PASOK and its allies lost 11 seats.

  3. 80.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 1981.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
PASOKwith United Democratic Left161−1145.8−2.32,916,735
New Democracy126+1140.8+4.92,599,681
Communist Party of Greece12−19.9−1.0629,525
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)1+11.8+0.5117,135

± is the change against the Greece 1981 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • PASOK 2,916,735
  • New Democracy 2,599,681
  • Communist Party of Greece 629,525
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 117,135

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?

80.2% of the 8,008,647 registered voters cast a ballot (6,422,466 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1981. 6,365,094 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1974 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • PASOK45.8% of votes53.7% of seats
  • New Democracy40.8% of votes42.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece9.9% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece (Interior)1.8% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.1 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 5.0 points of the vote.

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