Greece 1989 European Parliament election
What was the result of the 1989 European Parliament election in Greece?
New Democracy won 10 of 24 seats with 40.4% of the vote. 79.9% 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 10 of 24 seats with 40.4% of the vote; 79.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.7 points on 1984.
- New Democracy 10 +1 seat 40.4% +2.4 points
- PASOK 9 −1 seat 36.0% −5.6 points
- Synaspismos 4 14.3%
- Democratic Renewal 1 1.4%
- National Political Union 0 −1 seat 1.2% −1.1 points
- Alternative Ecologists 0 1.1%
- Greek Democratic Ecological Movement 0 1.1%
- 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 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.
Key numbers
40.4%
Share of the vote won by New Democracy
It led PASOK by 4.4 points of the vote.
+1 seats
Seats gained by New Democracy
The largest gain in seats compared with 1984. National Political Union lost 1 seat.
79.9%
Voter turnout
Up 2.7 points on 1984.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democracy | 10 | +1 | 40.4 | +2.4 | 2,652,435 |
| PASOK | 9 | −1 | 36.0 | −5.6 | 2,366,460 |
| Synaspismos | 4 | 14.3 | 941,913 | ||
| Democratic Renewal | 1 | 1.4 | 89,811 | ||
| National Political Union | 0 | −1 | 1.2 | −1.1 | 77,095 |
| Alternative Ecologists | 0 | 1.1 | 72,826 | ||
| Greek Democratic Ecological Movement | 0 | 1.1 | 69,429 |
± is the change against the Greece 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Democracy 2,652,435
- PASOK 2,366,460
- Synaspismos 941,913
- Democratic Renewal 89,811
- National Political Union 77,095
- Alternative Ecologists 72,826
- Greek Democratic Ecological Movement 69,429
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?
79.9% of the 8,347,387 registered voters cast a ballot (6,668,113 ballots), up 2.7 points on 1984. 6,544,669 of them were valid votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- New Democracy40.4% of votes41.7% of seats
- PASOK36.0% of votes37.5% of seats
- Synaspismos14.3% of votes16.7% of seats
- Democratic Renewal1.4% of votes4.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.9 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 4.4 points of the vote.
What else was on the same day?
Time and source Data as of