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Greece November 1989 parliamentary election

What was the result of the November 1989 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 148 of 300 seats with 46.2% of the vote. 80.7% 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 148 of 300 seats with 46.2% of the vote; 80.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1989.

  • New Democracy 148 +3 seats 46.2% +1.9 points
  • PASOK 128 +3 seats 40.7% +1.6 points
  • Synaspismos 21 −7 seats 11.0% −2.1 points
  • Alternative Ecologists 1 0.6%
  • Independent Muslim Lists 2 +1 seat 0.5% 0.0 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 June 1989 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.2%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 148 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1989. Synaspismos and its allies lost 7 seats.

  3. 80.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.4 points on 1989.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy148+346.2+1.93,093,479
PASOK128+340.7+1.62,724,334
Synaspismoswith Communist Party of Greece and Communist Party of Greece (Interior)21−711.0−2.1734,611
Alternative Ecologists10.639,158
Independent Muslim Lists2+10.50.036,353

± is the change against the Greece June 1989 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 3,093,479
  • PASOK 2,724,334
  • Synaspismos 734,611
  • Alternative Ecologists 39,158
  • Independent Muslim Lists 36,353

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?

80.7% of the 8,425,212 registered voters cast a ballot (6,799,485 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1989. 6,697,568 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1981 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy46.2% of votes49.3% of seats
  • PASOK40.7% of votes42.7% of seats
  • Synaspismos11.0% of votes7.0% of seats
  • Independent Muslim Lists0.5% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Alternative Ecologists0.6% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.3 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 5.5 points of the vote.

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