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Greece 1990 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1990 parliamentary election in Greece?

New Democracy won 150 of 300 seats with 46.9% of the vote. 79.2% 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 150 of 300 seats with 46.9% of the vote; 79.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.5 points on 1989.

  • New Democracy 150 +2 seats 46.9% +0.7 points
  • PASOK 123 −5 seats 38.6% −2.1 points
  • Synaspismos 19 −2 seats 10.3% −0.7 points
  • Alternative Ecologists 1 0 seats 0.8% +0.2 points
  • Independent Muslim Lists 2 0 seats 0.7% +0.2 points
  • Democratic Renewal 1 0.7%
  • 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 November 1989 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.9%

    Share of the vote won by New Democracy

    New Democracy won 150 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by New Democracy

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1989. PASOK lost 5 seats.

  3. 79.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.5 points on 1989.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Democracy150+246.9+0.73,088,137
PASOK123−538.6−2.12,543,042
Synaspismoswith Communist Party of Greece and Communist Party of Greece (Interior)19−210.3−0.7677,059
Alternative Ecologists100.8+0.250,868
Independent Muslim Lists200.7+0.245,981
Democratic Renewal10.744,077
Independents4

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

Votes by party
  • New Democracy 3,088,137
  • PASOK 2,543,042
  • Synaspismos 677,059
  • Alternative Ecologists 50,868
  • Independent Muslim Lists 45,981
  • Democratic Renewal 44,077
  • Independents

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?

79.2% of the 8,453,695 registered voters cast a ballot (6,698,591 ballots), down 1.5 points on 1989. 6,586,040 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1974.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Democracy46.9% of votes50.0% of seats
  • PASOK38.6% of votes41.0% of seats
  • Synaspismos10.3% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Independent Muslim Lists0.7% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Alternative Ecologists0.8% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Democratic Renewal0.7% of votes0.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.6 by votes and 2.4 by seats; New Democracy led PASOK by 8.3 points of the vote.

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