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Greece 1996 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1996 parliamentary election in Greece?

PASOK won 162 of 300 seats with 41.5% of the vote. 76.3% 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 162 of 300 seats with 41.5% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.9 points on 1993.

  • PASOK 162 −8 seats 41.5% −5.6 points
  • New Democracy 108 −3 seats 38.1% −1.2 points
  • Communist Party of Greece 11 +2 seats 5.6% +1.1 points
  • Synaspismos 10 +10 seats 5.1% +2.2 points
  • Democratic Social Movement 9 4.4%
  • Political Spring 0 −10 seats 2.9% −2.0 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 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

151 of 300 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.5%

    Share of the vote won by PASOK

    PASOK won 162 of 300 seats. A majority needs 151.

  2. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Synaspismos

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1993. Political Spring lost 10 seats.

  3. 76.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.9 points on 1993.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
PASOK162−841.5−5.62,813,245
New Democracy108−338.1−1.22,584,765
Communist Party of Greece11+25.6+1.1380,167
Synaspismos10+105.1+2.2347,051
Democratic Social Movement94.4300,671
Political Spring0−102.9−2.0199,463

± is the change against the Greece 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • PASOK 2,813,245
  • New Democracy 2,584,765
  • Communist Party of Greece 380,167
  • Synaspismos 347,051
  • Democratic Social Movement 300,671
  • Political Spring 199,463

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?

76.3% of the 9,140,742 registered voters cast a ballot (6,978,656 ballots), down 2.9 points on 1993. 6,780,049 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?

  • PASOK41.5% of votes54.0% of seats
  • New Democracy38.1% of votes36.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Greece5.6% of votes3.7% of seats
  • Synaspismos5.1% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Democratic Social Movement4.4% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Political Spring2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.4 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 3.4 points of the vote.

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