November 1989 Greek legislative election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 November 1989. The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, as in June 1989, Mitsotakis was unable to form a government since his party had failed to win a majority of seats.

November 1989 Greek legislative election

5 November 1989
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Charilaos Florakis Party ND PASOK Synaspismos Last election 44.28%, 145 seats 39.13%, 125 seats 13.13%, 28 seats Seats won 148 128 21 Seat change 3 3 7 Popular vote 3,093,055 2,723,739 734,552 Percentage 46.19% 40.67% 10.97% Swing 1.91pp 1.55pp 2.16pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Dimitris Chatzhpanagiotou Sadik Achmet Achmet Faikoglu Party OE Trust Fate Last election – 0.38%, 1 seat 0.14%, 0 seats Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 39,130 26,012 10,971 Percentage 0.58% 0.39% 0.16% Swing New 0.01pp 0.04pp
Prime Minister before election Giannis Grivas Independent Prime Minister after election Xenophon Zolotas Independent

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	3,093,055	46.19	148	+3
	PASOK	2,723,739	40.67	128	+3
	Synaspismos	734,552	10.97	21	–7
	Alternative Ecologists	39,130	0.58	1	New
	Trust	26,012	0.39	1	0
	Left Initiative of Communist Radical Ecologists (AKOA–EKKE)	13,461	0.20	0	New
	Kollatos–Independent Political Movement–Ecologic–Hellenic	13,058	0.19	0	New
	Fate	10,971	0.16	1	+1
	Ecologists of Greece	10,223	0.15	0	New
	Liberal Party	5,125	0.08	0	0
	Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups	4,410	0.07	0	New
	Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)	3,188	0.05	0	0
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	1,602	0.02	0	0
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece	1,422	0.02	0	0
	Labour Anti-Imperialistic Front	1,384	0.02	0	0
	Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,259	0.02	0	0
	Workers Revolutionary Party – Trotskyists	1,104	0.02	0	New
	Olympic Party	840	0.01	0	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	614	0.01	0	0
	National Front of National Fighters	99	0.00	0	New
	Independent Party of Democratic Revival	61	0.00	0	New
	Hellenists Party	53	0.00	0	New
	Greens Ecological Party of Greece–Hellenic Alternative Green Movement	46	0.00	0	New
	Olympic Democracy	32	0.00	0	0
	Revolutionary-Popular Executive Committee "Care"	22	0.00	0	New
	Independent Social Democratic Revival	21	0.00	0	0
	Humanism and Peace Party	15	0.00	0	New
	Regional Civic Development	12	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic Social Democratic Revolutionary Liberation Front "Spartacus"	9	0.00	0	New
	Movement of Non-Privileged	4	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic European Party	3	0.00	0	New
	Self-Respect	2	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic European Party 1984	1	0.00	0	New
	Independents	11,563	0.17	0	0
Total		6,697,092	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		6,697,092	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		101,917	1.50
Total votes		6,799,009	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,425,212	80.70
Source: Nohlen & Stöver