Greek legislative election, 1974
Greek legislative election, 1974
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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 17 November 1974.[1] They were the first after the end of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and took place during the metapolitefsi era. The winner was Konstantinos Karamanlis and his newly formed conservative party, ND (New Democracy, Νέα Δημοκρατία). Karamanlis had already formed a government of national unity just after the fall of the dictatorship. The second biggest party was the centrist Center Union - New Forces (Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις). Third power in the Parliament became the newly formed PASOK (Panhellenic Sosialist Movement, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα), a radical socialist party led by Andreas Papandreou, son of the former prime minister Georgios Papandreou.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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| New Democracy (ND) | 2,669,133 | 54.4 | 220 |
| Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND) | 1,002,559 | 20.4 | 60 |
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | 666,413 | 13.6 | 12 |
| United Left (EA) | 464,787 | 9.5 | 8 |
| National Democratic Union (EDE) | 52,768 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Democratic Centre Union (DEK) | 8,509 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE) | 1,599 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Coalition Liberal Democratic Union-Socialist Party of Greece (FDE-SKE) | 975 | 0.0 | 0 |
| List of Independents and independents | 42,291 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 54,584 | – | – |
| Total | 4,963,558 | 100 | 300 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,241,066 | 79.5 | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
| Popular vote |
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| ND |
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54.37% |
| EK-ND |
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20.42% |
| PASOK |
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13.58% |
| EA |
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9.47% |
| EDE |
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1.08% |
| Others |
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1.09% |
| Parliament seats |
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| ND |
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73.33% |
| EK-ND |
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20.00% |
| PASOK |
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4.00% |
| EA |
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2.67% |
Aftermath
The priorities of the Karamanlis' government were:
- The adoption of a new Constitution
- The abolition of Monarchy after a free referendum
- The submission of a new application for Greece's accession to the European Community.
The new government decided to hold a referendum on retaining the republic. It was held on 8th December 1974.
In 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos, a close friend of Karamanlis, was elected President of the Republic by the Greek Parliament.
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Further reading
- Tridimas, George (2010). "Referendum and the choice between monarchy and republic in Greece". Constitutional Political Economy. 21 (2): 119–144. doi:10.1007/s10602-009-9078-4.
