1996 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority

Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.

Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.^[1] The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	PASOK	2,814,779	41.49	162	–8
	New Democracy	2,586,089	38.12	108	–3
	Communist Party of Greece	380,046	5.60	11	+2
	Synaspismos	347,236	5.12	10	+10
	Democratic Social Movement	300,954	4.44	9	New
	Political Spring	199,686	2.94	0	–10
	Union of Centrists	48,659	0.72	0	0
	Union of Ecologists	19,931	0.29	0	0
	Party of Greek Hunters	17,472	0.26	0	0
	National Party–National Political Union	16,495	0.24	0	0
	Party of Hellenism	12,216	0.18	0	New
	Left Struggle	10,416	0.15	0	0
	Alternative Ecologists	5,708	0.08	0	New
	Golden Dawn	4,537	0.07	0	New
	Ecologists of Greece	4,138	0.06	0	0
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece	4,019	0.06	0	New
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	3,534	0.05	0	0
	Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance	2,519	0.04	0	New
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	2,113	0.03	0	0
	Olympic Party	1,614	0.02	0	0
	Party of Greek Workers	238	0.00	0	New
	Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party	163	0.00	0	New
	Christianity	71	0.00	0	0
	Free Democracy	64	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology	49	0.00	0	0
	Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement	42	0.00	0	New
	Labour Class	31	0.00	0	New
	Human Rights Party	12	0.00	0	0
	Party of Responsible Citizens	2	0.00	0	0
	Hellenic European Party	1	0.00	0	0
	Independents	611	0.01	0	0
Total		6,783,445	100.00	300	0

Valid votes		6,783,445	97.15
Invalid/blank votes		198,759	2.85
Total votes		6,982,204	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,145,598	76.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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