Greek legislative election, 1990

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Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on April 8, 1990. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.

The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis, was elected, defeating the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Andreas Papandreou.

Summary of the 8 April 1990 Greek Parliament election results Votes Seats
No. +− % No. +−
New Democracy Constantine Mitsotakis 3,088,137 46.9% 150
Panhellenic Socialist Movement Andreas Papandreou 2,543,042 38.6% 123
Coalition of the Left and Progress Charilaos Florakis 677,059 10.3% 19
Joint Panhellenic Socialist Movement-Left Coalition 66,861 1.0% 4
Alternative Ecologists 50,686 0.8% 1
Independent Muslim List 45,981 0.7% 2
Democratic Renewal Konstantinos Stefanopoulos 44,077 0.7% 1
Other Green Lists 20,041 0.3% - - -
New Left Current-People's Opposition Kostas Kappos 14,365 0.2% - - -
Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewal Left 8,827 0.1% - - -
National Party 6,641 0.1% - - -
Party of Greek Hunters 5,060 0.1% - - -
Nationalist Alignment 2,079 0.0% - - -
Autonomous Movement Workers Politics Antonios Halaris 1,174 0.0% - - -
Olympism Party 691 0.0% - - -
Others 11,487 0.0% - - -
No. of valid votes 6,586,040 100.00   300  
Invalid votes 112,551  
Total 6,698,591
(83.2%)
Source: Thomas T. Mackie (April 1992). "General elections in Western Nations during 1990". European Journal of Political Research 21 (3): 317–332. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1992.tb00301.x. 

In order to be able to command a majority of 151 in the 300-seat Parliament, New Democracy had to secure the fealty of Democratic Renewal's sole MP.

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