Greek legislative election, 1977

Greek legislative election, 1977

In the Greek legislative election, 1977, Prime Minister, Constantine Karamanlis, called for early elections. His party, ND, suffered a significant loss of power, but, nevertheless, Karamanlis managed to secure an absolute majority in the Parliament. The big surprise was the success of PASOK, whose socialistic rhetoric remained radical. Because of PASOK's success, the Centrists (Union of the Democratic Centre, ΕDIK, former Center Union - New Forces) led again by Georgios Mavros lost half of their power. As a result, Andreas Papandreou, PASOK's leader, became a prominent figure in Greek politics. The Communists (Communist Party of Greece) and the Nationalists managed to amplify their support.

election-table rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 20 November 1977 Greek Parliament election results!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"!No.!% !align="center"|+− %!align="center"|No.!align="center"|+−
-|
New Democracy (ND)
Constantine Karamanlis
align="right"|2,146,365
align="right"|41.84
align="center"
align="center"|171
align="center"
-|
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
Andreas Papandreou
align="right"|1,300,025
align="right"|25.34
align="center"
align="center"|93
align="center"
-|
Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK)
Georgios Mavros
align="right"|612,782
align="right"|11.95
align="center"
align="center"|16
align="center"
-|
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Harilaos Florakis
align="right"|480,272
align="right"|9.36
align="center"
align="center"|11
align="center"
-|
National Alignment (EP)
Stefanos Stefanopoulos
align="right"|349,988
align="right"|6.82
align="center"
align="center"|5
align="center"
-|
Alliance of Progressive and Left-Wing Forces (KKE Interior)|
align="right"|139,356
align="right"|2.72
align="center"
align="center"|2
align="center"
-|
Party of New Liberals
Constantine Mitsotakis
align="right"|55,494
align="right"|1.08
align="center"
align="center"|2
align="center"
-|
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE)|
align="right"|11,895
align="right"|0.23
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"
-|
People's Democratic Unity (LDE)|
align="right"|8,839
align="right"|0.17
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"
-|
Others|
align="right"|24,751
align="right"|0.49
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"
-
colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
align="right"
align="center"|100,00
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
align="center"|300
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="3"|Invalid votes
align="right"
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="3"|Total
align="right"|
(%)
-
colspan=7|Sources: Greek Interior Ministry website http://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/ethnik_fr.htm, "Archives of Constantinos Karamanlis"
colspan=7

Post-election

In 1979 Greece became European Community's 10th member, despite the opposition of PASOK and the Communists. In 1980, Constantine Karamanlis succeeded Constantine Tsatsos as President of the Republic. George Rallis became prime minister and new leader of ND.


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