Greek legislative election, 1981

The Greek legislative election held on 18 October 1981 marked a new era in the modern history of Greece.

Post-election

After the formation of the new government, Andreas Papandreou appeased the conservative President of the Republic and founder of New Democracy, Constantine Karamanlis, and assured him that he will follow a moderate policy as far as foreign affairs are concerned. Thus, despite his radical rhetoric before the elections, Papandreou did not remove Greece from NATO and the EU. At the same time, the prime minister found a certain modus vivendi with Karamanlis. In internal affairs, Papandreou's government introduced several interesting reforms (legalization of civil wedding, new family law, nationalization of certain private companies, etc.).

The main opposition party, New Democracy, faced serious internal conflicts. George Rallis was forced to resign after the defeat and he was succeeded by Evangelos Averoff, former minister under Karamanlis governments. In 1984 Averof resigned because of health problems and Konstantinos Mitsotakis became the new leader of New Democracy. Noteworthy, Mitsotakis and Papandreou were both centrists before 1967 and they belonged to the same party, George Papandreou's Center Union. Nevertheless, they were strong opponents and they never liked each other. Papandreou was calling Mitsotakis "a defector, an apostate", because in 1965 he defected from the ruling Center Union and participated in a new government pleasing to Constantine II, who had just accepted George Papandreou's resignation after a serious disagreement between the King and the prime minister.

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