Greek legislative election, 1974

Greek legislative election, 1974

17 November 1974
All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Mavros Andreas Papandreou Party ND EK-ND PASOK Leader since 4 October 1974 1974 3 September 1974 Last election - 171 seats, 52.72% - Seats won 220 60 12 Seat change - -111 - Popular vote 2,669,133 1,002,559 666,413 Percentage 54.37% 20.42% 13.58% Swing - -32.3% -
PM before election Konstantinos Karamanlis ND Subsequent PM Konstantinos Karamanlis ND

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

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 8 December 1974.

In 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos, a close friend of Karamanlis, was elected President of the Republic by the Greek Parliament.

References

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.