1974 Greek legislative election

1974 Greek legislative election

17 November 1974
All 300 seats in theHellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Leader Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Mavros Party ND EK–ND Seats won 220 60 Popular vote 2,669,133 1,002,559 Percentage 54.37% 20.42% Third party Fourth party Leader Andreas Papandreou Ilias Iliou Party PASOK EA Seats won 12 8 Popular vote 666,413 464,787 Percentage 13.58% 9.47%
Prime Ministerbefore election Konstantinos Karamanlis ND Prime Minister after election Konstantinos Karamanlis ND

Parliamentary elections were held inGreeceon 17 November 1974.They were the first after the end of themilitary juntaof 1967–1974, and took place during themetapolitefsiera. The winner wasKonstantinos Karamanlisand his newly formed conservative party,New Democracy.Karamanlis had already formed a government of national unity just after the fall of the dictatorship. The second-largest party was the centristCenter Union – New Forces.The third party in the Parliament became the newly-formedPASOK,a radical socialist party led byAndreas Papandreou,son of the former Prime MinisterGeorgios Papandreou.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	New Democracy	2,669,133	54.37	220
	Centre Union – New Forces	1,002,559	20.42	60
	PASOK	666,413	13.58	12
	United Left	464,787	9.47	8
	National Democratic Union	52,768	1.07	0
	Democratic Centre Union	8,509	0.17	0
	Revolutionary Communist Movement	1,539	0.03	0
	Liberal Democratic Union–Socialist Party	975	0.02	0
	Independents	42,291	0.86	0
Total		4,908,974	100.00	300
Valid votes		4,908,974	98.90
Invalid/blank votes		54,584	1.10
Total votes		4,963,558	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,241,066	79.53
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

These were the priorities of the Karamanlis's government:

• The adoption of a new constitution
• The abolition of the monarchy after a free referendum
• The submission of a new application for Greece to join the European Community.

The new government decided on areferendum on retaining the republic,which was held on 8 December 1974.

In 1975Konstantinos Tsatsos,a close friend of Karamanlis, was electedPresident of the Republicby parliament.

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.S2CID154282086.