1977 Greek parliamentary election

1977 Greek parliamentary election
20 November 1977
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konstantinos Karamanlis Andreas Papandreou Georgios Mavros
Party ND PASOK EDIK
Last election 54.37%, 220 seats 13.58%, 12 seats 20.42%, 60 seats
Seats won 171 93 16
Seat change 49 81 44
Popular vote 2,146,365 1,300,025 612,782
Percentage 41.84% 25.34% 11.95%
Swing 12.53 pp 11.76 pp 8.47 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Charilaos Florakis Stefanos Stefanopoulos Ilias Iliou
Party KKE EP SPAD
Last election 9.47%, 8 seats –
Seats won 11 5 2
Seat change 3 New
Popular vote 480,272 349,988 139,356
Percentage 9.36% 6.82% 2.72%
Swing 0.11 pp New
  Seventh party
 
Leader Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Party KNF
Last election –
Seats won 2
Seat change New
Popular vote 55,494
Percentage 1.08%
Swing New
Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Karamanlis
ND

 Prime Minister after election

Konstantinos Karamanlis
ND

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 20 November 1977. After Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis called for early elections, his New Democracy party lost a large number of seats, yet still retain 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, EDIK, 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.

Future Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras first won a seat in parliament at this election.

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