1996 Greek parliamentary election

1996 Greek parliamentary election

22 September 1996

All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Costas Simitis Miltiadis Evert Aleka Papariga
Party PASOK ND KKE
Last election 46.88%, 170 seats 39.30%, 111 seats 4.54%, 9 seats
Seats won 162 108 11
Seat change 8 3 2
Popular vote 2,813,245 2,584,765 380,167
Percentage 41.49% 38.12% 5.60%
Swing 5.39 pp 1.18 pp 1.06 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Nikos Konstantopoulos Dimitris Tsovolas
Party Synaspismos DIKKI
Last election 2.94%, 0 seats
Seats won 10 9
Seat change 10 New
Popular vote 347,051 300,617
Percentage 5.12% 4.43%
Swing 2.18 pp New

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Prime Minister after election

Costas Simitis
PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.