November 1989 Greek parliamentary election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 November 1989.^[1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, as in June 1989, Mitsotakis was unable to form a government since his party had failed to win a majority of seats. A National Unity government was formed under Xenophon Zolotas (a retired banker at the age of 85) as a way out of the deadlock and to restore public trust in political institutions after the recent indictments of Papandreou and four of his ministers for the Koskotas scandal.

November 1989 Greek parliamentary election

← Jun 1989 5 November 1989 1990 →
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Charilaos Florakis Party ND PASOK Synaspismos Last election 44.28%, 145 seats 39.13%, 125 seats 13.13%, 28 seats Seats won 148 128 21 Seat change 3 3 7 Popular vote 3,093,055 2,723,739 734,552 Percentage 46.19% 40.67% 10.97% Swing 1.91 pp 1.55 pp 2.16 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Dimitris Chatzhpanagiotou Sadik Achmet Achmet Faikoglu Party OE Trust Fate Last election – 0.38%, 1 seat 0.14%, 0 seats Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 39,130 26,012 10,971 Percentage 0.58% 0.39% 0.16% Swing New 0.01 pp 0.04 pp
Prime Minister before election Giannis Grivas Independent Prime Minister after election Xenophon Zolotas Independent

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	3,093,055	46.19	148	+3
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	2,723,739	40.67	128	+3
	Coalition of the Left and Progress	734,552	10.97	21	–7
	Alternative Ecologists	39,130	0.58	1	New
	Trust	26,012	0.39	1	0
	Left Initiative of Communist Radical Ecologists (AKOA–EKKE)	13,461	0.20	0	New
	Kollatos–Independent Political Movement–Ecologic–Hellenic	13,058	0.19	0	New
	Fate	10,971	0.16	1	+1
	Ecologists of Greece	10,223	0.15	0	New
	Liberal Party	5,125	0.08	0	0
	Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups	4,410	0.07	0	New
	Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)	3,188	0.05	0	0
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	1,602	0.02	0	0
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece	1,422	0.02	0	0
	Labour Anti-Imperialistic Front	1,384	0.02	0	0
	Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,259	0.02	0	0
	Workers Revolutionary Party – Trotskyists	1,104	0.02	0	New
	Olympic Party	840	0.01	0	0
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	614	0.01	0	0
	National Front of National Fighters	99	0.00	0	New
	Independent Party of Democratic Revival	61	0.00	0	New
	Hellenists Party	53	0.00	0	New
	Greens Ecological Party of Greece–Hellenic Alternative Green Movement	46	0.00	0	New
	Olympic Democracy	32	0.00	0	0
	Revolutionary-Popular Executive Committee "Care"	22	0.00	0	New
	Independent Social Democratic Revival	21	0.00	0	0
	Humanism and Peace Party	15	0.00	0	New
	Regional Civic Development	12	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic Social Democratic Revolutionary Liberation Front "Spartacus"	9	0.00	0	New
	Movement of Non-Privileged	4	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic European Party	3	0.00	0	New
	Self-Respect	2	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic European Party 1984	1	0.00	0	New
	Independents	11,563	0.17	0	0
Total		6,697,092	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		6,697,092	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		101,917	1.50
Total votes		6,799,009	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,425,212	80.70
Source: Nohlen & Stöver