Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 17 November 1974.[1] They were the first after the end of the military junta of 1967–1974, and took place during the metapolitefsi era. The winner was Konstantinos Karamanlis and 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 centrist Center Union – New Forces. The third party in the Parliament became the newly-formed PASOK, a radical socialist party led by Andreas Papandreou, son of the former Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou.
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Results edit
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| 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 edit
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 a referendum on retaining the republic, which was held on 8 December 1974.
In 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos, a close friend of Karamanlis, was elected President of the Republic by parliament.
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Further reading edit
- 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. S2CID 154282086.