- Greek legislative election, 1996
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] Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on
22 September 1996 . At stake were 300 seats in theGreek Parliament .The ruling
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) ofCostas Simitis , was elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party ofMiltiadis Evert .Results
election-table rowspan=2 colspan=2 valign=top|Summary of the 22 September 1996 Greek Parliament ("Vouli ton Ellinon") election results!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"!No.!% !align="center"|+− %!align="center"|No.!align="center"|+−
-Panhellenic Socialist Movement Kostas Simitis
align="right"|2,813,245
align="right"|41.49
align="center"|-5.2
align="center"|162
align="center"|−8
-
New DemocracyMiltiadis Evert
align="right"|2,584,765
align="right"|38.12
align="center"|-1.2
align="center"|108
align="center"|-3
-Communist Party of Greece Aleka Papariga
align="right"|380,167
align="right"|5.61
align="center"|+1.11
align="center"|11
align="center"|+2
-
Coalition of the Left and ProgressNikos Konstantopoulos
align="right"|347,051
align="right"|5.12
align="center"|2.18
align="center"|10
align="center"|+10
-Democratic Social Movement Dimitris Tsovolas
align="right"|300,617
align="right"|4.43
align="center"|(-)
align="center"|9
align="center"|(-)
-Political Spring Antonis Samaras
align="right"|199,463
align="right"|2.94
align="center"|(-)
align="center"|(-)
align="center"|(-)
-Union of Centrists Vassilis Leventis
align="right"|48,677
align="right"|0.72
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-
Union of EcologistsDimosthenis Vergis
align="right"|19,934
align="right"|0.29
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"|+0
-Party of Greek Hunters "Κόμμα Ελλήνων Κυνηγών"|
align="right"|17,419
align="right"|0.26
align="center"
align="center"
align="center"
-National Political Union Chrisanthos Dimitriadis "Χρύσανθος Δημητριάδης"
align="right"|16,501
align="right"|0.24
align="center"
align="center"
align="center"
-Party of Hellenism Sotiris Sofianopoulos
align="right"|12,205
align="right"|0.18
align="center"
align="center"
align="center"
-Left Struggle |
align="right"|10,443
align="right"|0.15
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Alternative Ecologists |
align="right"|5,715
align="right"|0.08
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"
-Hrisi Avgi Nikolaos Michaloliakos
align="right"|4,487
align="right"|0.07
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Ecologists Greece Konstantinos Papanikolas
align="right"|4,113
align="right"|0.06
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece |
align="right"|4,016
align="right"|0.06
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece / Rainbow|
align="right"|3,485
align="right"|0.05
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Coalition of Pensioners-Workers-Farmers-Youth " Συμμαχία ΣΕΑΝ"|
align="right"|2,470
align="right"|0.04
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Militant Socialist Party of Greece |
align="right"|2,108
align="right"|0.03
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Olympismos "Ολυμπισμός"Georgios Zois
align="right"|1,619
align="right"|0.02
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Greek Workers' Party "Κόμμα Εργαζομένων Ελλήνων, ΚΟ.Ε.ΕΛ."|
align="right"|247
align="right"|0.00
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Free Democracy "Ελεύθερη Δημοκρατία"|
align="right"|65
align="right"|0.00
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-Greek European Party "Ελληνικό Ευρωπαϊκό Κόμμα, Ελ.Ε.Κ."|
align="right"|8
align="right"|0.00
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Human Rights Party "Κόμμα Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων, Κ.Α.Δικ."|
align="right"|2
align="right"|0.00
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
Others |
align="right"|1,123
align="right"|0.02
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|-
-
colspan="2"|No. of valid votes
align="right"|6,780,049
align="center"|100,00
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
align="center"|300
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="2"|Invalid votes
align="right"|198,607
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="3"|Total
align="right"|6,978,656
-
colspan="2"|Turnout
align="right"|75.0%
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="2"|Electorate
align="right"|9,140,742
-
colspan="8"|Source: [http://www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/elec_data/1996NE_epi_res.asp Official results from Greek Interior Ministry] ; [http://www.greekelections.com/portal/municelect/results1996.asp?state=municelect Greekelections.com]Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a majority of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the
Vouli . This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.
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