Greek legislative election, 1974

The first free elections since 1964 and after the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 took place in Greece in 1974 during the metapolitefsi.

The winner was Konstantinos Karamanlis and his newly formed conservative party, ND ("New Democracy, Νέα Δημοκρατία"). Karamanlis had already formed a government of national unity just after the fall of the dictatorship. The second biggest party was the centrist Center Union - New Forces ("Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις"). Third power in the Parliament became the newly formed PASOK ("Panhellenic Sosialist Movement, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα"), a radical socialist party led by Andreas Papandreou, son of the former prime minister Georgios Papandreou.

Post-election

The priorities of the Karamanlis' government were:
* The adoption of a new Constitution
* The abolition of Monarchy after a free referendum
* The submission of a new application for Greece's accession to the European Community.

In 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos, a close friend of Karamanlis, was elected President of the Republic by the Greek Parliament.

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