The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party.
NATIONAL SUMMARY 9,373,439 voters, 7,027,007 (75.0%) voted -------------------------------------------------------------------- Votes and seats are compared with those gained in the 1996 elections.
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Party votes % change seats
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Coalition of Left (Synaspismos) 219,918 03.20 (-01.92) 6 (-4)
Communist Party (KKE) 379,517 05.53 (-00.08) 11
Democratic Social Mvt (DIKKI) 184,586 02.69 (-01.74) - (-8)
New Democracy (ND) 2,935,242 42.73 (+04.61) 126 (+23)
Pan-Hellenic Socialist (PASOK) 3,007,947 43.79 (+02.30) 157 (-4)
Others 141,274 02.07 (-00.22) - (-7)
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158,523 (02.2%) void 6,868,484 300
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Greek electoral law requires that the party winning a plurity of votes be awarded a majority of seats in the Boule. This involves some distortion of the proportionality of the result. Parties must poll 3% of the national vote to gain representation.
detailed election statistics appear at Adam Carr's Election ArchiveSee also
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