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1974 Greek parliamentary election

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FieldValue
countryGreece
typeparliamentary
previous_election1964 Greek parliamentary election
previous_year1964
next_election1977 Greek parliamentary election
next_year1977
seats_for_electionAll 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
majority_seats151
election_date17 November 1974
registered6,241,066
turnout79.53% ( 2.18pp)
image1Bezoek premier Karamanlis van Griekenland Van Agt in gesprek met Karamanlis, Bestanddeelnr 929-6548 (cropped).jpg
leader1Konstantinos Karamanlis
party1New Democracy (Greece)
last_election135.26%, 107 seats
seats1220
seat_change1113
popular_vote12,669,133
percentage154.37%
swing119.11 pp
leader2Georgios Mavros
party2Centre Union – New Forces
last_election252.72%, 171 seats
seats260
seat_change2111
popular_vote21,002,559
percentage220.42%
swing232.30 pp
image4Andreas Papandreou.jpg
leader4Andreas Papandreou
party4PASOK
last_election4–
seats412
seat_change4*New*
popular_vote4666,413
percentage413.58%
swing4*New*
leader5Ilias Iliou
party5United Left (Greece)
last_election511.80%, 22 seats
seats58
seat_change514
popular_vote5464,787
percentage59.47%
swing52.33 pp
map_image1974 Greek Legislative Election Map.svg
map_captionResults by constituency
map_size350px
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister after election
before_electionKonstantinos Karamanlis
before_partyNew Democracy (Greece)
after_electionKonstantinos Karamanlis
after_partyNew Democracy (Greece)

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 17 November 1974. 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 Centre 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.

Electoral system

The members of the Hellenic Parliament were elected via open list proportional representation in 56 multi-member constituencies using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system. eligible voters in each electoral district is divided by this quota of electors per seat in order to give the number of seats in each electoral district. Then, in order to allocate the seats between the parties, the electoral law LD 65/1974 was establishing a system of three sequent distributions. In the first distribution the number of seats allocated to each party in that district was given by dividing the number of votes of each party -in the different electoral districts- with the electoral quota (i.e. electors per seat) of the relevant district. Then, the seats that were not allocated in the first distribution were held over to the second distribution in which they had right to participate only the parties that received a least 17% of the vote countrywide. Finally, the seats that had still not been allocated –during the second distribution- were distributed in the third distribution". See Clogg, R. (1987). Parties and elections in Greece: The search for legitimacy, Duke University Press, Durham, NC --

Additionally, 5% of seats (in this case, 12) were reserved for "state deputies" nominated by the parties, who neither belonged to a particular constituency nor competed for election. These seats were allocated proportionally between the parties.

Results

By constituency

ConstituencyNDEK-NDPASOKEA%±%±%±%±
AchaeaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**52.01**19.3714.2943.5524.81*New*8.131.37
Aetolia-AkarnaniaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**59.88**22.5015.5237.4815.83*New*7.022.59
ArgolisNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**68.03**18.8412.9137.8015.63*New*1.93*New*
ArkadiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**65.15**17.1421.9330.049.42*New*2.69*New*
ArtaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**64.70**9.5711.8638.0015.38*New*4.85*New*
Athens ANew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**54.02**17.2120.1125.9711.68*New*12.734.25
Athens BNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**46.58**19.6721.2727.0813.17*New*17.826.62
AtticaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**62.67**26.3617.2837.5311.94*New*7.081.78
BoeotiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**59.81**30.1815.4154.9015.57*New*6.20*New*
CephaloniaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**57.54**21.3722.1841.407.75*New*12.12*New*
ChalkidikiNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**66.49**21.2816.4638.3212.10*New*4.44*New*
Chania15.266.68Centre Union}};"**37.91**38.6918.11*New*9.505.30
ChiosNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**53.19**19.0629.2836.5710.89*New*5.98*New*
CorfuNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**48.27**9.8018.6626.6922.49*New*10.096.06
CorinthiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**63.78**17.5714.4239.3617.96*New*2.87*New*
CycladesNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**62.91**9.3223.8122.5110.44*New*2.01*New*
DodecaneseNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**45.35**13.6116.9851.2721.01*New*2.39*New*
DramaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**58.57**18.4615.6736.3417.88*New*4.513.35
ElisNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**53.23**22.4127.8141.3614.78*New*2.60*New*
EuboeaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**58.62**19.3521.9132.4714.19*New*4.571.67
EvrosNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**63.97**22.0519.0629.2611.51*New*4.155.41
EvrytaniaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**64.28**23.1920.7338.1713.14*New*1.84*New*
FlorinaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**70.63**20.4618.5124.945.97*New*4.04*New*
GrevenaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**59.31**18.2121.4026.8213.47*New*5.394.94
Heraklion26.2510.54Centre Union}};"**38.74**35.3527.80*New*6.973.22
ImathiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**54.92**24.1520.6433.1815.63*New*8.357.04
IoanninaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**62.02**25.3319.9427.319.63*New*7.745.31
KarditsaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**52.55**18.4218.9935.2113.26*New*8.593.07
KastoriaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**63.39**9.1122.0723.644.66*New*1.64*New*
KavalaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**56.99**24.7217.9732.0111.54*New*11.636.11
KilkisNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**57.28**16.2415.6225.2012.09*New*10.467.66
KozaniNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**62.32**19.1319.0027.0012.15*New*5.524.83
LaconiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**76.04**12.1412.9223.167.06*New*3.04*New*
LarissaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**53.66**25.7820.3532.4013.37*New*11.887.47
Lasithi30.2516.68Centre Union}};"**45.99**40.4320.40*New*2.13*New*
LefkadaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**46.96**12.9118.2213.306.68*New*27.147.28
LesbosNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**42.88**26.8916.7732.6715.14*New*24.545.03
MagnesiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**51.45**23.9625.2228.288.49*New*14.824.17
MesseniaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**62.56**12.7417.3026.9213.54*New*4.441.51
PellaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**60.57**25.5616.2639.8117.00*New*4.784.13
PhocisNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**66.43**22.5218.6137.478.49*New*3.79*New*
PhthiotisNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**65.54**22.2120.6335.937.76*New*4.53*New*
PieriaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**63.02**23.5117.3433.0311.73*New*6.983.13
Piraeus ANew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**54.29**18.9919.5228.5212.90*New*12.264.28
Piraeus BNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**39.64**22.4524.1024.5412.38*New*23.1410.69
PrevezaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**58.97**19.2416.3843.8817.12*New*5.01*New*
RethymnoNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**35.19**20.9818.6467.1420.52*New*3.08*New*
RhodopeNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**44.70**5.8739.3410.087.61*New*1.62*New*
SamosNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**51.22**9.1424.5112.057.21*New*16.374.97
SerresNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**66.77**24.5313.3031.6412.19*New*7.375.43
ThesprotiaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**61.66**25.1321.6741.7914.20*New*2.151.37
Thessaloniki ANew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**54.50**23.1417.3226.5210.92*New*15.878.89
Thessaloniki BNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**56.94**21.2915.3731.1814.93*New*11.835.95
TrikalaNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**53.82**24.9521.2034.8911.18*New*9.625.41
XanthiNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**52.57**17.1923.6437.228.23*New*1.95*New*
ZakynthosNew Democracy (Greece)}}; color:white;"**53.14**10.8033.0524.604.85*New*7.87*New*

Aftermath

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.

Notes

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
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