1996 Greek legislative election|
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Costas Simitis | Miltiadis Evert | Aleka Papariga | Party | PASOK | ND | KKE | Last election | 46.88%, 170 seats | 39.30%, 111 seats | 4.54%, 9 seats | Seats won | 162 | 108 | 11 | Seat change | 8 | 3 | 2 | Popular vote | 2,813,245 | 2,584,765 | 380,167 | Percentage | 41.49% | 38.12% | 5.60% | Swing | 5.39pp | 1.18pp | 1.06pp | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Leader | Nikos Konstantopoulos | Dimitris Tsovolas | Party | Synaspismos | DIKKI | Last election | 2.94%, 0 seats | – | Seats won | 10 | 9 | Seat change | 10 | New | Popular vote | 347,051 | 300,617 | Percentage | 5.12% | 4.43% | Swing | 2.18pp | New | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/1996_Greek_legislative_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg/400px-1996_Greek_legislative_election_-_Vote_Strength.svg.png) Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.[1] The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| PASOK | 2,814,779 | 41.49 | 162 | –8 |
| New Democracy | 2,586,089 | 38.12 | 108 | –3 |
| Communist Party of Greece | 380,046 | 5.60 | 11 | +2 |
| Synaspismos | 347,236 | 5.12 | 10 | +10 |
| Democratic Social Movement | 300,954 | 4.44 | 9 | New |
| Political Spring | 199,686 | 2.94 | 0 | –10 |
| Union of Centrists | 48,659 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Union of Ecologists | 19,931 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Greek Hunters | 17,472 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| National Party–National Political Union | 16,495 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Hellenism | 12,216 | 0.18 | 0 | New |
| Left Struggle | 10,416 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Alternative Ecologists | 5,708 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| Golden Dawn | 4,537 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| Ecologists of Greece | 4,138 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece | 4,019 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece | 3,534 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance | 2,519 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece | 2,113 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Olympic Party | 1,614 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Greek Workers | 238 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party | 163 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Christianity | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Democracy | 64 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology | 49 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Labour Class | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Human Rights Party | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Responsible Citizens | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Hellenic European Party | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 611 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6,783,445 | 100.00 | 300 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 6,783,445 | 97.15 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 198,759 | 2.85 | |
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Total votes | 6,982,204 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 9,145,598 | 76.34 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |