Greek legislative election, 1977

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20 November 1977

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All 300 seats to the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Constantine Karamanlis	Andreas Papandreou	Georgios Mavros
Party	ND	PASOK	EDIK
Leader since	4 October 1974	3 September 1974	1974
Last election	220 seats, 54.37%	12 seats, 13.58%	–
Seats won	171	93	16
Seat change	49	81	–
Popular vote	2,146,365	1,300,025	612,782
Percentage	41.84%	25.34%	11.95%
Swing	12.53%	11.76%	–

Prime Minister before election

Constantine Karamanlis
ND

Subsequent Prime Minister

Constantine Karamanlis
ND

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 20 November 1977. After Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis called for early elections, his New Democracy party suffered a significant loss of power. However, Karamanlis managed to secure an absolute majority in the Parliament. The big surprise was the success of PASOK, whose socialistic rhetoric remained radical. Because of PASOK's success, the Centrists (Union of the Democratic Centre, ΕDIK, former Center Union - New Forces) led again by Georgios Mavros lost half of their power. As a result, Andreas Papandreou, PASOK's leader, became a prominent figure in Greek politics. The Communists (Communist Party of Greece) and the Nationalists managed to amplify their support.

Future Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras first won a seat in parliament at this election.

In 1979 Greece became European Community's 10th member, despite the opposition of PASOK and the Communists. In 1980, Constantine Karamanlis succeeded Constantine Tsatsos as President of the Republic. George Rallis became Prime Minister and new leader of ND.

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