1985 Greek legislative election

1985 Greek legislative election

2 June 1985
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Andreas Papandreou Constantine Mitsotakis Party PASOK ND Last election 48.07%, 172 seats 35.88%, 115 seats Seats won 161 126 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 2,916,735 2,599,681 Percentage 45.82% 40.85% Swing 2.25pp 4.97pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Charilaos Florakis Leonidas Kyrkos Party KKE KKE Interior Last election 10.94%, 13 seats 1.35%, 0 seats Seats won 12 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 629,525 117,135 Percentage 9.89% 1.84% Swing 1.05pp 0.49pp
Prime Minister before election Andreas Papandreou PASOK Prime Minister after election Andreas Papandreou PASOK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 2 June 1985. The ruling PASOK of Andreas Papandreou, was re-elected, defeating the liberal conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis (Mitsotakis succeeded Evangelos Averoff as ND leader in 1984).

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	PASOK	2,916,735	45.82	161	–11
	New Democracy	2,599,681	40.84	126	+11
	Communist Party of Greece	629,525	9.89	12	–1
	Communist Party of Greece (Interior)	117,135	1.84	1	+1
	National Political Union	37,965	0.60	0	New
	Liberal Party	10,551	0.17	0	0
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	10,369	0.16	0	New
	Revolutionary Communist Movement	6,951	0.11	0	0
	Communist Left	5,383	0.08	0	New
	Free	5,212	0.08	0	New
	International Workers' Union – Trotskyists	3,685	0.06	0	0
	Hellenic Christian Social Union	251	0.00	0	New
	Patriotic Right	172	0.00	0	New
	Olympic Democracy	162	0.00	0	0
	Enlighten Movement	49	0.00	0	New
	Greens–Ecological Party–Hellenic Alternative Green Movement	5	0.00	0	New
	Independents	21,263	0.33	0	0
Total		6,365,094	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		6,365,094	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		57,372	0.89
Total votes		6,422,466	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,008,647	80.19
Source:  Ministry of the Interior, Nohlen & Stöver