All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
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
Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share.
Prime Minister before election
Costas Simitis
PASOK
Prime Minister after election
Costas Simitis
PASOK
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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.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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