June 1989 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 18 June 1989. The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis defeated PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, New Democracy could not form a government, since its 5% lead in the popular vote was not enough to reach a majority because of the proportional representation system voted into electoral law by the previous PASOK government. An agreement between ND and Synaspismos was made to form a short-term government of "katharsis", with a mandate to clean up the various scandals from the outgoing PASOK government. Tzannis Tzannetakis was chosen as a compromise candidate to become Prime Minister, and an agreement was made that the coalition government would resign in October. This was the first, and as of 2024, only time the Communist Party of Greece (as a part of Synaspismos) was part of a governing coalition.

June 1989 Greek legislative election

18 June 1989
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou Charilaos Florakis Party ND PASOK Synaspismos Last election 40.84%, 126 seats 45.82%, 161 seats – Seats won 145 125 28 Seat change 19 36 New Popular vote 2,887,488 2,551,518 855,944 Percentage 44.28% 39.13% 13.13% Swing 3.44pp 6.69pp New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Sadik Achmet Party DIANA Trust Last election – – Seats won 1 1 Seat change New New Popular vote 65,614 25,099 Percentage 1.01% 0.38% Swing New New
Prime Minister before election Andreas Papandreou PASOK Prime Minister after election Tzannis Tzannetakis ND

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Democracy	2,887,488	44.28	145	19
	PASOK	2,551,518	39.13	125	–36
	Synaspismos	855,944	13.13	28	New
	Democratic Renewal	65,614	1.01	1	New
	Trust	25,099	0.38	1	New
	National Party–National Political Union	21,149	0.32	0	0
	KKE Interior – Renewing Left	18,159	0.28	0	New
	Greek Socialist Party	13,863	0.21	0	New
	Christian Democracy	11,450	0.18	0	New
	Fate	9,064	0.14	0	New
	Liberal Party	9,001	0.14	0	0
	Ecologist Movement – Political Renewal	8,182	0.13	0	New
	Union of the Democratic Centre	7,770	0.12	0	New
	Alternative Anti-Capitalist Cohesion	6,185	0.09	0	New
	Direct Democracy	5,939	0.09	0	New
	Greek Radical Movement	4,162	0.06	0	New
	Greek Orthodox Movement for Salvation	3,756	0.06	0	New
	Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist)	3,350	0.05	0	New
	Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece	2,709	0.04	0	0
	Fighting Socialist Party of Greece	2,317	0.04	0	0
	Self-Governed Movement of Labour Politics	1,912	0.03	0	New
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece	1,636	0.03	0	New
	Labour Anti-Imperialistic Movement	1,432	0.02	0	New
	Olympic Party	1,229	0.02	0	New
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	873	0.01	0	New
	Panhellenic Ecological Movement	403	0.01	0	New
	Independent Personalities	113	0.00	0	New
	Integrated Social Union	65	0.00	0	New
	Independent Movement of Democratic Refresh	54	0.00	0	New
	Collaboration Alliance of Independent Candidate MPs	28	0.00	0	New
	Panhellenic Uncommitted Party of Equality	26	0.00	0	New
	Federal Democratic Party of Greece	25	0.00	0	New
	Party of Humanism and Peace	15	0.00	0	New
	Independent Radical Spring Renewal	10	0.00	0	New
	Independent Social Democratic Revival	10	0.00	0	New
	Olympic Democracy	2	0.00	0	0
	Independents	659	0.01	0	0
Total		6,521,211	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		6,521,211	97.78
Invalid/blank votes		148,017	2.22
Total votes		6,669,228	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,302,412	80.33
Source: Nohlen & Stöver