1977 Greek legislative election

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, EDIK, 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.

1977 Greek legislative election
20 November 1977
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Constantine Karamanlis Andreas Papandreou Georgios Mavros
Party ND PASOK EDIK
Last election 54.37%, 220 seats 13.58%, 12 seats, 20.42%, 60 seats
Seats won 171 93 16
Seat change 49 81 44
Popular vote 2,146,365 1,300,025 612,782
Percentage 41.84% 25.34% 11.95%
Swing 12.53pp 11.76pp 8.47pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Charilaos Florakis Stefanos Stefanopoulos Ilias Iliou
Party KKE National Alignment SPAD
Last election 9.47%, 8 seats –
Seats won 11 5 2
Seat change 3 New
Popular vote 480,272 349,988 139,356
Percentage 9.36% 6.82% 2.72%
Swing 0.11pp New
  Seventh party
 
Leader Constantine Mitsotakis
Party Party of New Liberals
Last election –
Seats won 2
Seat change New
Popular vote 55,494
Percentage 1.08%
Swing New
Prime Minister before election

Constantine Karamanlis
ND

 Prime Minister after election

Constantine Karamanlis
ND

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

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