1996 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.

22 September 1996

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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