The ruling New Democracy under Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis possessed only 175 votes in the 300-strong parliament, falling short of the required number for a straightaway election (200 votes in the first two rounds, 180 in the third).[1] Karamanlis, who was aware of PASOK's electoral upswing and the imminence of its coming to power—as indeed happened in the 1981 elections—preferred to move to the presidency of the Republic, which at the time still held considerable powers.[2] He therefore resigned as Prime Minister to stand for the presidency, being succeeded as Prime Minister by Georgios Rallis.
Several candidates were put forward by minor parties alongside Karamanlis, including Georgios Mylonas (KODISO), Leonidas Kyrkos (KKE Interior), Ioannis Zigdis (EDIK), Stelios Papathemelis, Ilias Iliou and Faidon Vegleris (United Democratic Left).[1] Karamanlis received 179 votes and 180 votes in the first and second ballot respectively,[2] and was elected on the third ballot with 183 votes, i.e. the 175 MPs of New Democracy as well as eight independent MPs or MPs from the minor parties.[1]
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1980, greek, presidential, election, indirect, election, position, president, hellenic, republic, held, hellenic, parliament, april, 1980, 1975, april, 1980, 1985, nominee, konstantinos, karamanlis, georgios, mylonas, leonidas, kyrkosparty, democracy, kodiso, . An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament in April May 1980 1980 Greek presidential election 1975 23 29 April and 5 May 1980 1985 Nominee Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Mylonas Leonidas KyrkosParty New Democracy KODISO KKE Interior Nominee Faidon VeglerisParty United Democratic LeftPresident before electionKonstantinos TsatsosNew Democracy President Konstantinos KaramanlisNew DemocracyThe ruling New Democracy under Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis possessed only 175 votes in the 300 strong parliament falling short of the required number for a straightaway election 200 votes in the first two rounds 180 in the third 1 Karamanlis who was aware of PASOK s electoral upswing and the imminence of its coming to power as indeed happened in the 1981 elections preferred to move to the presidency of the Republic which at the time still held considerable powers 2 He therefore resigned as Prime Minister to stand for the presidency being succeeded as Prime Minister by Georgios Rallis Several candidates were put forward by minor parties alongside Karamanlis including Georgios Mylonas KODISO Leonidas Kyrkos KKE Interior Ioannis Zigdis EDIK Stelios Papathemelis Ilias Iliou and Faidon Vegleris United Democratic Left 1 Karamanlis received 179 votes and 180 votes in the first and second ballot respectively 2 and was elected on the third ballot with 183 votes i e the 175 MPs of New Democracy as well as eight independent MPs or MPs from the minor parties 1 Overview editVotes 23 April 29 April 5 May Konstantinos Karamanlis ND 179 181 183Georgios Mylonas KODISO 4 3 3Leonidas Kyrkos KKE Interior 1 1 1Faidon Vegleris EDA 1 1 1Nikitas Venizelos EDIK 3 Ilias Iliou EDA 1 Stelios Papathemelis Independent 1 Ioannis Zigdis EDIK 4Blank ballot 15 13 12Refusal to vote 92 97 94Absent 4 3 2Total 300 300 300References edit a b c Oi proedrikes ekloges apo ton Stasinopoylo ston Papoylia in Greek in gr 2010 Archived from the original on 13 December 2014 Retrieved 4 January 2015 a b 1974 2015 Oi Proedroi ths Dhmokratias oi pshfoi kai oi sysxetismoi twn kommatwn in Greek in gr 18 February 2015 Retrieved 18 February 2015 nbsp nbsp This Greek elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 Greek presidential election amp oldid 1177785666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
