Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 18 October 1981.[1][2]PASOK, led by Andreas Papandreou, faced New Democracy, led by Georgios Rallis. Papandreou achieved a landslide and PASOK formed the first socialist government in the history of Greece (in 1963 Centrists had formed a government under the leadership of George Papandreou, Andreas' father, but their party, Center Union, was not a socialist party but a centrist, social-liberal one).
Papandreou's new government introduced several interesting reforms in the wake of its victory (legalization of civil wedding, new family law, nationalization of certain private companies, etc.).
The main opposition party, New Democracy, faced serious internal conflicts. Georgios Rallis was forced to resign after the defeat and he was succeeded by Evangelos Averoff, former minister under Karamanlis governments. In 1984 Averof resigned because of health problems and Konstantinos Mitsotakis became the new leader of New Democracy. Noteworthy, Mitsotakis and Papandreou were both centrists before 1967 and they belonged to the same party, George Papandreou's Center Union. Nevertheless, they were strong opponents and they never liked each other. Papandreou was calling Mitsotakis "a defector, an apostate", because in 1965 he defected from the ruling Center Union and participated in a new government pleasing to Constantine II, who had just accepted George Papandreou's resignation after a serious disagreement between the King and the prime minister.
^ abClogg, Richard (1982). "The greek elections of 1981". Electoral Studies. 1 (1): 95–99. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(82)90132-9. ISSN 0261-3794.
^Verney, Susannah (March 2011). "An exceptional case? Party and popular Euroscepticism in Greece, 1959–2009". South European Society and Politics. 16 (1): 51–79. doi:10.1080/13608746.2010.538960. S2CID 154573367.
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1981, greek, legislative, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, greece, sunday, october, 1981, pasok, andreas, papandreou, faced, democracy, georgios, rallis, papandreou, achieved, landslide, pasok, formed, first, socialist, government, history, gree. Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday 18 October 1981 1 2 PASOK led by Andreas Papandreou faced New Democracy led by Georgios Rallis Papandreou achieved a landslide and PASOK formed the first socialist government in the history of Greece in 1963 Centrists had formed a government under the leadership of George Papandreou Andreas father but their party Center Union was not a socialist party but a centrist social liberal one 1981 Greek legislative election 1977 18 October 1981 1985 All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament151 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Andreas Papandreou Georgios Rallis Charilaos FlorakisParty PASOK ND KKELast election 25 34 93 seats 41 84 171 seats 9 36 11 seatsSeats won 172 115 13Seat change 79 56 2Popular vote 2 726 309 2 034 496 620 302Percentage 48 07 35 88 10 94 Swing 22 73pp 5 96pp 1 58ppPrime Minister before electionGeorgios RallisND Prime Minister after election Andreas PapandreouPASOKObservers had expected a PASOK victory but were surprised by the size of the victory 2 185 of the 300 seats were won by PASOK or the Communist Party both openly eurosceptic This was the high point of Greek euroscepticism coming just months after the country s accession to the European Communities 3 Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats PASOK2 726 30948 07172 79New Democracy2 034 49635 88115 56Communist Party of Greece620 30210 9413 2Progressive Party95 7991 690NewCommunist Party of Greece Interior 76 4041 350NewKODISO KAE40 1260 710NewUnion of the Democratic Centre22 7630 400 16Liberal Party20 6450 360NewChristian Democracy8 6380 150NewFor a Revolutionary Left6 5950 120NewEKKE M L KKE4 7000 0800International Workers Union Trotskyists1 6460 0300Democratic Social Party1 1000 020NewByzantine National Organisation4070 010NewOlympic Democracy950 0000Hellenic Universal Olympic Democracy50 000NewNational Refugee Party of Greece Kimon 20 000NewIndependents11 0250 1900Total5 671 057100 003000Valid votes5 671 05798 57Invalid blank votes82 4211 43Total votes5 753 478100 00Registered voters turnout7 059 77881 50Source Nohlen amp StoverAftermath editPapandreou s new government introduced several interesting reforms in the wake of its victory legalization of civil wedding new family law nationalization of certain private companies etc The main opposition party New Democracy faced serious internal conflicts Georgios Rallis was forced to resign after the defeat and he was succeeded by Evangelos Averoff former minister under Karamanlis governments In 1984 Averof resigned because of health problems and Konstantinos Mitsotakis became the new leader of New Democracy Noteworthy Mitsotakis and Papandreou were both centrists before 1967 and they belonged to the same party George Papandreou s Center Union Nevertheless they were strong opponents and they never liked each other Papandreou was calling Mitsotakis a defector an apostate because in 1965 he defected from the ruling Center Union and participated in a new government pleasing to Constantine II who had just accepted George Papandreou s resignation after a serious disagreement between the King and the prime minister References edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p830 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 a b Clogg Richard 1982 The greek elections of 1981 Electoral Studies 1 1 95 99 doi 10 1016 0261 3794 82 90132 9 ISSN 0261 3794 Verney Susannah March 2011 An exceptional case Party and popular Euroscepticism in Greece 1959 2009 South European Society and Politics 16 1 51 79 doi 10 1080 13608746 2010 538960 S2CID 154573367 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 Greek legislative election amp oldid 1140441358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
