Greece 1981 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : PASOK won 10 of 24 seats with 40.1% of the vote; 78.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Greece
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASOK | 10 | 40.1 | 2,278,030 |
| New Democracy | 8 | 31.3 | 1,779,462 |
| Communist Party of Greece | 3 | 12.8 | 729,052 |
| Communist Party of Greece (Interior) | 1 | 5.3 | 300,841 |
| Party of Democratic Socialism | 1 | 4.3 | 241,666 |
| Progressive Party | 1 | 2.0 | 111,245 |
| Christian Democracy | 0 | 1.1 | 65,056 |
| Union of the Democratic Centre | 0 | 1.1 | 63,673 |
| Liberal Party | 0 | 1.0 | 59,141 |
Votes by party
- PASOK 2,278,030
- New Democracy 1,779,462
- Communist Party of Greece 729,052
- Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 300,841
- Party of Democratic Socialism 241,666
- Progressive Party 111,245
- Christian Democracy 65,056
- Union of the Democratic Centre 63,673
- Liberal Party 59,141
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
78.6% of the 7,319,070 registered voters cast a ballot (5,752,789 ballots). 5,677,661 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- PASOK40.1% of votes41.7% of seats
- New Democracy31.3% of votes33.3% of seats
- Communist Party of Greece12.8% of votes12.5% of seats
- Communist Party of Greece (Interior)5.3% of votes4.2% of seats
- Party of Democratic Socialism4.3% of votes4.2% of seats
- Progressive Party2.0% of votes4.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.3 by seats; PASOK led New Democracy by 8.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
On the same day
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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