European Parliament election, 1994 (Greece)

Greek European Parliament election, 1994

12 June 1994

25 seats to the European Parliament   Majority party Minority party Third party     Leader Andreas Papandreou Miltiadis Evert Antonis Samaras Party PASOK ND POLAN Alliance PES EPP–ED EDA Last election 35.94% 40.45% Did not contest Seats won 10 9 2 Seat change -1 +2 Percentage 37.60% 32.70% 8.6% Swing +1.66% -7.75% +8.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Aleka Papariga Nikos Konstantopoulos Party KKE Synaspismos Alliance EUL–NGL EUL–NGL Last election Contested in coalition with Left Coalition Contested in coalition with KKE Seats won 2 2 Percentage 6.29% 6.25%

The European Parliament election of 1994 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 12. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece was 25.

Results

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament in which Greece participated. The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of the aging Andreas Papandreou made gains against the opposition conservative New Democracy party. A new party Political Spring had left New Democracy and came in third ahead of the Communist Party of Greece and the Coalition of the Left and Progress which had contested the previous election in coalition. The parties on the left elected two MEPs each, the same result as 1989.

 Summary of the results of Greece's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament

← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	PES	Andreas Papandreou	2,458,619	37.64	1.70	10 / 25	1
	New Democracy (ND)	EPP	Miltiadis Evert	2,133,372	32.66	7.79	9 / 25	1
	Political Spring (PA)	None	Antonis Samaras	564,778	8.65	New	2 / 25	2
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)	None	Aleka Papariga	410,747	6.29	*	2 / 25	*
	Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN)	PEL	Nikos Konstantopoulos	408,072	6.25	*	2 / 25	*
	Democratic Renewal (DIANA)	None	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos	182,525	2.79	1.42	0 / 25	0
	Union of Centrists (EK)	None	Vassilis Leventis	77,951	1.19	New	0 / 25	0
	Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			296,627	4.54	—	0 / 25	0
Valid votes				6,532,691
Blank and invalid votes				271,193
Totals				6,803,884	100.00	—	25 / 25	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,550,596	71.24

Source:^[1]

Popular vote
PASOK			37.64%
ND			32.66%
POLAN			8.65%
KKE			6.29%
SYN			6.25%
DIANA			2.79%
EK			1.19%
Others			4.54%

References

1. George Th. Mavrogordatos (December 1995). "Greece". European Journal of Political Research 28 (3-4): 353–358. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1995.tb00500.x.