Chamber:
	Vouli Ton Ellinon
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	10 October 1993
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament following premature dissolution of this body on 9 September 1993. General elections had previously been held in April 1990.
Background and outcome of elections:
	Parliament was dissolved on 9 September 1993 after the ruling New Democracy Party (ND) lost its overall legislative majority due to several members’ defections, touched off in particular by that of former Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras, who in turn formed a new party known as Political Spring. As a result, Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis submitted the resignation of his Government and elections were called on 10 September by President of the Republic Constantine Karamanlis. As before, the centre-right ND was mainly challenged by the formerly ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) headed by Mr. Andreas Papandreou. Campaign debate focused largely on the country’s economy, with PASOK pointing to the failure of ND’s austerity measures and privatisation of state-run industries to reduce the inflation rate (14%), public debt, and wage and job cuts in the public sector. Another issue related to the use of the name “Macedonia” by the former Yugoslav republic just north of Greece, with both Mr. Papandreou and Mr. Samaras taking a harder stance opposing the appellation than Mr. Mitsotakis. In foreign policy in general, Mr. Papandreou softened his left-wing anti-western stands taken while head of government in the 1980s, thus approaching the policies of ND. Mr. Samaras, for his part, called for an end to the domination of Greek politics by his two main rivals – the “dinosaurs”, both over 70 years of age. Altogether 3057 candidates and 29 parties were in the running for the Chamber of Deputies’ 300 seats. On polling day, PASOK scored a clear victory with a gain of nearly 50 seats over its previous total, an outcome that was widely regarded as a remarkable personal comeback for Mr. Papandreou just four years after his administration had been brought down amid financial and personal scandals. Political Spring achieved parliamentary representation with 10 seats. On 13 October, a PASOK Cabinet was sworn in. It is headed by Mr. Papandreou, Prime Minister for the third time.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (10 October 1993): Elections results
Number of registered electors	8,861,833
Voters	7,019,925 (79.21%)
Blank or invalid ballot papers	119,314
Valid votes	6,900,611

Round no 1: Distribution of votes
Political Group	Votes	%
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	3,235,017	46.88
New Democracy (ND)	2,711,737	39.30
Political Spring	336,460	4.88
Communist Party	313,001	4.54

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total	Gain/Loss
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	170	+47
New Democracy (ND)	111	-39
Political Spring	10	+10
Communist Party	9	-10*

Comments:
	* In the previous elections it had run as member of Coalition of Left-Wing and Progressive Forces

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	282
Women:	18

Distribution of seats according to age:
Under 40 years	30
40-59 years	218
60-65 years	33
Over 65 years	19
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Lawyers	109
Doctors	47
Engineers	41
Economists	24
Teachers (University)	12
Journalists	11
Teachers (High School)	8
Others	48