European Parliament election, 1981 (Greece)

Greece, European Parliament election, 1981

18 October 1981
24 seats to the European Parliament

The European Parliament election of 1981 in Greece was the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament in 1981. The rest of the European Community voted in 1979 before Greece became a member state. Greece was allocated 24 seats in the Parliament.

Results

 Summary of the results of Greece's 18 October 1981 election to the European Parliament

1981 • 1984 →
National party		European party	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)		Andreas Papandreou	2,278,030	40.12	—	10 / 24	—
	New Democracy (ND)		George Rallis	1,779,462	31.34	—	8 / 24	—
	Communist Party (ΚΚΕ)		Harilaos Florakis	729,052	12.84	—	3 / 24	—
	Communist Party – Interior (KKE–E)		Leonidas Kyrkos	300,841	5.30	—	1 / 24	—
	Party of Democratic Socialism (KODISO) + Party of Farmers and Workers (ΚΑΕ)		Yagos Pesmazoglou	241,666	4.26	—	1 / 24	—
	Progressive Party (KP)		Spiros Markezinis	111,245	1.96	—	1 / 24	—
	Christian Democracy (CD)		Nikos Psaroudakis	65,056	1.15	—	0 / 24	—
	Union of the Democratic Centre (EDIK)		Ioannis Zigdis	63,673	1.12	—	0 / 24	—
	Liberal Party (KF)		Nikitas Venizelos	59.141	1.04	—	0 / 24	—
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			49,495	0.87	—	0 / 24	—
Valid votes				5,677,661	98.70
Blank and invalid votes				74,683	1.30
Totals				5,752,344	100.00	—	24 / 24	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				7,059,778	81.48	—
Source:

Popular vote
PASOK			40.12%
ND			31.34%
KKE			12.84%
KKE-ES			5.30%
KODISO-KAE			4.26%
KP			1.96%
CD			1.15%
EDIK			1.12%
KF			1.04%
Others			0.87%

Elected MEPs

• List of members of the European Parliament for Greece, 1981–1984