Greek legislative election, 1981

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The Greek legislative election of 1981 was a landmark national vote in which the socialist PASOK party came to power, marking a major political shift in post-junta Greece.

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Greek legislative election, 1981 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignSloganOfWinner Allagi (Change) ⓘ
coincidedWith Greece’s accession to the European Communities in 1981 ⓘ
context occurred during the period of the Metapolitefsi following the fall of the military junta ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
defeatedIncumbentLeader Georgios Rallis ⓘ
defeatedIncumbentParty New Democracy ⓘ
electionDate 1981-10-18 ⓘ
electoralBody Greek electorate ⓘ
electoralSystem reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary ⓘ
electorate Greek citizens with voting rights in 1981 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first time a socialist party formed a government in Greece through elections ⓘ
marked a major political shift in post-junta Greece ⓘ
incumbentGovernmentBeforeElection New Democracy government ⓘ
linked to: New Democracy
incumbentPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Georgios Rallis ⓘ
KKESeatsWon 13 ⓘ
KKEVoteShare approximately 10.9% ⓘ
languageOfCampaign Greek ⓘ
legislatureElected Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
mainIssue economic policy ⓘ
foreign policy and national independence ⓘ
social reforms ⓘ
mainWinner Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
mainWinnerShortName PASOK ⓘ
NewDemocracySeatsWon 115 ⓘ
NewDemocracyVoteShare approximately 35.9% ⓘ
nextElection Greek legislative election, 1985 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1985 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1981 ⓘ
partOf elections in Greece ⓘ
PASOKSeatsWon 172 ⓘ
PASOKVoteShare approximately 48.1% ⓘ
previousElection Greek legislative election, 1977 ⓘ
region Southern Europe ⓘ
result formation of a single-party majority government by PASOK ⓘ
resultingGovernmentHeadParty Panhellenic Socialist Movement ⓘ
resultingPrimeMinister Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
seatsForElection 300 ⓘ
shiftInPower from centre-right New Democracy to socialist PASOK ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Third Hellenic Republic ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 81.5% ⓘ
winningLeader Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
winningPartyIdeology democratic socialism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ

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PASOK → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek PASOK
Panhellenic Socialist Movement → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 1981 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1985 → previousElection → Greek legislative election, 1981 ⓘ