Greek legislative election, 1985

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The Greek legislative election of 1985 was a national parliamentary vote in Greece that resulted in the re-election of Andreas Papandreou’s socialist government and the continuation of PASOK’s dominance in Greek politics during the 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterParty PASOK ⓘ
beforeParty PASOK ⓘ
campaignTheme socialist policies and welfare state expansion ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
date 1985-06-02 ⓘ
decade 1980s ⓘ
electoralBody Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
electoralOutcome single-party majority government by PASOK ⓘ
electorate Greek citizens of voting age ⓘ
governmentFormed Second Cabinet of Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
headOfGovernmentContested Prime Minister of Greece ⓘ
incumbentGovernment PASOK government under Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
languageOfCampaign Greek ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
legislatureNumber 9th Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
mainIssue continuation of PASOK government ⓘ
majoritySeats 151 ⓘ
nextElection Greek legislative election, June 1989 ⓘ
officeContested seats in the Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
oppositionTheme economic management and European integration ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm Greek Parliament 1985–1989 ⓘ
partOf elections in Greece ⓘ
politicalContext post-1974 Third Hellenic Republic ⓘ
previousElection Greek legislative election, 1981 ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
result continuation of PASOK dominance in 1980s Greek politics ⓘ
re-election of PASOK government ⓘ
seatsForElection 300 ⓘ
secondLeader Constantine Mitsotakis ⓘ
secondParty New Democracy ⓘ
thirdLeader Charilaos Florakis ⓘ
thirdParty Communist Party of Greece ⓘ
turnout around 80% ⓘ
type parliamentary ⓘ
votingSystem reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
winningLeader Andreas Papandreou ⓘ
winningParty PASOK ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

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PASOK → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 1985 ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek PASOK
Greek legislative election, 1981 → nextElection → Greek legislative election, 1985 ⓘ
Panhellenic Socialist Movement → wonElection → Greek legislative election, 1985 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1985 → parliamentaryTerm → Greek Parliament 1985–1989 ⓘ
linked to: Greek legislative election, 1985