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New Democracy (ND; Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, romanized: Néa Dimokratía, IPA: [ˈnea ðimokraˈti.a]) is a liberal-conservative [22] [23] [24] political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics , New Democracy has been the main centre-right to right wing political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic ...
It was the first party from the left wing in Greece's history to win an election. A new split in the party system ideology (created during the economic crisis) which was evident in the 2012 elections was a pro- or anti-European stance. This resulted in an unprecedented coalition between the major traditional parties New Democracy and PASOK and ...
New Democracy: 19 June 1975 first vote 10 May 1980 – 10 March 1985 [14] Konstantinos Karamanlis: New Democracy KODISO Communist Party of Greece (Interior) 5 May 1980 third vote 30 March 1985 – 4 May 1990 Christos Sartzetakis: Panhellenic Socialist Movement Communist Party of Greece: 29 March 1985 4 May 1990 – 10 March 1995 Konstantinos ...
Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas Karamanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1977) Prime Minister and twice President of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995), and the founder of New Democracy after the restoration of democracy in 1974.
The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis defeated PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, New Democracy could not form a government, since its 5% lead in the popular vote was not enough to reach a majority because of the proportional representation system voted into electoral law by the previous PASOK government.
Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 8 April 1990. [1] The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis , was elected, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou . In order to be able to command a majority of 151 in the 300-seat Parliament, New Democracy had to secure the support of Theodoros Katsikis, Democratic ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 17 November 1974. [1] They were the first after the end of the military junta of 1967–1974, and took place during the metapolitefsi era. The winner was Konstantinos Karamanlis and his newly formed conservative party, New Democracy. Karamanlis had already formed a government of national unity just ...
Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 November 1989. [1] The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou.