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New Democracy is a member of the European People's Party, the largest European political party since 1999, the Centrist Democrat International, [25] and the International Democracy Union. [26] The support of New Democracy comes from a wide electorate base ranging from centrists to conservatives and from nationalists to post-modernists.
The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Mitsotakis emerged as the largest party in Parliament, defeating PASOK of Andreas Papandreou. However, as in June 1989, Mitsotakis was unable to form a government since his party had failed to win a majority of seats.
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 ...
Exarcheia (Greek: Εξάρχεια pronounced [eˈksaɾ.çi.a]) is a community in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. [1] [2] Exarcheia took its name from a 19th-century businessman named Exarchos (Greek: Έξαρχος) who opened a large general store there.
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 ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 18 October 1981. [1] [2] PASOK, led by Andreas Papandreou, faced New Democracy, led by Georgios Rallis.Papandreou achieved a landslide and PASOK formed the first socialist government in the history of Greece (in 1963 Centrists had formed a government under the leadership of George Papandreou, Andreas' father, but their party, Center Union ...
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 ...
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.