1981 European Parliament election in Greece
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European Parliament elections were held in Greece for the first time on 18 October 1981. The rest of the European Community voted in 1979 before Greece became a member state. Greece was allocated 24 seats in the Parliament.
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18 October 1981
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24 seats in the European Parliament | |
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| PASOK | 2,278,030 | 40.12 | 10 | |
| New Democracy | 1,779,462 | 31.34 | 8 | |
| Communist Party of Greece | 729,052 | 12.84 | 3 | |
| Communist Party of Greece (Interior) | 300,841 | 5.30 | 1 | |
| KODISO–KAE | 241,666 | 4.26 | 1 | |
| Progressive Party | 111,245 | 1.96 | 1 | |
| Christian Democracy | 65,056 | 1.15 | 0 | |
| Union of the Democratic Centre | 63,673 | 1.12 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 59,141 | 1.04 | 0 | |
| Greek Reformers Movement | 49,495 | 0.87 | 0 | |
| Total | 5,677,661 | 100.00 | 24 | |
| Valid votes | 5,677,661 | 98.70 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 74,688 | 1.30 | ||
| Total votes | 5,752,349 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,329,409 | 78.48 | ||
| Source: Dinkaves[1] | ||||
By region
| Region | PASOK | ND | KKE | KKE-Es | KODISO |
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| Attica | 36.75 | 25.24 | 17.67 | 8.98 | 6.20 |
| Central Greece | 43.95 | 33.42 | 9.46 | 3.97 | 2.96 |
| Central Macedonia | 37.68 | 34.64 | 12.07 | 4.67 | 4.96 |
| Crete | 55.27 | 20.24 | 9.81 | 3.58 | 1.87 |
| Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | 38.59 | 36.28 | 7.45 | 3.50 | 6.21 |
| Epirus | 40.37 | 35.78 | 14.01 | 4.12 | 2.02 |
| Ionian Islands | 39.77 | 30.09 | 16.35 | 6.07 | 2.46 |
| North Aegean | 34.04 | 31.24 | 21.20 | 4.24 | 4.34 |
| Peloponnese | 37.64 | 40.69 | 8.27 | 3.67 | 3.20 |
| South Aegean | 47.00 | 32.38 | 6.08 | 2.95 | 3.18 |
| Thessaly | 39.37 | 31.37 | 15.83 | 3.89 | 3.06 |
| Western Greece | 46.66 | 32.04 | 9.93 | 4.02 | 2.12 |
| Western Macedonia | 37.63 | 39.37 | 9.07 | 3.24 | 3.48 |