1990 Greek presidential election

none February 2025 Greece presidential 1985 Greek presidential election 1985 1st phase (1P)19 February, 25 February, 3 March 2nd phase (2P) 30 April, 5 May 1990 1995 Greek presidential election 1995 Konstantinos Karamanlis Bezoek premier Karamanlis van Griekenland Van Agt in gesprek met Karamanlis, Bestanddeelnr 929-6548 (cropped).jpg New Democracy Ioannis Alevras President Ioannis Alevras.jpg PASOK Christos Sartzetakis Christos Sartzetakis (1989) cropped.jpg Independent Konstantinos Despotopoulos No image available 450 x 600.svg Synaspismos 1P/R1 1P/R2 1P/R3 2P/R1 2P/R2 No participation No participation No participation 149 (180 needed) 153 (151 needed) No participation 127 (200 needed) 128 (180 needed) 123 125 151 (200 needed) 21 21 No participation No participation No participation No participation No participation 21 21 President President after election Christos Sartzetakis Independent Konstantinos Karamanlis New Democracy (Greece) The 1990 Greek presidential election was an indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament from February to May 1990.San SimeraProto Thema Jan. 2025 The election took place following the "katharsis" period, during which a coalition government between conservative New Democracy and Leftist parties under Synaspismos indicted former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and four of his ministers over the Koskotas scandal. Additionally, memories remained vivid of the presidential election, during which Papandreou triggered a constitutional crisis to secure the presidency for his preferred candidate, Christos Sartzetakis, who was the presiding president of the election. New Democracy's candidate was Konstantinos Karamanlis, who abstained in the first three rounds, while the other parties supported their candidates. As no candidate achieved the necessary votes in three consecutive rounds, the Greek Constitution required new national elections, which were held in April 1990. The elections paved the way for New Democracy's victory, however, its parliamentary majority was slim, making it challenging to elect a candidate of their choice for president. Karamanlis was elected president in the second round as the Constitution reduces the required electoral threshold in successive rounds when no candidate secures enough votes. Parliamentary votes for president In the first phase, no candidate had sufficient votes to become president. Karamanlis refused to participate in this phase. In the first round, Sartzetakis, and the current president, received 151 votes with the support of PASOK and Synaspismos, while New Democracy abstained. In the second round, Sartzetakis received 21 votes since PASOK had a new candidate Giannis Alevras, who received 127 votes. In the third round, Sartzetakis received 21 votes again and Giannis Alevras 128 votes. Since no president was elected, new elections on 8 April took place under the Constitution.San SimeraProto Thema Jan. 2025 19 February 25 February 3 March Christos Sartzetakis Independent 151 21 21 Giannis Alevras PASOK 0 127 128 Present but not voted 148 0 0 0 300 300 300 San SimeraProto Thema Jan. 2025 In the second phase, there were three candidates, Karamanlis supported by New Democracy, Alevras from PASOK, and Konstantinos Despotopoulos from Synaspismos. The first round failed to point to a victor. Karamanlis received 153 votes in the second round, two votes above the threshold of 151, becoming president for a second time.Kathimerini May 1990 30 April 5 May Konstantinos Karamanlis New Democracy 149 153 Giannis Alevras PASOK 123 125 Konstantinos Despotopoulos Synaspismos 21 21 Present but not voted 1 1 0 0 300 300 San SimeraProto Thema Jan. 2025 References Sources sansimera.gr Οι Πρόεδροι της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας el https://www.sansimera.gr/articles/860/342 San Simera 2025-02-20 2025-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20250220031013/https://www.sansimera.gr/articles/860/342 dead Μιχάλης Στούκας 19 January 2025 Proto Thema Από τον Μιχαήλ Στασινόπουλο στον Κωνσταντίνο Τασούλα - Όλοι οι ένοικοι του Προεδρικού Μεγάρου el https://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/1589564/oi-proedroi-tis-ellinikis-dimokratias-meta-ti-metapoliteusi/ Proto Thema Jan. 2025 5 May 1990 Kathimerini Ο Κ. Καραμανλής Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας el https://www.kathimerini.gr/k/100yk/1056431/o-k-karamanlis-proedros-tis-dimokratias-2/ Kathimerini May 1990 Further reading Verney Susannah Between coalition and one‐party government: The Greek elections of November 1989 and April 1990 1990 West European Politics 13 4 131–138 10.1080/01402389008424824 Pridham Geoffrey Verney Susannah 1991 The coalitions of 1989–90 in Greece: Inter‐party relations and democratic consolidation West European Politics 14 4 42–69 10.1080/01402389108424876 President Category:February 1990 in Europe Category:March 1990 in Europe Category:April 1990 in Europe Category:May 1990 in Europe Category:1990s in Greek politics Category:Konstantinos Karamanlis Category:Andreas Papandreou Category:Konstantinos Mitsotakis Category:Presidential elections in Greece