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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.
Parliamentary votes for president
In the first phase, no candidate had sufficient votes to become president. Constantine Karamanlis refused to participate in this phase. In the first round, Christos Sartzetakis, and the current president, received 151 votes with the support of PASOK and Synaspismos, while New Democracy abstained. In the second round, Christos Sartzetakis received 21 votes since PASOK had a new candidate Giannis Alevras, who received 127 votes. In the third round, Christos 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.
| Candidate | Party | 19 February | 25 February | 3 March |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| Christos Sartzetakis | Independent | 151 | 100.00 | 21 | 14.19 | 21 | 14.09 |
| Giannis Alevras | PASOK | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | 85.81 | 128 | 85.91 |
| Present but not voted | | | |
| Total | 151 | 100.00 | 148 | 100.00 | 149 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 151 | 100.00 | 148 | 100.00 | 149 | 100.00 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| Total votes | 151 | 100.00 | 148 | 100.00 | 149 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 300 | 50.33 | 300 | 49.33 | 300 | 49.67 |
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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.
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