National Political Union (1984)

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National Political Union Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις Ethniki Politiki Enosis

Founder	Georgios Papadopoulos
Founded	1984
Dissolved	1996
Merged into	Hellenic Front
Ideology	Anti-communism Greek nationalism National conservatism Militarism Metaxism
Political position	Far-right
European Parliament group	European Right (1984–1989)
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The National Political Union (Greek: Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις (EΠΕΝ), Ethniki Politiki Enosis (EPEN)) was a far-right political party in Greece. The party was founded on January 30, 1984 by jailed former junta leader Georgios Papadopoulos. It participated (unsuccessfully) in the 1985 general election. In the 1984 elections to the European Parliament, the party polled 2.3% of the vote, giving it one of the 24 seats held by Greece.

Members of EPEN

Well-known members of EPEN were:

Electoral results

Results 1996–2000 (year links to election page)
Year	Type of Election	Votes	%	Mandates
1984	European Parliament	136,642	2.29%	1
1985	Parliament	37,965	0.6%	0
June 1989	Parliament	21,149	0.3%	0
1989	European	75,877	1.16%	0
1993	Parliament	9,469	0.14%	0
1996	Parliament	16,501	0.24%	0

References

"Developments in France". Patterns of Prejudice. 19 (2): 38–39. 1985. doi:10.1080/0031322X.1985.9969812. ISSN 0031-322X.
Tasos, Kostopoulos (2017). From Collective Memory to Frontline Reality -The Greek State and Society Confronted with Migrant and Refugee Question（s），1980―2016-. Meiji Repository. p. 49.
"Jailed Greek Dictator Sponsors Rightist Party", New York Times, 30 January 1984.

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