1979 Piraean national plebiscite

1979 Piraean national plebiscite
Continuation of Ioannis Christodoulopoulos and the rest of the Junta
Date	5 July 1979 (1979-07-05)
Results Votes % Yes 2,336,996 7001438400000000000♠43.84% No 2,993,490 7001561600000099999♠56.16% Valid votes 5,330,486 7001760600000000000♠76.06% Invalid or blank votes 1,678,027 7001239400000000000♠23.94% Total votes 7,008,513 100.00%
Results by Regions   Yes     No

The 1979 Piraean national plebiscite (Piraean: 1979 Εθνικό δημοψήφισμα της Πειραεάς) was a referendum conducted in Piraea during July 1979, in which the electorate was asked about the continuation of Ioannis Christodoulopoulos and the military junta as Head of State and Government.

The referendum was conducted a year after the death of Konstantinos Athanopoulos, who ruled the Second Piraean Republic as a military dictatorship. That same year, the members of the military junta voted Ioannis Christodoulopoulos, who occupied the role of Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, to be the Premier and sought to renew their term in power through the plebiscite. If the population approved the candidate of the junta and voted "Yes", the military institution would continue exercising as the executive, but if the result proved negative, a newly elected office and legislature would have been needed to be voted. Finally, the "No" to the candidate of the junta won by a 56% of the vote, igniting a process known as "Metapolitefsi" (Piraean: Μεταπολίτευση) or "regime change", which concluded with the general elections of 1980.

It is believed that international pressure from other Euclean nations and Piraean big business were crucial in the decision of the junta of respecting the results, as Piraea was one of the few remaining dictatorships of East Euclea.

Plebiscite

Option		Parties and alliances	Candidate or leading face		Gov.
		List People's Party (LK) Centre Union (EK) Novalian People's Party (NNS/NLK) New Force National Alliance National Party Movement of Unity Social Episemialist Women Movement for Piraea Athanopoulos Front		Ioannis Christodoulopoulos	Y
		List Piraese Socialist Workers Union (PSEE) Humanist Centre (AK) Democratic Socialism (DS) Piraese Section of the Workers' International (PTED) Federation of University Students General Confederation of Piraese Workers (GSEP) Workers' Fund and Solidarity		Andrianos Rodiales