While polls going into the vote had consistently shown PASOK leading the ruling New Democracy (ND) party, the leftists faced the possibility of difficult coalition negotiations if the margin of victory was too small.
Iako su ankete pred same izbore stalno pokazivale vodstvo PASOK-a u odnosu na vladajuću Novu demokraciju (ND), ljevičari su se sučeljavali s mogućnošću teških koalicijskih pregovora ukoliko razlika bude premala.