Iako su ankete pred glasanje dosljedno pokazivale da PASOK vodi ispred vladajuće stranke Nova demokratija (ND), ljevičari su bili suočeni s mogućnošću teških koalicionih pregovora ako prednost ostvarena pri pobjedi bude premala.
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.