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.
Mada su ankete pred same izbore konstantno pokazivale da PASOK vodi u odnosu na vladajuću Novu demokratiju (ND), levičari su se suočavali sa mogućnošću teških koalicionih pregovora ukoliko razlika bude premala.