▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁and ▁five ▁seats . ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁conserv atives ▁who ▁split ▁from ▁Konst ant inos ▁Kar aman lis ▁and ▁his ▁New ▁Dem ocracy ▁party , ▁who ▁res ented ▁Kar aman lis ▁moving ▁towards ▁the ▁center ▁and ▁dist ancing ▁himself ▁from ▁hard - right ▁elements , ▁and ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁Kar aman lis ▁had ▁given ▁too ▁many ▁con cess ions ▁to ▁the ▁left , ▁in ▁particular ▁by ▁legal izing ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Greece ▁and ▁over see ing ▁the ▁imprison ment ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 4 ▁jun ta . ▁The ▁EP ' s ▁leader ▁was ▁Stefan os ▁Stefan op oul os ▁( who ▁had ▁briefly ▁been ▁prime ▁minister ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁during ▁Apost asia ), ▁and ▁its ▁deput y ▁leader ▁was ▁Sp y ros ▁The ot ok is ▁( a ▁former ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Rad ical ▁Union ). ▁Although ▁the ▁party ▁was ▁not ▁officially ▁royal ist , ▁The ot ok is ▁was ▁a ▁noted ▁royal ist , ▁giving ▁the ▁party ▁somewhat ▁of ▁an ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁monarch ist ▁right . ▁ ▁The ▁party ▁merged ▁into ▁New ▁Dem ocracy ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁election , ▁m oll ified ▁by ▁some ▁con cess ions ▁from ▁George ▁R all is , ▁and ▁giving ▁as ▁a ▁reason ▁its ▁desire ▁to ▁avoid ▁splitting ▁the ▁" anti - Mar x ist " ▁front . ▁The ot ok is , ▁by ▁that ▁time ▁the ▁EP ' s ▁leader