1951 Greek parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Greece state parliamentary 1950 Greek parliamentary election 1950 1952 Greek parliamentary election 1952 All 258 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 130 9 September 1951 130x130px Papagos_alexandros.jpg Alexandros Papagos Greek Rally – 114 New 624,316 36.53% New PROKOPIOU-PLASTIRAS-9.jpg Nikolaos Plastiras National Progressive Center Union 16.45%, 45 seats 74 29 401,379 23.49% 7.04pp Sophoklis_Venizelos,_1921.png Sofoklis Venizelos Liberal Party (Greece) 17.24%, 56 seats 57 1 325,390 19.04% 1.80pp Pashalidis Iv.jpg Ioannis Passalidis United Democratic Left – 10 New 180,640 10.57% New 80-G-702560 cropped tsaldaris.png Konstantinos Tsaldaris People's 18.79%, 62 seats 2 60 113,876 6.66% 12.13pp Alexandros Baltatzis Agricultural and Labour Party – 1 New 21,009 1.23% New 1951 Greek Legislative Election Map.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Sofoklis Venizelos Liberal Party (Greece) Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 September 1951.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 978-3-8329-5609-7 They resulted in an ambivalent outcome, consisting a narrow and pyrrhic, as proven later, victory for the ruling center-liberal parties of Sophoklis Venizelos and Nikolaos Plastiras. Background After the Greek elections of 1950, when the divided centrist parties had a clear majority in the Parliament political instability was the main characteristic of the political life in Greece. The subsequent centre-liberal governments of Sophoklis Venizelos, Nikolaos Plastiras and Georgios Papandreou did not manage to ensure and enforce stability. As a result, Nikolaos Plastiras supported a People's Party government, under the terms that the latter would soon conduct elections. Outcome First party in the elections of 1951 was the just-founded Greek Rally of Alexandros Papagos, which swept the traditionally dominant right-wing People's Party. Nevertheless, the two major centrist-liberal parties, the Liberal Party and the National Progressive Center Union, elected more deputies than the conservatives. The left-wing EDA, a party believed to have been affiliated with the outlaw during 1950-1974 Communist Party of Greece, made its first appearance in these elections. Results Greek Rally 624316 114 New National Progressive Center Union 401379 74 +29 Liberal Party 325390 57 +1 United Democratic Left 180640 10 –8 People's Party 113876 2 –60 Georgios Papandreou Party 35810 0 –35 Agricultural and Labour Party 21009 1 New Socialist Party of Greece 3912 0 New List of Independents 1554 0 0 Communist Archio-Marxist Party 53 0 New Independents 965 0 0 8108 +8 2224246 Nohlen & Stöver, Hellenic Parliament Aftermath Since no party or alliance had the absolute majority in the Parliament and Alexandros Papagos refused to participate in a government of national unity, the Liberal Party and the National Progressive Center Union formed a minority government under the leadership of Nikolaos Plastiras, which lasted for about a year, since 1952, when Nikolaos Plastiras submitted his resignation and new parliamentary elections were proclaimed by the King Paul I. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Parliamentary Greece Category:1950s in Greek politics Greece Parliamentary