1961 Greek parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Greece state parliamentary 1958 Greek parliamentary election 1958 1963 Greek parliamentary election 1963 All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 29 October 1961 5,688,298 81.60% ( 6.12pp) 130x130px Konstantinos Karamanlis 1960.jpg Konstantinos Karamanlis National Radical Union 41.16%, 171 seats 176 5 2,347,824 50.81% 9.65 pp Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου 1.jpg Georgios Papandreou EK–KP 31.29%, 46 seats 100 54 1,555,442 33.66% 2.37 pp Pashalidis Iv.jpg Ioannis Passalidis All-Democratic Agricultural Front 24.42%, 60 seats 24 36 675,867 14.63% 9.79 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Konstantinos Karamanlis National Radical Union Konstantinos Karamanlis National Radical Union Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 29 October 1961 to elect members of the Hellenic Parliament.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a third consecutive victory for Konstantinos Karamanlis and his National Radical Union (ERE), which won 176 of the 300 seats. Results File:Greek legislative election, 1961.svg National Radical Union 2347824 176 +5 Centre Union–Progressive Party 1555442 100 +54 All-Democratic Agricultural Front 675867 24 –36 List of Independents 41550 0 0 20803 0 5688298 Nohlen & Stöver Aftermath The elections were quickly denounced by both main opposition parties, the leftist United Democratic Left (campaigning as part of the All-Democratic Agricultural Front) and the Centre Union. They refused to recognise the result because of the numerous cases of voter intimidation and irregularities, such as sudden massive increases in support for ERE against historical patterns and the voting by deceased persons. The Centre Union alleged that the election result had been staged by the agents of the shadowy deep state (παρακράτος), including the army leadership, the Greek Central Intelligence Service and the notoriously right-wing National Guard Defence Battalions, according to a prepared emergency plan codenamed Pericles (Σχέδιο «Περικλής»). Although irregularities certainly occurred, the existence of Pericles was never proven, and it is uncertain that the interference in the elections had radically influenced the outcome. Nevertheless, Centre Union leader George Papandreou initiated an "unrelenting struggle" ("ανένδοτος αγών") until new and fair elections were held.Clogg 1987 42–43 Thus, the 1961 elections became known in the Greek political history as the "elections of violence and fraud" (εκλογές της βίας και νοθείας). References Sources Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy Richard Clogg Duke University Press 1987 978-0-8223-0794-5 registration https://archive.org/details/amongafghans00bonn Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Greece Parliamentary Category:1960s in Greek politics Greece Parliamentary Category:Konstantinos Karamanlis