1952 Greek parliamentary election

Greek politics Kingdom of Greece state parliamentary 1951 Greek parliamentary election 1951 1956 Greek parliamentary election 1956 All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 16 November 1952 Papagos_alexandros.jpg Alexandros Papagos Greek Rally 36.53%, 114 seats 247 133 783,541 49.22% 12.69 pp PROKOPIOU-PLASTIRAS-9.jpg Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK–KF 42.53%, 131 seats 51 80 544,834 34.23% 8.30 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK-KF Alexandros Papagos ES Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 November 1952.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 978-3-8329-5609-7 They resulted in a victory for General Alexander Papagos and the party he had founded the previous year, the Greek Rally party. Papagos won by unifying most of the conservative forces under his leadership, and taking advantage of a weakened centre. The electorate of Konstantinos Tsaldaris' People's Party, the leading conservative party in the 1950 elections, shrank to only 1%. Results Greek Rally 783541 247 +133 National Progressive Center Union–Liberal Party 544834 51 –80 United Democratic Left 152011 0 –10 People's Party 16767 0 –2 Agricultural and Labour Party 10431 0 –1 List of Independents 56679 2 +2 Agricultural Party 691 0 New Independents 26853 0 0 8365 +42 2123150 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Greece Parliamentary Category:1950s in Greek politics Greece Parliamentary