1975 Greek presidential election

none 1975 Greek presidential election Greece old presidential Indirect no 1974 Greek presidential election 1974 19 June 1975 1980 Greek presidential election 1980 Konstantinos Tsatsos File:Konstantinos Tsatsos.JPG 160x160px New Democracy Panagiotis Kanellopoulos File:Π.Καννελόπουλος.JPG Centre Union President President Michail Stasinopoulos Non-political (supported by New Democracy) Konstantinos Tsatsos New Democracy An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament on 19 June 1975. Following the restoration of democracy in Greece, the distinguished jurist Michail Stasinopoulos was elected as the first, but provisional, President of the Third Hellenic Republic on 18 December 1974. http://archive.in.gr/news/reviews/placeholder.asp?lngReviewID=598581&lngChapterID=598606&lngItemID=599680 Οι προεδρικές εκλογές από τον Στασινόπουλο στον Παπούλια in.gr Greek 2010 11 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141213014424/http://archive.in.gr/news/reviews/placeholder.asp?lngReviewID=598581&lngChapterID=598606&lngItemID=599680 13 December 2014 dead With the entry into force of a new constitution in 1975 and the finalization of the new political framework, elections were held for the first regular President of the Republic. The ruling conservative New Democracy, which had 215 MPs, supported conservative politician Konstantinos Tsatsos, while the second-largest party, Centre Union – New Forces, proposed another conservative politician and former Prime Minister of Greece, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. In the ballot held on 19 June, Tsatsos was comfortably elected with 210 votes out of 295 MPs present, with Kanellopoulos receiving 65 votes and the 20 MPs of PASOK and United Left dropping blank votes. References Category:1970s in Greek politics Category:1975 elections in Greece Category:June 1975 in Europe 1975