1950 Greek legislative election

1950 Greek legislative election

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All 250 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konstantinos Tsaldaris Sofoklis Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras
Party People's Party Liberal EPEK
Seats won 62 56 45
Popular vote 317,312 291,083 277,739
Percentage 18.79% 17.24% 16.45%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Georgios Papandreou Alexandros Svolos Konstantinos Maniadakis
Party KGP DP PAP
Seats won 35 18 16
Popular vote 180,185 163,824 137,618
Percentage 10.67% 9.70% 8.15%

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Diomidis
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Sofoklis Venizelos
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 March 1950.[1] The People's Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 of the 250 seats.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p860