1951 Greek legislative election

1951 Greek legislative election

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All 258 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
130 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alexandros Papagos Nikolaos Plastiras
Party Greek Rally EPEK
Last election 16.45%, 45 seats
Seats won 114 74
Seat change New Increase 29
Popular vote 624,316 401,379
Percentage 36.53% 23.49%
Swing New Increase7.04pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sofoklis Venizelos Ioannis Passalidis
Party Liberal EDA
Last election 17.24%, 56 seats
Seats won 57 10
Seat change Increase 1 New
Popular vote 325,390 180,640
Percentage 19.04% 10.57%
Swing Increase1.80pp New

Prime Minister before election

Sofoklis Venizelos
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Nikolaos Plastiras
EPEK

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 September 1951.[1] 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.

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