1961 Greek legislative election

1961 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Papandreou Ioannis Passalidis Party ERE EK–KP PAME Last election 41.16%, 171 seats 31.29%, 46 seats 24.42%, 60 seats Seats won 176 100 24 Seat change 5 54 36 Popular vote 2,347,824 1,555,442 675,867 Percentage 50.81% 33.66% 14.63% Swing 9.65pp 2.37pp 9.79pp
Prime Minister before election Konstantinos Karamanlis ERE Prime Minister after election Konstantinos Karamanlis ERE

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 29 October 1961 to elect members of the Hellenic Parliament.^[1] The result was a third consecutive victory for Konstantinos Karamanlis and his National Radical Union (ERE), which won 176 of the 300 seats.