1881 Greek parliamentary election

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1881 Greek parliamentary election
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  1879 20 December 1881 1885  

All 245 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
123 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Charilaos Trikoupis.gif Alexandros Koumoundouros.png No image.png
Leader Charilaos Trikoupis Alexandros Koumoundouros Leonídas Deligeórgis
Party New Party Nationalist EK
Leader since187318651879
Seats won1251006

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Koumoundouros
Nationalist

Prime Minister after election

Alexandros Koumoundouros
Nationalist

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 20 December 1881. [1] Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 125 of the 245 seats. [2] Trikoupis became Prime Minister on 15 March 1882. [3]

As the first election to take place after the annexation of Thessaly, by the terms of the Convention of Constantinople, the resulting parliament was the first to feature two Muslim MPs, representing the region's sizeable Muslim minority. [4] Nevertheless, despite the political equality guaranteed to them officially, several Muslim and Jewish citizens in Thessaly complained to the authorities that they were prevented from voting, either by being denied access to the voting stations, or not being registered in the electoral lists. The situation was further confused since the Muslim inhabitants of the area were not necessarily Greek citizens, with many opting to retain their Ottoman citizenship. In addition, according to press reports, the Ottoman authorities announced that any Muslim running for office in the elections would automatically lose their citizenship. [4]

Results

PartySeats
Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis 125
Supporters of Koumoundouros and Deligiannis 100
Supporters of Leonidas Deligiorgis6
Democrats5–7
Independents7–9
Total245
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p854
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p867
  4. 1 2 Immig, Nicole (2009). "The "New" Muslim Minorities in Greece: Between Emigration and Political Participation, 1881–1886". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 29 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1080/13602000903411408.