1899 Greek parliamentary election

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1899 Greek parliamentary election
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  1895 7 February 1899 1902  

All 235 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
118 seats needed for a majority
  Aspiotis kz George Theotokis.jpg Theodoros Deligiannis.JPG Alexandros Zaimis 01.jpg
Leader Georgios Theotokis Theodoros Diligiannis Alexandros Zaimis
Seats won1103535

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Zaimis
Nationalist

Prime Minister after election

Georgios Theotokis
New Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 February 1899. [1] Although Charilaos Trikoupis died in 1896, his supporters emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 110 of the 235 seats, [2] Georgios Theotokis, his successor as a leader of the New Party became Prime Minister after the election. [3]

Results

PartySeats
Supporters of Georgios Theotokis 110
Supporters of Alexandros Zaimis 35
Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis 35
Supporters of Leonidas Deligiorgis 20
Supporters of Dimitrios Rallis 4–6
Supporters of Konstantinos Karapanos 3–6
Independents23–28
Total235
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p855
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p867