1950 Greek legislative election

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1950 Greek legislative election
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  1946 5 March 1950 1951  

All 250 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Konstantinos Tsaldaris Sofoklis Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras
Party People's Party Liberal EPEK
Seats won625645
Popular vote317,312291,083277,739
Percentage18.79%17.24%16.45%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Georgios A. Papandreou 1.jpg
Leader Georgios Papandreou Alexandros Svolos Konstantinos Maniadakis
Party KGP DP PAP
Seats won351816
Popular vote180,185163,824137,618
Percentage10.67%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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
People's Party 317,31218.7962
Liberal Party 291,08317.2456
National Progressive Center Union [lower-alpha 1] 277,73916.4545
Georgios Papandreou Party 180,18510.6735
Democratic Alignment 163,8249.7018
Politically Independent Alignment 137,6188.1516
National Reconstruction Front 88,9795.277
National Party of Greece 61,5753.657
Party of Farmers and Labourers 44,3082.623
New Party 42,1572.501
National Party of Working People26,9251.590
Party for the National Union14,2560.840
Greek Working People's Party9,1320.540
National Resistance Party of Greece8,2600.490
Party Alliance of Greek Workers and Political Refresh Movement8,1270.480
Independent Liberal Party3,0870.180
List of Independents 2,9790.180
Agricultural Party2,1910.130
Christian Labour Agricultural Party1,0270.060
Christian Political Union4290.030
Greek Drivers' Party1570.010
Independent Farmer Party1460.010
National Independent Party of War Wounded and Victims of Greece1450.010
Labour-Professional Party of Greece970.010
Independent Agricultural Party of Greek People630.000
Professional and Industrial Party of Greece420.000
National Byzantine Party of Greece200.000
Independents6,7420.400
Total1,688,605100.00250
Valid votes1,688,60599.57
Invalid/blank votes7,2230.43
Total votes1,695,828100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
  1. Of the 45 seats won by the alliance, the Progressive Liberal Party won 23, the Democratic Progressive Party won 13 and the alliance 9. [3]

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References

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