Greek legislative election, 1950

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Greek legislative election, 1950
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  1946 5 March 1950 1951  

All 250 seats of the Greek Parliament
126 seats were needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Constantine Tsaldaris.jpg Sophoklis Venizelos, 1921.png PROKOPIOU-PLASTIRAS-9.jpg
Leader Konstantinos Tsaldaris Sofoklis Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras
Party People's Party Liberal EPEK
Leader since193619481949
Last election156 seats, 55.12%48 seats, 14.39%31 seats, 19.28%
Seats won625645
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 94Increase2.svg 8Increase2.svg 14
Popular vote317,312291,083277,739
Percentage18.79%17.24%16.45%
SwingDecrease2.svg 36.33%Increase2.svg 2.85%Decrease2.svg 2.83%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Georgios A. Papandreou 1.jpg Alexandros Svolos.jpg No image.png
Leader Georgios Papandreou Alexandros Svolos Konstantinos Maniadakis
Party KGP KGP PAP
Leader since195019501949
Last election7 seats, 19.28%New9 seats, 2.94%
Seats won351816
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 28NewIncrease2.svg 7
Popular vote180,185163,824137,618
Percentage10.67%9.70%8.15%
SwingDecrease2.svg 8.61%NewIncrease2.svg 5.21%

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Diomidis
Liberal

Elected Prime Minister

Sofoklis Venizelos
Liberal

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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]

Greece republic in Southeast Europe

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, self-identified and historically known as Hellas, is a country located in Southern and Southeast Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2016. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

The People's Party was a conservative and pro-monarchist Greek political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
People's Party 317,31218.862
Liberal Party 291,08317.256
National Progressive Center Union 277,73916.445
Georgios Papandreou Party 180,18510.735
Democratic Alignment 163,8249.718
Politically Independent Alignment 137,6188.116
National Reconstruction Front 88,9795.37
National Party of Greece 61,5753.67
Party of Farmers and Labourers 44,3082.63
New Party 42,1572.51
National Party of Working People26,9251.60
Party for the National Union14,2560.80
Greek Working People's Party9,1320.50
National Resistance Party of Greece8,2600.50
Party Alliance of Greek Workers and Political Refresh Movement8,1270.50
List of Independents 2,9790.20
Independent Liberal Party3,0870.20
Agricultural Party2,1910.10
Christian Labour Agricultural Party1,0270.10
Christian Political Union4290.00
Greek Drivers' Party1570.00
Independent Farmer Party1460.00
National Independent Party of War Wounded and Victims of Greece1450.00
Labour-Professional Party of Greece970.00
Independent Agricultural Party of Greek People630.00
Professional and Industrial Party of Greece420.00
National Byzantine Party of Greece200.00
Independents6,7420.40
Invalid/blank votes7,223
Total1,695,768100250
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
LK
18.79%
KF
17.24%
EPEK
16.45%
KGP
10.67%
DP
9.70%
PAP
8.15%
MEA
5.27%
EKE
3.65%
PAE
2.62%
KN
2.50%
Others
4.96%
Parliament seats
LK
24.80%
KF
22.40%
EPEK
18.00%
KGP
14.00%
DP
7.20%
PAP
6.40%
MEA
2.80%
EKE
2.80%
PAE
1.20%
KN
0.40%

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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