Greek legislative election, 1887

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Greek legislative election, 1887
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  1885 4 January 1887 1890  

All 150 seats of the Greek Parliament
76 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Charilaos Trikoupis.gif Theodoros Deligiannis.JPG
Leader Charilaos Trikoupis Theodoros Diligiannis
Party New Nationalist
Leader since18731882
Last election40 seats170 seats
Seats won9060
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 50Decrease2.svg 110

Prime Minister before election

Charilaos Trikoupis
New

Elected Prime Minister

Charilaos Trikoupis
New

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 January 1887. [1] Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 90 of the 150 seats. [2] Following the election Trikoupis remained Prime Minister, having assumed office on 21 May 1886. [3]

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.

Charilaos Trikoupis Prime Minister of Greece

Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
New Party 90
United Opposition60
Total150
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