Greek legislative election, 1899

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Greek legislative election, 1899
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All 235 seats of the Greek Parliament
118 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader Georgios Theotokis Theodoros Diligiannis
Party New Nationalist
Leader since18951882
Last election20 seats170 seats
Seats won11074-76
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 90Decrease2.svg 94-96
Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Zaimis
Nationalist

Elected Prime Minister

Georgios Theotokis
New

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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]

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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.

Georgios Theotokis Prime Minister of Greece

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis 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 Karapanos3–6
Independents23–28
Total235
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, p855
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p867
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