1952 Greek legislative election

1952 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alexandros Papagos Nikolaos Plastiras
Party Greek Rally EPEKKF
Last election 36.53%, 114 seats 42.53%, 131 seats
Seats won 247 51
Seat change Increase 133 Decrease 80
Popular vote 783,541 544,834
Percentage 49.22% 34.23%
Swing Increase12.69pp Decrease8.30pp

Prime Minister before election

Nikolaos Plastiras
EPEK-KF

Prime Minister after election

Alexandros Papagos
ES

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 November 1952.[1] They resulted in a victory for General Alexander Papagos and the party he had founded the previous year, the Greek Rally party. Papagos won by unifying most of the conservative forces under his leadership, and taking advantage of a weakened centre. The electorate of Konstantinos Tsaldaris' People's Party, the leading conservative party in the 1950 elections, shrank to only 1%.

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

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