Although the electoral body supported Venizelos, Constantine insisted on his position and did not hesitate to confront the democratically elected government. Venizelos resigned and withdrew temporarily from the political fore, leading the crisis to its worst point.
Only right-wing parties participated in the elections. In a few months the crisis would almost become a civil war (the "National Schism") between the supporters of Venizelos, who created their own government in Thessaloniki, while the official government of Athens remained under the control of Constantine.
december, 1915, greek, legislative, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, greece, december, december, 1915, they, were, boycotted, eleftherios, venizelos, party, liberal, party, unconstitutional, result, confrontation, with, king, constantine, over, . Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 19 December O S 6 December 1915 1 They were boycotted by Eleftherios Venizelos and his party the Liberal Party as unconstitutional a result of a confrontation with King Constantine I over the country s participation in World War I Venizelos considered Greece as a close and loyal ally of the United Kingdom and France while Constantine I who was affiliated with the House of Hohenzollern the German royal family favored neutrality December 1915 Greek legislative election May 1915 19 December O S 6 December 1915 1920 All 335 seats in the Hellenic Parliament168 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Stefanos Skouloudis Georgios Theotokis Dimitrios RallisParty Nationalists Theotokis supporters Rallis supportersSeats won 256 21 18Prime Minister before electionStefanos Skouloudis Independent politician Prime Minister after election Stefanos Skouloudis Independent politician Although the electoral body supported Venizelos Constantine insisted on his position and did not hesitate to confront the democratically elected government Venizelos resigned and withdrew temporarily from the political fore leading the crisis to its worst point Only right wing parties participated in the elections In a few months the crisis would almost become a civil war the National Schism between the supporters of Venizelos who created their own government in Thessaloniki while the official government of Athens remained under the control of Constantine Results editPartyVotes SeatsNationalists256Supporters of Georgios Theotokis21Supporters of Dimitrios Rallis18Supporters of Dimitrakopoulos5Supporters of Ion Dragoumis5Northern Epirus Independents19Independents11Total335Total votes334 945 Source Nohlen amp StoverReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p829 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title December 1915 Greek legislative election amp oldid 1180164652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
