Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 31 March 1946.[1] The result was a victory for the United Alignment of Nationalists, an alliance that included the People's Party, the National Liberal Party, and the Reform Party,[2] which won 206 of the 354 seats in Parliament.[3] As a result, Konstantinos Tsaldaris became Prime Minister leading a right-wing coalition. Nonetheless, he soon decided to resign in favor of Themistoklis Sophoulis, who led a government of national unity (conservative and centre-liberal forces) during the entire second phase of the civil war (1946–1949). One of the priorities of the new government was the proclamation of a plebiscite for the restoration of the Greek monarchy.
The elections were marked by the boycott of the Communist Party of Greece claiming in protest against the unfolding, state-tolerated White Terror against the former members of EAM-ELAS. The night before the elections, a communist band attacked a police station in Litochoro. This event is considered the beginning of the three years civil war.
1946, greek, legislative, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, greece, march, 1946, result, victory, united, alignment, nationalists, alliance, that, included, people, party, national, liberal, party, reform, party, which, seats, parliament, result,. Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 31 March 1946 1 The result was a victory for the United Alignment of Nationalists an alliance that included the People s Party the National Liberal Party and the Reform Party 2 which won 206 of the 354 seats in Parliament 3 As a result Konstantinos Tsaldaris became Prime Minister leading a right wing coalition Nonetheless he soon decided to resign in favor of Themistoklis Sophoulis who led a government of national unity conservative and centre liberal forces during the entire second phase of the civil war 1946 1949 One of the priorities of the new government was the proclamation of a plebiscite for the restoration of the Greek monarchy 1946 Greek legislative election 1936 31 March 1946 1950 All 354 seats in the Hellenic Parliament178 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Konstantinos Tsaldaris Sofoklis VenizelosParty NPE EPELast election 22 10 72 seats 11 seats 5 01 Seats won 206 68Seat change 134 57Popular vote 610 995 213 721Percentage 55 12 19 28 Swing 33 02pp 14 27pp Third party Fourth party Leader Themistoklis Sofoulis Napoleon ZervasParty Liberal EKELast election 37 26 126 seats Seats won 48 20Seat change 78 NewPopular vote 159 525 66 027Percentage 14 39 5 96 Swing 22 87pp NewPrime Minister before electionThemistoklis SofoulisLiberal Prime Minister after election Konstantinos TsaldarisPeople s PartyThe elections were marked by the boycott of the Communist Party of Greece claiming in protest against the unfolding state tolerated White Terror against the former members of EAM ELAS The night before the elections a communist band attacked a police station in Litochoro This event is considered the beginning of the three years civil war One of the reasons for the defeat of the centre liberal parties was the division of the Liberal Party founded by Eleftherios Venizelos One faction remained loyal to the leadership of Themistoklis Sophoulis while another faction followed Sophoklis Venizelos who formed a coalition with Georgios Papandreou and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos Results editPartyVotes SeatsUnited Alignment of Nationalists a 610 99555 12206National Political Union b 213 72119 2868Liberal Party159 52514 3948National Party of Greece66 0275 9620Union of Nationalists32 5382 949List of Independents12 0361 092Union of Agrarian Parties7 4470 671Party X1 8480 170Civil and Agricultural Party1 1140 100Parataxis of Orthodox Christian Greeks2980 030Patriotic Party of Reservists630 010Party for the National Union150 000Socialist Party130 000Independents2 8330 260Total1 108 473100 00354Valid votes1 108 47398 82Invalid blank votes13 2231 18Total votes1 121 696100 00Source Nohlen amp Stover Global Elections Database Included the People s Party 156 seats the National Liberal Party 34 the Reform Party 5 and others 11 Included the Party of Venizelist Liberals 31 seats the National Unionist Party 27 the Democratic Socialist Party 7 and others 3 References edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p830 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p843 Nohlen amp Stover p859 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1946 Greek legislative election amp oldid 1152641925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
