Greek referendum in 1974

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The 1974 Greek referendum was a referendum on Greece's future form of government . The Greek voters voted with 69.18% for the introduction of the republic and the abolition of the monarchy. The turnout was 75.6%.

prehistory

The Greek military seized power on April 21, 1967. After the unsuccessful counter-coup of December 13, 1967, King Constantine II was in exile, initially in Rome and since 1973 in London. On June 1, 1973, dictator Georgios Papadopoulos proclaimed the republic after an unsuccessful coup attempt by naval officers loyal to the king. A referendum was held on July 29, 1973 on the form of government , the correctness of which was questioned.

After the overthrow of the military dictatorship , the government of "National Unity" under Konstantinos Karamanlis put the 1952 constitution back into force on August 1, 1974. Initially, the question of the future form of government remained open; this was to be decided in a later referendum. All political parties were allowed and the ban on the Communist Party was lifted. In the parliamentary elections on November 17, 1974, there was an absolute majority of the votes and a two-thirds majority of the seats for Karamanlis' party Nea Dimokratia .

Since the implementation of the referendum of 1973 lacked democratic recognition, a referendum on the form of government was called on December 8, 1974 by Karamanlis. The king was allowed to address the voters with a televised address. The future form of government and the whereabouts of the king were decided.

Results of the referendum

Results by electoral district: > 90–100% Yes > 80–90% Yes > 75–80% Yes > 70–75% Yes > 65–70% Yes > 60–65% Yes > 55–60% Yes > 50–55 % Yes > 45–50% Yes /> 50–55% No > 40–45% Yes /> 55–60% No > 35–40% Yes /> 60–65% No











poll be right %
republic 3,245,111 69.2
monarchy 1,445,875 30.8
Invalid / blank ballot papers 28,801 -
total 4,719,787 100.0
Registered voters / participation 6,244,539 75.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Consequences of the referendum

The incumbent President Faidon Gizikis resigned on the same day, on December 18, 1974 Michail Stasinopoulos was his successor. On June 9, 1975 the new constitution of Greece came into force. In Article 1, republican parliamentary democracy is established as a form of government. On June 19, 1975 Konstantinos Tsatsos was elected President of the State by parliament with the required two-thirds majority .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Georgios Tsakalidis: The political system of Greece after 1974. LIT Verlag, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-8258-4007-7 , p. 16
  2. ↑ Antonis Pantelis, Stephanos Koutsoubinas, George Gerapetritis: Greece , in: Dieter Nohlen, Philip Stöver: Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2010, pp. 807-872, here p. 829 f.
  3. ^ Heinz A. Richter : 1939-2004. In: Reinhard Stupperich , Heinz A. Richter (ed.): History of Greece in the 20th century. (=  Peleus: Studies on the archeology and history of Greece and Cyprus. 67.2). Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen, Ruhpolding 2015, ISBN 978-3-447-10398-5 , p. 419.
  4. ↑ Deviating, apparently incorrect information from Nikolaus Wenturis on December 4th : The Greek political system. A sociopolitical analysis , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1984, p. 98
  5. ↑ Richter 2015, p. 441.
  6. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p. 830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  7. ↑ Richter 2015, p. 441.