General election in Greece May 1915

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An election of the Greek Parliament took place in Greece on May 31, 1915.

Eleftherios Venizelos and his party of liberals experienced a landslide victory: they received 187 of the then 316 seats in parliament.

Venizelos' conflict with King Constantine I continued after the election. On December 6, 1915 another parliamentary election took place; this was boycotted by Venizelos and his election.

Results

Political party be right % Seats
Liberal Party 187
National Thinking Party 95
Supporter of Georgios Theotokis 12
Supporter of Dimitrios Rallis 7th
Supporters of Dimitrakopoulos 6th
Socialist Association of Thessaloniki 2
independent MPs 7th
Total 686,990 316
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7