General election in Greece May 1915
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
- History of Greece # “Megali Idea” and enlargement of the national territory
- History of Greece # Venizelos and the national schism
Footnotes
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7