1885 Greek legislative election

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1885 Greek legislative election

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All 245 seats of the Greek Parliament
123 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Theodoros Deligiannis.JPG Charilaos Trikoupis.gif
Leader Theodoros Diligiannis Charilaos Trikoupis
Party Nationalist New Party
Leader since 1882 1873
Last election 100 seats 125 seats
Seats won 170 40
Seat change Increase 70 Decrease 85

Prime Minister before election

Charilaos Trikoupis
New Party

Prime Minister after election

Theodoros Diligiannis
Nationalist

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 April 1885.[1] Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 170 of the 245 seats.[2] Deligiannis became Prime Minister on 1 May.[3]

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats
Nationalist Party 170
New Party 40
Democrats 5
Independents 30
Total 245
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p854
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p867
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