1899 Greek legislative election

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1899 Greek legislative election

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All 235 seats of the Greek Parliament
118 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Aspiotis κζ George Theotokis.jpg Theodoros Deligiannis.JPG
Leader Georgios Theotokis Theodoros Diligiannis
Party New Party Nationalist
Leader since 1895 1882
Last election 20 seats 170 seats
Seats won 110 74-76
Seat change Increase 90 Decrease 94-96

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Zaimis
Nationalist

Prime Minister after election

Georgios Theotokis
New Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 February 1899.[1] Although Charilaos Trikoupis died in 1896, his supporters emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 110 of the 235 seats,[2] Georgios Theotokis, his successor as a leader of the New Party became Prime Minister after the election.[3]

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats
Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis 110
Supporters of Alexandros Zaimis 35
Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis 35
Supporters of 20
Supporters of Dimitrios Rallis 4–6
Supporters of Konstantinos Karapanos 3–6
Independents 23–28
Total 235
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, p855
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p867
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