1951 Greek parliamentary election

← 1950 9 September 1951 1952 →
All 258 seats in theHellenic Parliament 130 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alexandros Papagos Nikolaos Plastiras Sofoklis Venizelos Party Greek Rally EPEK Liberal Last election – 16.45%, 45 seats 17.24%, 56 seats Seats won 114 74 57 Seat change New 29 1 Popular vote 624,316 401,379 325,390 Percentage 36.53% 23.49% 19.04% Swing New 7.04pp 1.80pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ioannis Passalidis Konstantinos Tsaldaris Alexandros Baltatzis Party EDA People's AEK Last election – 18.79%, 62 seats – Seats won 10 2 1 Seat change New 60 New Popular vote 180,640 113,876 21,009 Percentage 10.57% 6.66% 1.23% Swing New 12.13pp New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Sofoklis Venizelos Liberal Prime Minister after election Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK

This article is part ofa series on
Politics of Greece
Constitution Constitutional history Human rights
Executive Head of state President of the Republic (list):Konstantinos Tasoulas Presidential Departments Government Prime Minister (list):Kyriakos Mitsotakis Cabinet:Kyr. Mitsotakis II
Legislature President:Nikitas Kaklamanis Presidium Conference of Presidents Parliamentary committees Constituencies Apportionment
Judiciary Supreme Courts Special Highest Court Court of Cassation Council of State Chamber of Accounts
Subdivisions Regions Municipalities
Elections Political parties Recent elections: Parliamentary:2019 2023 (May) 2023 (June) Local:2014 2019 2023 European:2014 2019 2024 Referendums:1973 1974 2015
Foreign relations Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister:Giorgos Gerapetritis Diplomatic missions of Greece Diplomatic missions in Greece KYSEA International Relations Passport Visa requirements Politics of the European Union
Greece portal Other countries
v t e

Parliamentary elections were held inGreece on 9 September 1951.^[1] They resulted in an ambivalent outcome, consisting a narrow and pyrrhic, as proven later, victory for the ruling center-liberal parties ofSophoklis Venizelos andNikolaos Plastiras.

After theGreek elections of 1950, when the divided centrist parties had a clear majority in theParliament political instability was the main characteristic of the political life inGreece. The subsequent centre-liberal governments ofSophoklis Venizelos,Nikolaos Plastiras andGeorgios Papandreou did not manage to ensure and enforce stability. As a result,Nikolaos Plastiras supported aPeople's Party government, under the terms that the latter would soon conduct elections.

First party in the elections of 1951 was the just-foundedGreek Rally ofAlexandros Papagos, which swept the traditionally dominant right-wingPeople's Party. Nevertheless, the two major centrist-liberal parties, theLiberal Party and theNational Progressive Center Union, elected more deputies than the conservatives.

The left-wingEDA, a party believed to have been affiliated with the outlaw during 1950-1974Communist Party of Greece, made its first appearance in these elections.

Since no party or alliance had the absolute majority in theParliament andAlexandros Papagos refused to participate in a government of national unity, theLiberal Party and theNational Progressive Center Union formed a minority government under the leadership ofNikolaos Plastiras, which lasted for about a year, since 1952, whenNikolaos Plastiras submitted his resignation andnew parliamentary elections were proclaimed by the KingPaul I.

• Parliamentary elections in Greece
• 1951 in Greece
• 1951 elections in Europe
• 1950s in Greek politics
• September 1951 in Europe
• 1951 elections in Greece

• Articles with short description
• Short description with empty Wikidata description