1964 Greek legislative election














Greek legislative election, 1964







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19 February 1964
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All 300 seats of the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority




































































 
First party
Second party
Third party
 

Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου 1.jpg

Kanellopoulos.jpg

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Leader

Georgios Papandreou

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

Ioannis Passalidis
Party

ΕΚ

ERE

EDA
Leader since
1961
1963
1951
Last election
138 seats, 42.0%
132 seats, 39.4%
28 seats, 14.3%
Seats won
171
107
22
Seat change

Increase 33

Decrease 27

Decrease 6
Popular vote
2,424,477
1,621,546
542,865
Percentage
52.7%
35.3%
11.8%
Swing

Increase 10.7%

Decrease 4.1%

Decrease 2.5%








Prime Minister before election

Georgios Papandreou
ΕΚ



Subsequent Prime Minister

Georgios Papandreou
ΕΚ




Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 February 1964.[1] They resulted in a clear victory for Georgios Papandreou and his Center Union (EK) party. Papandreou subsequently formed the 37th government since the end of World War II.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Aftermath


  • 4 References





Background


The government led by Panagiotis Kanellopoulos of the National Radical Union (ERE) resigned on 25 September 1963, after which Papandreou formed an interim government on 28 September. As no party had a majority in the Parliament, Papandreou's government initiated preparations for elections on 3 November.[2] Although the Center Union emerged as the largest party, allowing Papandreou to form a new government, it also soon resigned.[2]King Paul accepted Papandreou's resignation on 31 December 1963 and Ioannis Paraskevopoulos formed an interim government to serve until the 1964 elections.[2]


The EKE had been weakened prior to the elections when Constantine Karamanlis abandoned politics and exiled himself in Paris. The new EKE leader, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, formed an alliance with the Progressive Party of Spyros Markezinis.



Results






























































Greek legislative election, 1964.svg

Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Centre Union 2,424,477 52.7 171 +33

National Radical Union-Progressive Party
1,621,546 35.3 107 –27
United Democratic Left 542,865 11.8 22 –6
List of Independents 9,951 0.2 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 28,151
Total 4,626,990 100 300
0
Registered voters/turnout 5,662,965 81.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver


Aftermath


Shortly after the elections, Papandreou formed his first solid government, which would last till 1965. However, in 1965 the apostasia crisis, a confrontation between Papandreou and King Constantine II, caused the government to fall. It was replaced by a series of weak governments, comprising centrist defectors and supported by the National Radical Union and Constantine. This eventually led to a military dictatorship starting in 1967, which exploited the endless political unrest.



References





  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7



  2. ^ abcd Milutin Tomanović (1965) Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1964, Institute of International Politics and Economics, p252 (in Serbo-Croatian)










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