Greek legislative election, 1946
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These elections were marked by:
- The marked abstention of voters, caused by the abstention of Communist Party of Greece, and the effects of the civil war (1943-1944, 1946-1949), because of which many citizens either could not or chose not to vote.
- The dominance of the right-wing parties over the centre-liberal parties, caused by the polarization between right and left.
One of the reasons for the defeat of the centre-liberal parties was the division of the Liberal Party, founded by Eleftherios Venizelos.One faction remained loyal to the leadership of Themistoklis Sophoulis, while another faction followed Sophoklis Venizelos, who formed a coalition with Georgios Papandreou and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos.
As a result of these elections, Konstantinos Tsaldaris became prime-minister leading a right-wing coalition. Nonetheless, he soon decided to resign in favor of Themistoklis Sophoulis, who led a government of national unity (conservative and centre-liberal forces) during the entire second phase of the civil war (1946-1949). One of the priorities of the new government was the proclamation of a plebiscite for the restoration of the Greek monarchy.
| Summary of the 31st of March 1946 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |||
| United Order of Patriot-Thinkers Inomeni Parataxis Ethnikofronon * People's Party * Party of National Liberals (Κόμμα Εθνικών Φιλελευθέρων) * Reformatory Party * Others |
Konstantinos Tsaldaris Stylianos Gonatas |
610,995 | 55.12 | 206 156 34 5 11 |
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| National Political Union Ethniki Politiki Enosis * Party of "Venizelian Liberals" * Democratic Socialist Party * National Unionist Party * Others |
Sophoklis Venizelos Georgios Papandreou Panayiotis Kanellopoulos |
213,721 | 19.28 | 68 31 7 27 3 |
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| Liberal Party | Themistoklis Sophoulis | 159,525 | 14.39 | 48 | |||
| National Party of Greece Ethnikon Komma Ellados | Napoleon Zervas | 66,027 | 5.96 | 20 | |||
| Union of the Nationally Minded Enosis Ethnikofronon | Theodoras Tourkovasilis (Θεόδωρος Τουρκοβασίλης) | 32,538 | 2.94 | 9 | |||
| Lists of Independents | 12,036 | 1.08 | 2 | ||||
| Union of Agrarian Parties Enosis Agrotikon Kommaton | 7,447 | 0.67 | 1 | ||||
| Party for the National Union (Χίτες) | 1,848 | 0.17 | - | ||||
| Civil and Agricultural Party | 1,114 | 0.10 | |||||
| Parataxis of Orthodox Christian Greeks | 298 | 0.03 | - | ||||
| Patriotic Party of Reservists | 63 | 0.01 | - | ||||
| Party for the National Union | 15 | 0.00 | - | ||||
| Social Party of Greece | 13 | 0.00 | - | ||||
| Others | 2,833 | 0.25 | - | ||||
| No. of votes | 1,121,695 | 354 | |||||
| No. of valid votes | 1,108.472 | 15.49%† | |||||
| Invalid votes | 13,223 | 1.18 | |||||
- †voting rights did not extend to women
- Sources: Texts of Constitutional history, Volume II
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