Greek legislative election, 1964
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The Greek legislative election of the 19 February 1964 resulted in a clear victory for Georgios Papandreou and his Center Union party.
Georgios Papandreou had formed an interim government just after the legislative elections of 1963, in order to carry out new elections, because no party had the absolute majority in the Parliament. The Greek people voted for a strong and robust government, offering the Center Union a landslide victory.
On the other hand, the National Radical Union was too weak, after Constantine Karamanlis fled to Paris. The new party leader, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos formed an alliance with the Progressive Party of Spyros Markezinis, an alliance, which offered no gains to the right-wing parataxis. A year before such an alliance could have been more successful.
Another reason for the landslide victory of the Center Union was the indirect support for the centrists by the United Democrativ Left (ΕΔΑ), which turned intentionally a part of its electorate towards the Center Union. It was the antipathy towards the conservatives that brought the two parties of the center-left closer.
| Summary of the 16 February 1964 Greek Parliament election resultsedit | Votes | Seats | |||||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | |||
| Center Union | Georgios Papandreou | 52.72 | 171 | ||||
| National Radical Union Progressive Party |
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Spiros Markezinis |
35.26 | 107 | ||||
| United Democratic Left | Ioannis Passalidis | 11,80 | 22 | ||||
| Lists of Independents/Others | 0.22 | - | |||||
| Totals | 100.00 | 300 | |||||
| Constituencies | 55 | 300 | |||||
| Valid votes | 4,598,839 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 28,151 | (0.6%) | |||||
| Total number of votes | 4,626,990 | (81,70%) | |||||
| Valid electorate | 5,662,965 | ||||||
| Population | 8,404,080 | ||||||
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[edit] Post-election
Just after the elections, Georgios Papandreou formed his first solid government, which would last till 1965, when a new political turmoil, the so-called "apostasia" ("defection"), namely a fierceful confrontation with King Constantine II, caused its fall and the appointment of a series of weak governments, comprising centrist defectors and supported by the National Radical Union and King Constantine II.
The elections of 1964 were the last before the enforcement of a military dictatorship, which exploited the endless political unrest.
The elections of 1967 never took place.
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