Greek legislative election, 1958 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Greek legislative election of the 11 May 1958 resulted in the second consecutive victory for Constantine Karamanlis

Constantine Karamanlis

Konstantínos G. Karamanlís , commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or Caramanlis, was a four-time Prime Minister, the 3rd and 5th President of the Third Hellenic Republic and a towering figure of Greek politics whose political career spanned much of the latter half of the 20th century.-...

and his National Radical Union

National Radical Union

The National Radical Union was a Greek political party formed in 1955 by Konstantinos Karamanlis out of the Greek Rally party....

party.

Constantine Karamanlis

Constantine Karamanlis

took the decision to call for early elections, after some of the most prominent members of the National Radical Union

National Radical Union

The National Radical Union was a Greek political party formed in 1955 by Konstantinos Karamanlis out of the Greek Rally party....

defected from the party, including George Rallis

George Rallis

Georgios Ioannou Rallis , Greek politician, was Prime Minister of Greece from 1980 to 1981.- Ancestors in politics :Rallis was descended from an old political family. Before Greek independence, Alexander Rallis was a prominent Phanariote . In 1849 his son George Rallis became Chief Justice of the...

and Panagis Papaligouras. Although Karamanlis could have a parliamentary majority, he preferred to go for elections, in order to achieve a renewed public support.

The pretext of the defection was a new electoral law that Karamanlis passed. Rallis was opposed to the law, thinking that it is going to be extremely favorable for EDA

United Democratic Left

The United Democratic Left was a political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.-Foundation:...

, a party believed to be linked with the outlaw during this period Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

.

The outcome of the results proved that Rallis' "fears" were justified. EDA

United Democratic Left

The United Democratic Left was a political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.-Foundation:...

became the second biggest party, outvoting a divided centre.

Just after the elections Karamanlis

Constantine Karamanlis

formed a new government, taking back in his party the defectors.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 11 May 1958 Greek Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

election results

Greek legislative election, 1956

The Greek legislative election of the 19 February 1956 resulted in victory for Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union party by securing the electoral vote despite trailing in the popular vote...

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||National Radical Union

National Radical Union

The National Radical Union was a Greek political party formed in 1955 by Konstantinos Karamanlis out of the Greek Rally party....

|Constantine Karamanlis

Constantine Karamanlis

United Democratic Left

The United Democratic Left was a political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.-Foundation:...

Liberal Party (Greece)

The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

|Sophoklis Venizelos

Sophoklis Venizelos

Sofoklis Venizelos was a prominent Greek politician who three times served as Prime Minister of Greece .He was born in Chania. The second-born son of Eleftherios Venizelos, Sofoklis served with distinction in the Greek Army during the First World War and the initial phases of the Asia Minor...

Konstantinos Tsaldaris

Konstantinos Tsaldaris was a Greek politician and twice Prime Minister of Greece.Tsaldaris was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He studied law at the University of Athens as well as Berlin, London and Florence...

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|align="right"|2.94
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|colspan="3"|Totals
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|align="right"|100.00
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|align="center"|300
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|colspan="3"|Constituencies
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|align="right"|55
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|colspan="3"|Valid votes
|align="right"|3,847,785
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|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|16,197
|align="left"|(0.32%)
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|colspan="3"|Total number of votes
|align="right"|3,863,982
|align="left"|(75,4%)
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|colspan="3"|Valid electorate
|align="right"|5,119,148
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|colspan="3"|Population
|align="right"|7,395,219
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|colspan=3|Source: Texts of Constitutional History, vol. 2, p. 835.
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