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1879 Greek legislative election

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1879 Greek legislative election

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All 207 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
104 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alexandros Koumoundouros Charilaos Trikoupis Leonídas Deligeórgis
Party Nationalist New Party EK
Leader since 1865 1873 1879
Seats won 100 85 20

Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Koumoundouros
Nationalist

Prime Minister after election

Alexandros Koumoundouros
Nationalist

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 23 September 1879.[1] Supporters of Alexandros Koumoundouros and Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 100 of the 207 seats.[2] Koumoundouros remained Prime Minister until 22 March the following year.[3]

Results

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PartySeats
Supporters of Koumoundouros and Deligiannis100
United Opposition85
Independent20
Independents2
Total207
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p854
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p867