1885 Greek parliamentary election

1885 Greek parliamentary election
7 April 1885
All 245 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
123 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Theodoros Diligiannis Charilaos Trikoupis
Party Nationalist New Party
Leader since 1882 1873
Seats won 170 40
Prime Minister before election

Charilaos Trikoupis
New Party

Prime Minister after election

Theodoros Diligiannis
Nationalist

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 April 1885.[1] Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 170 of the 245 seats.[2] Deligiannis became Prime Minister on 1 May.[3]

Results

PartySeats
Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis170
Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis40
Democrats5
Independents30
Total245
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  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
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