1952 Greek legislative election

1952 Greek legislative election

16 November 1952
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Alexandros Papagos Nikolaos Plastiras Party Greek Rally EPEK–KF Last election 36.53%, 114 seats 42.53%, 131 seats Seats won 247 51 Seat change 133 80 Popular vote 783,541 544,834 Percentage 49.22% 34.23% Swing 12.69pp 8.30pp
Prime Minister before election Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK-KF Prime Minister after election Alexandros Papagos ES

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 November 1952. They resulted in a victory for General Alexander Papagos and the party he had founded the previous year, the Greek Rally party. Papagos won by unifying most of the conservative forces under his leadership, and taking advantage of a weakened centre. The electorate of Konstantinos Tsaldaris' People's Party, the leading conservative party in the 1950 elections, shrank to only 1%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Greek Rally	783,541	49.22	247	+133
	National Progressive Center Union–Liberal Party	544,834	34.23	51	–80
	United Democratic Left	152,011	9.55	0	–10
	People's Party	16,767	1.05	0	–2
	Agricultural and Labour Party	10,431	0.66	0	–1
	List of Independents	56,679	3.56	2	+2
	Agricultural Party	691	0.04	0	New
	Independents	26,853	1.69	0	0
Total		1,591,807	100.00	300	+42
Valid votes		1,591,807	99.48
Invalid/blank votes		8,365	0.52
Total votes		1,600,172	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,123,150	75.37
Source: Nohlen & Stöver