Country: | Kingdom of Greece |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1875 Greek_legislative_election |
Previous Year: | 1875 |
Next Election: | 1881 Greek legislative election |
Next Year: | 1881 |
Seats For Election: | All 207 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 104 |
Election Date: | 23 September 1879 |
Image1: | Alexandros Koumoundouros.png |
Leader1: | Alexandros Koumoundouros |
Leader Since1: | 1865 |
Party1: | Nationalist |
Seats1: | 100 |
Colour1: | 00FFFF |
Leader2: | Charilaos Trikoupis |
Leader Since2: | 1873 |
Party2: | New Party |
Seats2: | 85 |
Colour2: | 7CFC00 |
Leader3: | Leonídas Deligeórgis |
Leader Since3: | 1879 |
Party3: | EK |
Seats3: | 20 |
Colour3: | 6B8E23 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Alexandros Koumoundouros |
Before Party: | Nationalist |
After Election: | Alexandros Koumoundouros |
After Party: | 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]