Election Name: | August 1910 Greek legislative election |
Country: | Kingdom of Greece |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Greek_legislative_election, 1906 |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | November 1910 Greek legislative election |
Next Year: | Nov 1910 |
Seats For Election: | All 362 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 182 |
Party Name: | no |
Image1: | Stephanos_Dragoumis.jpg |
Leader1: | Stefanos Dragoumis |
Party1: | UP |
Seats1: | 211 |
Colour1: | 0000FF |
Leader2: | Eleftherios Venizelos |
Party2: | ISC |
Seats2: | 122 |
Colour2: | FFFF00 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Stefanos Dragoumis |
Before Party: | Independent |
After Election: | Stefanos Dragoumis |
After Party: | Independent |
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on .[1] Eleftherios Venizelos had begun to dominate the political life of the country. He was listed as a candidate by his followers and was elected with the most votes at the Attica-Boeotia constituency.[2] The United Parties won 211 of the 362 seats.[3] Stefanos Dragoumis remained Prime Minister until his resignation on, when Venizelos became Prime Minister.[4] [5] Because Venizelos did not have the confidence of Parliament, he agreed with King George to dissolve parliament. Fresh elections were held in November.