Country: | Kingdom of Greece |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | May 1915 Greek legislative election |
Previous Year: | May 1915 |
Next Election: | 1920 Greek legislative election |
Next Year: | 1920 |
Seats For Election: | All 335 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 168 |
Party Name: | no |
Image1: | Skouloudis.jpg |
Leader1: | Stefanos Skouloudis |
Party1: | Nationalists |
Seats1: | 256 |
Colour1: | 0000FF |
Leader2: | Georgios Theotokis |
Party2: | Theotokis supporters |
Seats2: | 21 |
Colour2: | 7CFC00 |
Image3: | Dimitrios_G._Rallis.JPG |
Leader3: | Dimitrios Rallis |
Party3: | Rallis supporters |
Seats3: | 18 |
Colour3: | 800080 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Stefanos Skouloudis |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Stefanos Skouloudis |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on .[1] They were boycotted by Eleftherios Venizelos and his party, the Liberal Party, as unconstitutional, a result of a confrontation with King Constantine I over the country's participation in World War I. Venizelos considered Greece as a close and loyal ally of the United Kingdom and France, while Constantine I, who was affiliated with the House of Hohenzollern (the German royal family), favored neutrality.
Although the electoral body supported Venizelos, Constantine insisted on his position and did not hesitate to confront the democratically elected government. Venizelos resigned and withdrew temporarily from the political fore, leading the crisis to its worst point.
Only right-wing parties participated in the elections. In a few months the crisis would almost become a civil war (the "National Schism") between the supporters of Venizelos, who created their own government in Thessaloniki, while the official government of Athens remained under the control of Constantine.