May 1915 Greek legislative election explained

Election Name:May 1915 Greek legislative election
Country:Kingdom of Greece
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1912 Greek legislative election
Previous Year:1912
Next Election:December 1915 Greek legislative election
Next Year:Dec 1915
Seats For Election:All 316 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:159
Image1:Eleftherios_Venizelos,_portrait_1935.jpg
Leader1:Eleftherios Venizelos
Party1:Liberal Party (Greece)
Seats1:187
Leader2:Dimitrios Gounaris
Party2:Japanese
Seats2:95
Colour2:0000FF
Image4:Aspiotis_%CE%BA%CE%B6_George_Theotokis.jpg
Leader4:Georgios Theotokis
Party4 Name:no
Party4:Theotokis supporters
Seats4:12
Colour4:7CFC00
Image5:Dimitrios_G._Rallis.JPG
Leader5:Dimitrios Rallis
Party5 Name:no
Party5:Rallis supporters
Seats5:7
Colour5:800080
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Dimitrios Gounaris
Before Party:Japanese
After Election:Dimitrios Gounaris
After Party:Japanese

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on .[1] The result was a landslide victory for Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party, which won 187 of the 316 seats in Parliament. Venizelos claimed that his victory was proof that the Greek people approved of his policy, favoring the Allies of World War I.

Aftermath

Despite the Liberals' victory, the dispute between Venizelos and King King Constantine I continued. Fresh elections were held in December, which were boycotted by Venizelos and his party as unconstitutional. In August 1916, Venizelos went on to establish a rival Provisional Government of National Defence in the North of the country under the auspices of Entente powers, an event known as the National Schism.

The May 1915 Parliament was subsequently recalled when Constantine was forced to abdicate and leave the country in June 1917 following the Venizelists' victory. As a result, the Parliament was ironically nicknamed by royalists as the "Parliament of the Lazaruses" (Βουλή των Λαζάρων), and continued to sit until the October 1920 elections.

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]