1899 Greek legislative election
7 February 1899
All 235 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
118 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Charilaos Trikoupis Theodoros Diligiannis Alexandros Zaimis
Seats won 110 35 35
Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Zaimis
Nationalist

 Prime Minister after election

Georgios Theotokis
New Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 February 1899.[1] Although Charilaos Trikoupis died in 1896, his supporters emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 110 of the 235 seats,[2] Georgios Theotokis, his successor as a leader of the New Party became Prime Minister after the election.[3]

Results

PartySeats
Supporters of Charilaos Trikoupis110
Supporters of Alexandros Zaimis35
Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis35
Supporters of Leonidas Deligiorgis20
Supporters of Dimitrios Rallis4–6
Supporters of Konstantinos Karapanos3–6
Independents23–28
Total235
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p855
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p867
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