Greek legislative election, 1951

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The Greek legislative election of 1951 was a national parliamentary vote in post–World War II Greece that reshaped the political landscape amid Cold War tensions and the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.

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Greek legislative election, 1951 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
aimedAt stabilizing Greek politics after the civil war ⓘ
chamberElected unicameral parliament ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
aftermath of the Greek Civil War ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
electoralBody Greek voters ⓘ
electoralSystem reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
electorate Greek citizens with voting rights in 1951 ⓘ
followedBy Greek legislative election, 1952 ⓘ
follows Greek legislative election, 1950 ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection King Paul of Greece ⓘ
isIn 20th century in Greece ⓘ
leadingPolitician Alexandros Papagos ⓘ
Georgios Papandreou ⓘ
Ioannis Sofianopoulos ⓘ
Nikolaos Plastiras ⓘ
Sophoklis Venizelos ⓘ
linked to: Sofoklis Venizelos
legislature Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
majorParty Greek Rally ⓘ
Liberal Party (Greece) ⓘ
National Progressive Center Union ⓘ
United Democratic Left ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 258 ⓘ
oppositionParty United Democratic Left ⓘ
partOf Cold War history of Greece ⓘ
history of modern Greece ⓘ
post–World War II history of Greece ⓘ
politicalSpectrum competition between right-wing, centrist, and left-wing parties ⓘ
precededBy Greek legislative election, 1950 ⓘ
relatedTo Greek Civil War ⓘ
Marshall Plan in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Plan

NATO membership of Greece ⓘ
resultedIn continued political fragmentation in Greece ⓘ
formation of a centrist coalition government ⓘ
significance reflected anti-communist alignment of Greek politics ⓘ
reshaped the Greek party system in the early 1950s ⓘ
supervisingBody Greek Ministry of the Interior ⓘ
timePeriod early Cold War period ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed parliamentary government ⓘ
votingSystemFeature bonus for larger parties ⓘ
winner Greek Rally ⓘ

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Greek Rally → participatedIn → Greek legislative election, 1951 ⓘ
Greek legislative election, 1952 → precededBy → Greek legislative election, 1951 ⓘ