1899 Greek legislative election

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]

1899 Greek legislative election
7 February 1899
All 235 seats of the Greek Parliament
118 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Georgios Theotokis Theodoros Diligiannis
Party New Party Nationalist
Leader since 1895 1882
Last election 20 seats 170 seats
Seats won 110 74-76
Seat change 90 94-96
Prime Minister before election

Alexandros Zaimis
Nationalist

 Elected Prime Minister

Georgios Theotokis
New Party

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Results
Party Votes % Seats
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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