1950 Greek parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 March 1950.^[1] The People's Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 of the 250 seats.^[2]

1950 Greek parliamentary election

← 1946 5 March 1950 1951 →
All 250 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 126 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantinos Tsaldaris Sofoklis Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras Party People's Party Liberal EPEK Seats won 62 56 45 Popular vote 317,312 291,083 277,739 Percentage 18.79% 17.24% 16.45%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Georgios Papandreou Alexandros Svolos Konstantinos Maniadakis Party KGP DP PAP Seats won 35 18 16 Popular vote 180,185 163,824 137,618 Percentage 10.67% 9.70% 8.15%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Alexandros Diomidis Liberal Prime Minister after election Sofoklis Venizelos Liberal

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	People's Party	317,312	18.79	62
	Liberal Party	291,083	17.24	56
	National Progressive Center Union[a]	277,739	16.45	45
	Georgios Papandreou Party	180,185	10.67	35
	Democratic Alignment	163,824	9.70	18
	Politically Independent Alignment	137,618	8.15	16
	National Reconstruction Front	88,979	5.27	7
	National Party of Greece	61,575	3.65	7
	Party of Farmers and Labourers	44,308	2.62	3
	New Party	42,157	2.50	1
	National Party of Working People	26,925	1.59	0
	Party for the National Union	14,256	0.84	0
	Greek Working People's Party	9,132	0.54	0
	National Resistance Party of Greece	8,260	0.49	0
	Party Alliance of Greek Workers and Political Refresh Movement	8,127	0.48	0
	Independent Liberal Party	3,087	0.18	0
	List of Independents	2,979	0.18	0
	Agricultural Party	2,191	0.13	0
	Christian Labour Agricultural Party	1,027	0.06	0
	Christian Political Union	429	0.03	0
	Greek Drivers' Party	157	0.01	0
	Independent Farmer Party	146	0.01	0
	National Independent Party of War Wounded and Victims of Greece	145	0.01	0
	Labour-Professional Party of Greece	97	0.01	0
	Independent Agricultural Party of Greek People	63	0.00	0
	Professional and Industrial Party of Greece	42	0.00	0
	National Byzantine Party of Greece	20	0.00	0
	Independents	6,742	0.40	0
Total		1,688,605	100.00	250
Valid votes		1,688,605	99.57
Invalid/blank votes		7,223	0.43
Total votes		1,695,828	100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

1. Of the 45 seats won by the alliance, the Progressive Liberal Party won 23, the Democratic Progressive Party won 13.^[3]