Greek legislative election, 1964
The parliamentary elections in Greece in 1964 was held on 16 February 1964. It was created by Georgios Papandreou and his center- left party Enosis Kendrou (EK; center Union) won with an absolute majority of votes of 52.71 %.
The party won 171 and 173 of the 300 available seats in the Greek Parliament and decreed thus has an absolute majority of parliamentary seats (151 seats). After the parliamentary election Georgios Papandreou made after appropriate ordering of the Greek King Paul a government with him as prime minister at the head from 18 February 1964.
The parliamentary election was held after the slightly reinforced proportional representation. Here, the strongest by votes shares party won more seats in parliament would fall by as their share of the vote. The elections were conducted under the elective. Entitled to vote were men and women over 18 years for the right to vote. 909 candidates stood in 55 constituencies ( eklogikes periferies ) to choose from. Legal basis of the elections were in 1961 (adopted under the government of Karamanlis ) and 4322/1963 published in the Efimeris tis Kyverniseos ΦΕΚ (Official newspaper of the Greek government ) 104 of 11 September 1963, the law 4173/1961.
The political crisis Apostasia tou 1965 results after cleavage ( Apostasia ) by conservative members of the Center Union on the initiative of the Greek King Constantine II and the right-wing opposition party Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis (ERE, National Radical Union) under Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and irreconcilable differences between the Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou one hand and the king of the occupation of the post of Defense on the other hand to the resignation of Prime Minister Papandreou on 15 July 1965. Very short time later, Georgios Athanasiadis - Novas, a deputy of the breakaway group of the center Union ( apostate ) by the king is appointed Prime Minister. The formation of a government of the group of apostates and the conservative ERE. fails with a lost confidence vote in the Greek Parliament in August 1965.
The election in 1964 was the last election before the start of the Greek military dictatorship on April 21, 1967. The next parliamentary election took place only after the fall of the military dictatorship on November 17 place in 1974, after more than 10 years.
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- Werner Voigt. Results of elections and referendums. In: Klaus- Detlev Grothusen (ed.). Southeastern Europe Guide. Volume III. Greece. Publisher Cambridge University Press in Göttingen, 1980. 672 S. ISBN 3-525-36202-1.
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