Greek legislative election of 1946

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legislative election

The Greek legislative election of 1946 was a pivotal post-World War II vote that marked the country’s return to parliamentary politics amid deep political polarization and the onset of the Greek Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Greek legislative election of 1946 canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative election ⓘ
associatedWith	emergence of the Truman Doctrine context ⓘ
boycottedBy	Communist Party of Greece ⓘ National Liberation Front (EAM) ⓘ
chamberElected	Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
characterizedBy	boycott by much of the left ⓘ strong political polarization ⓘ
context	beginning phase of the Greek Civil War ⓘ post-World War II reconstruction ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
date	31 March 1946 ⓘ
electoralSystem	reinforced proportional representation ⓘ
electoralViolence	reports of intimidation and irregularities in rural areas ⓘ
electorate	male citizens over 21 ⓘ
follows	Greek legislative election of 1936 ⓘ
governmentFormed	right-wing coalition government ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection	King George II of Greece ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked return to parliamentary politics after Metaxas dictatorship and Axis occupation ⓘ
impact	consolidation of right-wing control of parliament ⓘ escalation of tensions leading to full-scale civil war ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
leadingFigure	Konstantinos Tsaldaris ⓘ
linkedTo	1946 Greek monarchy referendum ⓘ
mainIssue	post-war political alignment ⓘ question of the monarchy ⓘ
numberOfSeats	354 ⓘ
opposition	left-wing forces outside parliament ⓘ liberal and centrist parties ⓘ
partOf	Greek Civil War period ⓘ History of modern Greece ⓘ
precededBy	Metaxas Regime suspension of parliamentary life ⓘ
precedes	Greek legislative election of 1950 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection	Konstantinos Tsaldaris ⓘ
region	Southern Europe ⓘ
relatedEvent	Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ Dekemvriana ⓘ surface form: Dekemvriana (December events) in Athens
resultedIn	victory of the right-wing coalition ⓘ
supervisedBy	Allied observers ⓘ
timePeriod	early Cold War era ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	Allied occupation influence in Greece ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Athens ⓘ Greek islands ⓘ Greek mainland ⓘ
voterTurnout	approximately 75% ⓘ
wonBy	People's Party (Greece) ⓘ
year	1946 ⓘ

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Varkiza Agreement → followedBy → Greek legislative election of 1946 ⓘ

Greek monarchy referendum of 1946 → previousEvent → Greek legislative election of 1946 ⓘ