1951 Greek legislative election

1951 Greek legislative election

← 1950 9 September 1951 1952 →
All 258 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 130 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Alexandros Papagos Nikolaos Plastiras Party Greek Rally EPEK Last election – 16.45%, 45 seats Seats won 114 74 Seat change New 29 Popular vote 624,316 401,379 Percentage 36.53% 23.49% Swing New 7.04pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sofoklis Venizelos Ioannis Passalidis Party Liberal EDA Last election 17.24%, 56 seats – Seats won 57 10 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 325,390 180,640 Percentage 19.04% 10.57% Swing 1.80pp New
Prime Minister before election Sofoklis Venizelos Liberal Prime Minister after election Nikolaos Plastiras EPEK

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 September 1951.^[1] They resulted in an ambivalent outcome, consisting a narrow and pyrrhic, as proven later, victory for the ruling center-liberal parties of Sophoklis Venizelos and Nikolaos Plastiras.