GREEK LEGISLATIVE ELECTION, 1946

These elections were marked by:

★ The marked abstention of voters, caused by the abstention of KKE, and the effects of the civil war (1943-1944, 1946-1949), because of which many citizens either could not or chose not to vote.

★ The dominance of the right-wing parties over the centre-liberal parties, caused by the polarization between right and left.
One of the reasons for the defeat of the centre-liberal parties was the division of the Liberal Party, founded by Eleftherios Venizelos.One faction remained loyal to the leadership of Themistoklis Sophoulis, while another faction followed Sophoklis Venizelos, who formed a coalition with Georgios Papandreou and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos.
As a result of these elections, Konstantinos Tsaldaris became prime-minister leading a right-wing coalition. Nonetheless, he soon decided to resign in favor of Themistoklis Sophoulis, who led a government of national unity (conservative and centre-liberal forces) during the entire second phase of the civil war (1946-1949). One of the priorities of the new government was the proclamation of a plebiscite for the restoration of the Greek monarchy.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 31st of March 1946 Greek Parliament (''Vouli ton Ellinon'') election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
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!No.
!% 
!align="center"|+− %
!align="center"|No.
!align="center"|+−
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|'United Order of Patriot-Thinkers' '''Inomeni Parataxis Ethnikofronon'''

★ People's Party

★ Party of National Liberals

★ Reformatory Party

★ Others
|Konstantinos Tsaldaris
|align="right"|610,995
|align="right"|55.12
|align="center"|
|align="right"|
'206'''
156
34
5
11''
|align="center"|
|-
|
|'National Political Union' '''Ethniki Politiki Enosis'''

★ Party of "Venizelian Liberals"

★ Democratic Socialist Party

★ National Unionist Party

★ Others
|
Sophoklis Venizelos
Georgios Papandreou
Panayiotis Kanellopoulos
|align="right"|213,721
|align="right"|19.28
|align="center"|
|align="right"|
'68' ''31
7
27
3''
|align="center"|
|-
|
| Liberal Party
|Themistoklis Sophoulis
|align="right"|159,525
|align="right"|14.39
|align="center"|
|align="center"|48
|align="center"|
|-
|
|'National Party of Greece ''Ethnikon Komma Ellados'''
|Napoleon Zervas
|align="right"|66,027
|align="right"|5.96
|align="center"|
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|
|-
|
|'Union of the Nationally Minded ''Enosis Ethnikofronon'''
|Tourkovasilis (Τουρκοβασίλης)
|align="right"|32,538
|align="right"|2.94
|align="center"|
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Lists of Independents
|
|align="right"|12,036
|align="right"|1.08
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|
|'Union of Agrarian Parties ''Enosis Agrotikon Kommaton'''
|
|align="right"|7,447
|align="right"|0.67
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Party for the National Union (''Χίτες'')
|
|align="right"|1,848
|align="right"|0.17
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Civil and Agricultural Party
|
|align="right"|1,114
|align="right"|0.10
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Parataxis of Orthodox Christian Greeks
|
|align="right"|298
|align="right"|0.03
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Patriotic Party of Reservists
|
|align="right"|63
|align="right"|0.01
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Party for the National Union
|
|align="right"|15
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Social Party of Greece
|
|align="right"|13
|align="right"|0.00
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|2,833
|align="right"|0.25
|align="center"|
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|'No. of votes'
|align="right"|1,121,695
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|354
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|'No. of valid votes'
|align="right"|1,108.472
|align="center"|15.49%^†
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|'Invalid votes'
|align="right"|13,223
|align="center"|1.18
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="right"|
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★ ^†voting rights did not extend to women

★ 'Sources': ''Texts of Constitutional history, Volume II''