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The Greek legislative election of the 9 September 1958 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 . BACKROUND After the Greek Elections Of 1950 , when the divided centrist parties had a clear majority in the Parliament political instability was the main characteristic of the political life in Greece . The subsequent centre-liberal governments of Sophoklis Venizelos , Nikolaos Plastiras and Georgios Papandreou did not manage to ensure and enforce stability. As a result, Nikolaos Plastiras supported a People's Party government, under the term that the latter would cinduct soon elections. OUTCOME First party in the elections of 1951 was the just-founded Greek Rally of Alexandros Papagos , which swept the traditionally dominant right-wing People's Party . Nevertheless, the two major centrist-liberal parties, the Liberal Party and the National Progressive Center Union elected more deputies than the conservatives. The left-wing EDA , a party believed to have been affiliated with the outlaw during 1950-1974 KKE , made its first appearance in these elections. POST-ELECTION |
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