Greek legislative election, 1946

These elections were marked by:

* The marked abstention of voters, caused by the abstention of Communist Party of Greece, 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.

* ^†voting rights did not extend to women
* Sources: "Texts of Constitutional history, Volume II"

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