Greek Elections

The Greek Parliament currently has 300 seats that are up. This election is monitered by a delegation from the UN made up of countries from the UNSC.

Major Parties:
Peoples Party (conservative-monarchist, supported by the Americans)
Liberal Party (left-monarchist)
KKE (DSE, suported by Yugoslavia, Albania, and other communist countries)
National Party of Greece (anti-monarchist, but anti-communist; Republican)

Results:
The Communist Party of Greece: 47% (141 seats)
The Peoples Party: 35% (105 seats)
National Party of Greece: 16% (48 seats)
Liberal Party: 2% (6 seats)

The question of the Greek monarchy, of Paul of Greece, is now being put up to a referendum.

Yugoslavia would like to congradulate the KKE on winning a plurality in the Hellenic Parliament.

[secret]His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom would like to offer the People's Party and Liberal Party, 5 and 1 million United States dollars respectively for the purposes of campaigning on behalf of the monarchy in Greece. Furthermore, we are willing to manufacture and export monarchist propaganda to Greece covertly via private companies in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Palestine, and Malta.[/secret]

His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom congradulates the people of Greece on a democratic election, but we question the large communist results' accuracy. Nevertheless, we feel that the elections were generall free and fair. We hope that no nation will violate these results by trying to intervene and manipulate the results of the referendum.

This post has been edited by United Kingdom on Aug 19 2007, 08:50 PM

The People's party and liberal party accepts the UK's generous aid.

This post has been edited by Egypt on Aug 19 2007, 08:57 PM

OOC: Sorry, I meant People's Party, not National Party.

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The KKE has prevailed in free and democratic elections. Clearly, the people of Greece are eager for reform. We shall press ahead wth promised reforms and set about building a socialist Greece.

OOC: Actually the communist party gained a plurality, not a majority, they need to pick up at least ten seats more in order to form a government, which unfortunately means they need to somehow convince one of the other two parties to ally with them, which is, thankfully, unlikely.
Secret IC:
The United States is willing to offer the People's Party, the National Party of Greece, and the Liberal Party the sum of $10 million US each, provided they are willing the table the referendum on monarchy in order to form a coalition government until such time as the communist menace is averted.
Not so secret IC:
The United States congratulates Greece on it's successful democratic elections, and looks forward to working with the Greece on many matters.

OOC: Should the percentage of votes translate directly into the number of seats? There could be many constituencies in which the KKE won by a narrow majority. I think the number of seats needs to be revised.

OOC: No I think that directly after someone points out the flaws of your plan to you is not the correct time for that sort of gerrymandering.

OOC: No British political party has won a majority of votes since 1931. This really shouldn't be much of an obstacle to forming a government.

The liberal and peoples party accept the American offer, but the national party would not agree to tabling the referendum.

ooc: According to the Greek constitutional law, KKE should be able to receive over 151 seats if it received enough votes in Macedonia (under its direct control), Thessalia (half control, but traditional stronghold of it) and Athens (also one of its core vote-givers.) In Greek elections no party ever gets a majority of votes (at least anymore) but they form single-party majority governments with 42% or 45% of the votes; according to Greek electoral laws as of 2007, you need 42% and you win a majority. In the 70's and probably before it was 40% needed.

This gives us this:
Communist Party: 167 seats
People's Party: 91 seats
National Party: 42 seats
Liberal Party: 0 seats (below 3% threshold, thus 5 seats go to KKE.)
As a sidenote, these seats are distributed using the percentages shown in the first post.

This post has been edited by Soviet Union on Aug 20 2007, 05:19 PM

Referendum Results

Have Paul of Greece abdicate (Constantine II of Greece replaces him): 53%
Abolish the Monarchy: 35%
Keep the Current Monarch: 12%

We shall honour the results of the referendum. Paul I has agreed to abdicate and go into exile in the United Kingdom. He is to be replaced as king by his young son, who shall be housed in the royal palace along with his sisters. Until Constantine has reached adulthood, a government-appointed regent will rule in his place. The Greek government is attempting to find a suitable man to fill the job. Meanwhile, Constantine will be tutored and prepared to fulfill his role as King once the regency has ended.