Editing Gerrymandering (section)

===Greece===
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Gerrymandering has been rather common in [[Greece|Greek]] history since organized parties with national ballots only appeared after the 1926 Constitution.{{clarify|reason=Why was it common if there were no parties? Also, why was there then only one case BEFORE it?|date=October 2013}} The only case before that was the creation of the Piraeus electoral district in 1906, in order to give the Theotokis party a safe district.

A notable case of gerrymandering in Greece was in the [[1956 Greek legislative election|1956 legislative election]]. While in previous elections the districts were based on the [[prefecture]] level (νομός),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grilla |first=Michael |date=22 May 2007 |title=www.eleftheria.gr |url=https://www.eleftheria.gr/index.php?MDL=pages&page=article&SiteID=MTg5Ng==&all=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043250/https://www.eleftheria.gr/index.php?MDL=pages&page=article&SiteID=MTg5Ng==&all=1 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=www.eleftheria.gr |language=el}}</ref> for 1956 the country was split in districts of varying sizes, some being the size of prefectures, some the size of sub-prefectures (επαρχία) and others somewhere in between. In small districts the winning party would take all seats, in intermediate size, it would take most and there was proportional representation in the largest districts. The districts were created in such a way that small districts were those that traditionally voted for the right while large districts were those that voted against the right.

This system has become known as the three-phase (τριφασικό) system or the [[baklava]] system (because, as baklava is split into full pieces and corner pieces, the country was also split into disproportionate pieces). The opposition, being composed of the center and the left, formed a coalition with the sole intent of changing the electoral law and then calling new elections. Even though the centrist and leftist opposition won the popular vote (1,620,007 votes against 1,594,992), the right-wing [[National Radical Union|ERE]] won the majority of seats (165 to 135) and was to lead the country for the next two years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dimitras |first=Panayote Elias |chapter=Electoral Systems in Greece |date=1994 |title=Eastern European Development and Public Policy |pages=143–175 |editor-last=Nagel |editor-first=Stuart S. |location=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-23366-3_10 |isbn=978-1-349-23366-3 |editor2-last=Rukavishnikov |editor2-first=Vladimir}}</ref>