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Greece was recognised as an independent state in 1830 with powers of government vested in a monarchy. The first king, Prince Otto of Bavaria assumed office in 1833. In 1844 a constitution provided for a two-chamber parliament consisting of a senate, the Gerousia, appointed for life by the king, and a lower house, the Vouli, elected for three years by near universal manhood suffrage with a minimum voting age of 25. Representatives were chosen by an absolute majority by two ballots in multi-member districts. Incumbent governments managed elections by a combination of bribery and coercion (Contiades, 1969: 561–562).
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Mackie, T.T., Rose, R. (1991). Greece. In: The International Almanac of Electoral History. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09851-4_9
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