<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gerrymandering has been rather common in Greek history since organised parties with national ballots only appeared after the 1926 Constitution . 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 . </P> <P> The most infamous case of gerrymandering was in the 1956 election . While in previous elections the districts were based on the prefecture level (νομός), 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 . </P> <P> 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, despite the fact that only seven years earlier the center and the left had fought each other in the Greek Civil War . Even though the centrist and leftist opposition won the popular vote (1,620,007 votes against 1,594,992), the right wing ERE won the majority of seats (165 to 135) and was to lead the country for the next two years . </P>

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