On January 4, 1956, Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis founded a new political body, the National Radical Union (ENU). Almost all the Greek Anxiety deputies followed him in this step, as well as several representatives of the liberals – among them Evangelos Averof, Konstantinos Tsatsos and Grigoris Kasimatis. A month and a half after the founding of the party, on February 19, elections are held.

“Yesterday the Greek people won a great victory. Thanks to the results of the elections, the risk of falling under the rule of communism was avoided. The result of the election, at least as it was created today at 2.30 am, showed that the National Radical Union has won more than 150 seats – perhaps 154 and is capable of eventually collecting 161 seats or more. Katimerini” on the day after the election.

As a result, EPE won 165 seats, receiving 47.38% of the vote. ERE’s opponent in the elections was the Democratic Union, a 7-party coalition led by George Papandreou, made up of centrist parties that collaborated for the first time with the EDA of Ioannis Passalidis. It was formed in 1955 in connection with the adoption of a new electoral system proposed by the government of Karamanlis and contributed to the victory of the politician Serra.

The Democratic Union characterizes it as “three-stage” as it combines majoritarian, semi-proportional and proportional systems, which resulted in EPE being the winner, although the Democratic Union won more votes (48.15%) but fewer seats. (132).

This election went down in history with another originality: it was the first parliamentary election in which Greek women voted, although not in the best conditions. “A responsible person who has moved polling stations must, of course, have a good sense of humor. The 264th woman placed it under the Zoological Museum. […] Ladies and gentlemen were sent to vote in the 306th section, which was put in the municipal garage for refusal.”