• The marked abstention of voters, caused by the abstention of Communist Party of Greece, and the effects of the civil war (1943-1944, 1946-1949), because of which many citizens either could not or chose not to vote.
• The dominance of the right-wing parties over the centre-liberal parties, caused by the polarization between right and left.

One of the reasons for the defeat of the centre-liberal parties was the division of the Liberal Party, founded by Eleftherios Venizelos.One faction remained loyal to the leadership of Themistoklis Sophoulis, while another faction followed Sophoklis Venizelos, who formed a coalition with Georgios Papandreou and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos.

As a result of these elections, Konstantinos Tsaldaris became prime-minister leading a right-wing coalition. Nonetheless, he soon decided to resign in favor of Themistoklis Sophoulis, who led a government of national unity (conservative and centre-liberal forces) during the entire second phase of the civil war (1946-1949). One of the priorities of the new government was the proclamation of a plebiscite for the restoration of the Greek monarchy. rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of the 31st of March 1946 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results !colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes !colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" !No. !%  !align="center"|+− % !align="center"|No. !align="center"|+− |- | |United Order of Patriot-Thinkers Inomeni Parataxis Ethnikofronon
* People's Party
* Party of National Liberals (Κόμμα Εθνικών Φιλελευθέρων)
* Reformatory Party
* Others |Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Stylianos Gonatas |align="right"|610,995 |align="right"|55.12 |align="center"| |align="right"|
206
156
34
5
11 |align="center"| |- | |National Political Union Ethniki Politiki Enosis
* Party of "Venizelian Liberals"
* Democratic Socialist Party
* National Unionist Party
* Others |
Sophoklis Venizelos
Georgios Papandreou
Panayiotis Kanellopoulos |align="right"|213,721 |align="right"|19.28 |align="center"| |align="right"|
68 31
7
27
3 |align="center"| |- | | Liberal Party |Themistoklis Sophoulis |align="right"|159,525 |align="right"|14.39 |align="center"| |align="center"|48 |align="center"| |- | |National Party of Greece Ethnikon Komma Ellados |Napoleon Zervas |align="right"|66,027 |align="right"|5.96 |align="center"| |align="center"|20 |align="center"| |- | |Union of the Nationally Minded Enosis Ethnikofronon |Theodoras Tourkovasilis (Θεόδωρος Τουρκοβασίλης) |align="right"|32,538 |align="right"|2.94 |align="center"| |align="center"|9 |align="center"| |- | |Lists of Independents | |align="right"|12,036 |align="right"|1.08 |align="center"| |align="center"|2 |align="center"| |- | |Union of Agrarian Parties Enosis Agrotikon Kommaton | |align="right"|7,447 |align="right"|0.67 |align="center"| |align="center"|1 |align="center"| |- | |Party for the National Union (Χίτες) | |align="right"|1,848 |align="right"|0.17 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- | |Civil and Agricultural Party | |align="right"|1,114 |align="right"|0.10 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- | |Parataxis of Orthodox Christian Greeks | |align="right"|298 |align="right"|0.03 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- | |Patriotic Party of Reservists | |align="right"|63 |align="right"|0.01 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- | |Party for the National Union | |align="right"|15 |align="right"|0.00 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- | |Social Party of Greece | |align="right"|13 |align="right"|0.00 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- | |Others | |align="right"|2,833 |align="right"|0.25 |align="center"| |align="center"|- |align="center"| |- |colspan="3"|No. of votes |align="right"|1,121,695 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|354 |align="center"| |- |colspan="3"|No. of valid votes |align="right"|1,108.472 |align="center"|15.49%^† |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |colspan="3"|Invalid votes |align="right"|13,223 |align="center"|1.18 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="right"| |}

• ^†voting rights did not extend to women
• Sources: Texts of Constitutional history, Volume II