1926 Greek legislative election

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1926 Greek legislative election
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
  1923 7 November 1926 1928  

All 286 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
144 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Georgios Kaphantaris.jpg PnagiotisTsaldaris1932.jpg Ioannis Metaxas 1937 cropped.jpg
Leader Georgios Kafantaris Panagis Tsaldaris Ioannis Metaxas
Party Liberal People's Party KE
Last election250 seats
Seats won1086052
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 142NewNew
Popular vote303,140194,243151,044

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  AlexandrosPapanastasiu.jpeg
Leader Alexandros Papanastasiou Collective Leadership
Party DE EMEAP AKE
Last election120 seats
Seats won17104
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 103NewNew
Popular vote62,08641,98228,318
Percentage6.79%

Prime Minister before election

Georgios Kondylis
DE

Prime Minister after election

Alexandros Zaimis
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 November 1926. [1] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest faction in Parliament with 108 of the 286 seats. [2] The composition of the new parliament meant that the parties and factions had to work together to form a viable parliamentary government. On Kafandaris' initiative, negotiations began among the main parties, leading to the swearing-in on the 4 December of a government under the premiership of Alexandros Zaimis who was not a member of parliament. The coalition consisted of the Liberal Union, the Democratic Union, the People's Party and the Freethinkers' Party. This government came to be known as the "Ecumenical government".

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Union 303,140108
People's Party 194,24360
Freethinkers' Party 151,04452
Democratic Union 62,08617
United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees 41,98210
Agrarian Party of Greece 28,3184
Party of Independents and Refugees 17,4102
Liaison of United Anti-Venizelists 14,0884
Liberal Refugee Party 13,7984
Conservative Union 12,6613
Provincial Party 9,7282
Co-operation Agricultural Party 8,5303
Party of Democratic Liberals 7,4753
Liaison of Independent Democrat-Venizelists 5,9423
Hebrew Political Union 5,8462
Liaison of Independent Liberals 5,8461
Liaison of Moderate Conservatives 5,4631
Liaison of Independent Anti-Venizelists 5,3671
Agricultural Refugee Liaison 5,0791
Macedonian OMAS Liaison 5,0792
National Believers Popular Party 4,8881
Liaison of Independents (Trikala Prefecture) 3,4501
Liaison of Popular-Free Believers 3,4501
Total286
Valid votes958,39299.59
Invalid/blank votes3,9120.41
Total votes962,304100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,567,37861.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [a]

Notes

  1. Although the total votes for parties winning seats comes to 914,913, the Electoral Committees reported a total of 958,392 valid votes being cast. [3]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p857
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p840