1926 Greek presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Greece between 4 and 11 April 1926. [1] At the time the country was a dictatorship under Theodoros Pangalos, who had led a coup the previous year. Pangalos who was one of the two candidates; the other, Konstantinos Demertzis, withdrew from the contest before election day, but remained on the ballot paper. Pangalos received 93% of the vote. [2] However, he was removed from office on 22 August following a counter-coup and was replaced by Pavlos Kountouriotis. [2]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Theodoros Pangalos 782,58993.31
Konstantinos Demertzis 56,1266.69
Total838,715100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p864