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Senate elections were held in Greece on 21 April 1929. [1] The Senate was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927 and these were the first elections for it. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 92 directly-elected seats. [2] It was regarded as a public approval of the policies of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Liberal Party | 450,624 | 54.45 | 64 | |
People's Party | 157,304 | 19.01 | 10 | |
Agricultural and Labour Party | 54,337 | 6.57 | 4 | |
Independent Royal Supporters | 35,344 | 4.27 | 0 | |
Progressive Party | 34,712 | 4.19 | 3 | |
Conservative Democratic Party | 23,171 | 2.80 | 5 | |
Freethinkers' Party | 22,518 | 2.72 | 2 | |
Farmers' Party | 13,720 | 1.66 | 2 | |
United Front | 14,069 | 1.70 | 0 | |
Independent Democrats | 9,884 | 1.19 | 0 | |
Progressive Union | 9,807 | 1.18 | 2 | |
Independents | 165 | 0.02 | 0 | |
Industry representatives | 1,676 | 0.20 | 18 | |
Elected by the Vouli | 268 | 0.03 | 10 | |
Total | 827,599 | 100.00 | 120 | |
Valid votes | 827,599 | 98.66 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,266 | 1.34 | ||
Total votes | 838,865 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Hellenic Parliament |
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