1936 Greek legislative election

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1936 Greek legislative election
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
  1935 26 January 1936 1946  

All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Themistoklis Sofoulis.jpg PnagiotisTsaldaris1932.jpg Georgios Kondylis.jpg
Leader Themistoklis Sofoulis Panagis Tsaldaris Georgios Kondylis
Party Liberal People's Party GLRE
Last electionBoycotted255 seats32 seats
Seats won1267260
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 183Increase2.svg 28
Popular vote474,651281,597253,384
Percentage37.26%22.10%19.89%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Zachariadis.jpg Georgios Kaphantaris 1927.jpg Ioannis Metaxas 1937 cropped.jpg
Leader Nikos Zachariadis Georgios Kafantaris Ioannis Metaxas
Party PM DS KE
Last election0 seatsBoycotted6 seats
Seats won15117
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15NewIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote73,41153,69350,137
Percentage5.76%4.21%3.94%

Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Demertzis
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Konstantinos Demertzis
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 26 January 1936. [1] The Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 126 of the 300 seats. [2]

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 474,65137.26126New
People's Party 281,59722.1072–183
General Popular Radical Union 253,38419.8960+28
All People Front 73,4115.7615+15
Democratic Coalition 53,6934.2111New
Freethinkers' Party 50,1373.947+1
National Reform Party 17,8221.404New
Old Democratic Union of Crete 13,7621.083New
Hellenic Agricultural Party 13,0061.021New
Agricultural Democratic Party 12,3330.971New
Independents' Alliance11,1780.880New
National Unionist Party 9,8700.770New
Communist Archio-Marxist Party 1,1480.090New
National Union of Greece 5050.0400
Communist International Front2960.020New
Independents7,2030.570–6
Total1,273,996100.003000
Valid votes1,273,99699.68
Invalid/blank votes4,0830.32
Total votes1,278,079100.00
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. Nohlen & Stöver, p859