Greek legislative election, 1926

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Greek legislative election, 1926
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All 286 seats of the Greek Parliament
144 seats were needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Panagis Tsaldaris Ioannis Metaxas
Party Liberal People's Party KE
Leader since191019221922
Last election250 seatsDid not participateNew
Seats won1086052
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 142Did not participateNew
Popular vote303,140194,243151,044
Percentage33.13%21.23%16.51%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Alexandros Papanastasiou Collective Leadership
Party DE EMEAP AKE
Leader since19231926
Last election120 seatsNewNew
Seats won17104
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 103NewNew
Popular vote62,08641,98228,318
Percentage6.79%4.59%3.10%
Prime Minister before election

Georgios Kondylis
DE

Elected Prime Minister

Alexandros Zaimis
Independent

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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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The Liberal Party, also the National Progressive Centre Union since 1952, was a major political party in Greece during the early-to-mid 20th century. It was founded in August 1910 by Eleftherios Venizelos and went on to dominate Greek politics for a considerable number of years until its decline following the Second World War. Among its most well-known members, apart from Venizelos, were Alexandros Papanastasiou, Nikolaos Plastiras, Georgios Papandreou and Konstantinos Mitsotakis.

Alexandros Zaimis Prime Minister of Greece

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Union 303,14031.6108
People's Party 194,24320.360
Freethinkers' Party 151,04415.852
Democratic Union 62,0866.517
United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees 41,9824.410
Hellenic Agricultural Party 28,3183.04
Party of Independents and Refugees 17,4101.82
Liaison of United Anti-Venizelists 14,0881.54
Liberal Refugee Party 13,7981.44
Conservative Union 12,6611.33
Provincial Party 9,7281.02
Co-operation Agricultural Party 8,5300.93
Party of Democratic Liberals 7,4750.83
Liaison of Independent Democrat-Venizelists 5,9420.63
Hebrew Political Union 5,8460.62
Liaison of Independent Liberals 5,8460.61
Liaison of Moderate Conservatives 5,4630.61
Liaison of Independent Anti-Venizelists 5,3670.61
Agricultural Refugee Liaison 5,0790.51
Macedonian OMAS Liaison 5,0790.52
National Believers Popular Party 4,8880.51
Liaison of Independents (Trikala Prefecture) 3,4500.41
Liaison of Popular-Free Believers 3,4500.41
Invalid/blank votes3,912––
Total918,825 [a] 100286
Registered voters/turnout1,567,37861.4–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The Electoral Committees reported a total votes figure of 962,304. However, this was due to a flaw in their minutes. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p857
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p840
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