Greek legislative election, 1926
Greek legislative election, 1926
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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".
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
|---|
| Liberal Union | 303,140 | 31.6 | 108 |
| People's Party | 194,243 | 20.3 | 60 |
| Freethinkers' Party | 151,044 | 15.8 | 52 |
| Democratic Union | 62,086 | 6.5 | 17 |
| United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees | 41,982 | 4.4 | 10 |
| Hellenic Agricultural Party | 28,318 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Party of Independents and Refugees | 17,410 | 1.8 | 2 |
| Liaison of United Anti-Venizelists | 14,088 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Liberal Refugee Party | 13,798 | 1.4 | 4 |
| Conservative Union | 12,661 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Provincial Party | 9,728 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Co-operation Agricultural Party | 8,530 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Party of Democratic Liberals | 7,475 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Liaison of Independent Democrat-Venizelists | 5,942 | 0.6 | 3 |
| Hebrew Political Union | 5,846 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Liaison of Independent Liberals | 5,846 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Liaison of Moderate Conservatives | 5,463 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Liaison of Independent Anti-Venizelists | 5,367 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Agricultural Refugee Liaison | 5,079 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Macedonian OMAS Liaison | 5,079 | 0.5 | 2 |
| National Believers Popular Party | 4,888 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Liaison of Independents (Trikala Prefecture) | 3,450 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Liaison of Popular-Free Believers | 3,450 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,912 | – | – |
| Total | 918,825[a] | 100 | 286 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,567,378 | 61.4 | – |
| 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]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p857
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p840
