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1928 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in
Greece on 19 August 1928.
[1] The result was a victory for the
Liberal Party , which won 178 of the 250 seats.
[2]
Background
The Venizelists entered the elections as a coalition of five "parties of the liberals" under the leadership of Eleftherios Venizelos. These parties were the
Democratic Union (later the
Agricultural and Labour Party ) under the leadership of
Alexandros Papanastasiou , the
National Democratic Party led by
Georgios Kondylis , the
Conservative Democratic Party under
Andreas Michalakopoulos and the
Progressive Union under the leadership of Konstantinos Zavitsanos. Because he wanted to follow an independent line from Venizelos,
Georgios Kafantaris together with some personal friends and various dissatisfied liberals founded the
Progressive Party .
The anti-
Venizelist movement went into the elections divided as the
People's Party , the
Freethinkers' Party and a few independent royalists who put themselves up for election. The former dictator,
Theodoros Pangalos , stood for election in Athens as chief of the
National Union . In addition there were a large number of unaligned and independent candidates. Finally, the
Communist Party of Greece entered the elections as the United Front.
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party 477,502 46.94 178 +70
People's Party 243,543 23.94 19 –41
Agricultural and Labour Party 68,278 6.71 20 New
Freethinkers' Party 53,958 5.30 1 –51 Independent Royal Supporters 38,556 3.79 4 New
National Democratic Party 27,603 2.71 9 New
Progressive Party 25,729 2.53 3 New Independent Democrats 18,069 1.78 6 New
Farmers' Party 17,042 1.68 0 New
Conservative Democratic Party 15,852 1.56 5 New
United Front 14,352 1.41 0 New
Progressive Union 13,452 1.32 5 New
National Union of Greece 1,958 0.19 0 New Independents 1,387 0.14 0 New Total 1,017,281 100.00 250 –36 Valid votes 1,017,281 99.59 Invalid/blank votes 4,153 0.41 Total votes 1,021,434 100.00 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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