Greek legislative election, 1926

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The first legislative elections of the Second Hellenic Republic were held on 7 November 1926. At stake were 286 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli.

The composition of the new parliament which emerged from these elections 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 December 4, 1926 of a government under the premiership of Alexandros Zaimis who was not a member of parliament.

The parties which participated in this government were the Liberal Party, the Democratic Union, the People's Party and the Freethinkers' Party. This government came to be known as the "Ecumenical" government.

Summary of 7 November 1926 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results			Votes			Seats
			No.	%	+− %	No.	+−
	Liberal Party Komma Fileleftheron	Eleftherios Venizelos	304,727	31.70		108
	People's Party Laikon Komma	Panagis Tsaldaris	194,479	22.23		60
	Freethinkers' Party Komma Eleftherofronon	Ioannis Metaxas	151,660	15.78		52
	Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis	Alexandros Papanastasiou	62,260	6.48		17
	Communist Party of Greece Kommunistikon Komma Ellados		41,982	4.37		10
	Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma		28,318	2.95		4
	Refugees' Liberal Party Fileleftheron Prosfijikon Komma	Themistokles Sofoulis		1.40		4
	Jewish Political Union		5,825	0.60		2
	Other anti-Venizelist parties		57,093	5.94		15
	Other Venizelist parties		83,033	8.64		18
	Remaining parties		37,674	3.91		2
	Others		31.849	3.31		0
No. of valid votes			961,226	100		286
Invalid votes			3,912
Total			965,138
Turnout			61.37%
Electorate			1,572,469
Source: Lar's Election website; Foundation of the Hellenic World 1926 election data; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1926 election data

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