Greek legislative election, 1928
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Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic on 19 August 1928. At stake were 250 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli. The 1928 elections delivered an overwhelming majority to Eleftherios Venizelos.
The elections were run according to the "majority" electoral system which had been employed in the 1923 elections.
The Venizelists entered the elections as a coalition of five "parties of the liberals" under the leadership of Eleftherios Venizelos. These were the Democratic Union (later the Agricultural 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.
The result of the elections was a great triumph for the Liberals, who won 61.02% of the vote.
| Summary of 19 August 1926 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||||
| Liberal Party Komma Fileleftheron | Eleftherios Venizelos | 46.9 | 178 | |||||
| Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis | Alexandros Papanastasiou | 6.7 | 20 | |||||
| People's Party Laikon Komma | Panagis Tsaldaris | 23.9 | 19 | |||||
| National Democratic Party Ethnikon Demokratikon Komma | Georgios Kondylis | 2.7 | 9 | |||||
| Conservative Democratic Party Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma | Andreas Michalakopoulos | 1.6 | 5 | |||||
| Progressive Union Proodeftiki Enosis | Konstantinos Zavitsanos | 1.3 | 5 | |||||
| Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma | Georgios Kafantaris | 2.5 | 3 | |||||
| Freethinkers' Party Komma Eleftherofronon | Ioannis Metaxas | 5.3 | 1 | |||||
| Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma | 1.7 | 0 | ||||||
| Communist Party of Greece Kommunistikon Komma Ellados | 1.4 | 0 | ||||||
| National Union Ethniki Enosis | Theodoros Pangalos | 0 | ||||||
| Others | 5.9 | 10 | ||||||
| No. of valid votes | 100 | 250 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||||
| Electorate | ||||||||
| Source: Lar's Election website; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1928 election data | ||||||||
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