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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".
| 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 Province) | 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]
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