Greek legislative election, 1928

Greek legislative election, 1928
Greece
19 August 1928

250
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Panagis Tsaldaris Alexandros Papanastasiou
Party Liberal People's Party ΑΕΚ
Seats won 178 19 20
Popular vote 477,502 243,543 68,278
Percentage 46.94% 23.94% 6.71%
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Greece

Politics portal

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 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 Party477,50246.9178+70
People's Party243,54323.919–41
Agricultural and Labour Party68,2786.720New
Freethinkers' Party53,9585.31–51
Independent Royal Supporters38,5563.84New
National Democratic Party27,6032.79New
Progressive Party25,7292.53New
Independent Democrats18,0691.86New
Farmers' Party17,0421.70New
Conservative Democratic Party15,8521.65New
United Front14,3521.40New
Progressive Union13,4521.35New
National Union of Greece1,9580.20New
Independents1,3870.10New
Invalid/blank votes4,153
Total1,021,434100250–36
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
KF
 
46.94%
LK
 
23.94%
AEK
 
6.71%
KE
 
5.30%
AB
 
3.79%
KED
 
2.71%
PK
 
2.53%
AS
 
1.78%
AK
 
1.68%
KSD
 
1.56%
EM
 
1.41%
KPE
 
1.32%
Others
 
0.33%
Parliament seats
KF
 
71.20%
AEK
 
8.00%
LK
 
7.60%
KED
 
3.60%
AS
 
2.40%
KSD
 
2.00%
KPE
 
2.00%
AB
 
1.60%
PK
 
1.20%
KE
 
0.40%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p858