1923 Greek parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Greece state parliamentary 1920 Greek parliamentary election 1920 1926 Greek parliamentary election 1926 All 398 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 199 16 December 1923 Eleftherios Venizelos, portrait 1935.jpg Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal Party (Greece) 118 seats 250 132 AlexandrosPapanastasiu.jpeg Alexandros Papanastasiou DE–DF – 120 New Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Stylianos Gonatas Liberal Party (Greece) Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal Party (Greece) Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 December 1923.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 250 of the 398 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p857 Background After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920, Eleftherios Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly reformed Turkey in the war in Anatolia. After the exile of King Constantine, his eldest son George was proclaimed King George II. After the national defeat and the definitive Treaty of Lausanne however, Greece was sorely divided. Results Liberal Party 250 Democratic Union–Democratic Liberals 120 Anti-Venizelists 7 #00CCCC Independent Democrats 7 Agrarian Party 3 Thessaloniki Jews 3 #1935D0 Western Thrace Muslims 3 #ED1B34 Socialist Party 1 Independents 1 694448 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Greece Parliamentary Category:Eleftherios Venizelos