1926 Greek parliamentary election

none Second Hellenic Republic parliamentary 1923 Greek parliamentary election 1923 1928 Greek parliamentary election 1928 All 286 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 144 7 November 1926 130x130px Georgios Kaphantaris.jpg Georgios Kafantaris Liberal Party (Greece) 250 seats 108 142 303,140 PnagiotisTsaldaris1932.jpg Panagis Tsaldaris People's Party (Greece) – 60 New 194,243 Ioannis_Metaxas_1937_cropped.jpg Ioannis Metaxas Freethinkers' Party – 52 New 151,044 New AlexandrosPapanastasiu.jpeg Alexandros Papanastasiou Democratic Union (Greece) 120 seats 17 103 62,086 Collective Leadership United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees – 10 New 41,982 Agrarian Party of Greece – 4 New 28,318 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Georgios Kondylis DE Alexandros Zaimis Independent (politician) Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 November 1926.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Liberal Union emerged as the largest faction in Parliament with 108 of the 286 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p857 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". Results File:ΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ 1926.svg Liberal Union 303140 108 People's Party 194243 60 Freethinkers' Party 151044 52 Democratic Union 62086 17 United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees 41982 10 Agrarian Party of Greece 28318 4 Party of Independents and Refugees 17410 2 Liaison of United Anti-Venizelists 14088 4 Liberal Refugee Party 13798 4 Conservative Union 12661 3 Provincial Party 9728 2 Co-operation Agricultural Party 8530 3 Party of Democratic Liberals 7475 3 Liaison of Independent Democrat-Venizelists 5942 3 Hebrew Political Union 5846 2 Liaison of Independent Liberals 5846 1 Liaison of Moderate Conservatives 5463 1 Liaison of Independent Anti-Venizelists 5367 1 Agricultural Refugee Liaison 5079 1 Macedonian OMAS Liaison 5079 2 National Believers Popular Party 4888 1 Liaison of Independents (Trikala Prefecture) 3450 1 Liaison of Popular-Free Believers 3450 1 958392 3912 1567378 Nohlen & StöverAlthough the total votes for parties winning seats comes to 914,913, the Electoral Committees reported a total of 958,392 valid votes being cast.Nohlen & Stöver, p840 Notes References Category:Parliamentary elections in Greece Parliamentary Greece Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results