Greek legislative election, 1923 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

After the defeat of the Liberals

Liberal Party (Greece)

The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

in 1920, Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I

Constantine I of Greece

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returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly-reformed Turkey

Turkey

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in the war

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

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in Asia Minor. After the death of King Constantine, his eldest son George was proclaimed King George II

George II of Greece

George II reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947.-Early life, first period of kingship and exile:George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia...

. After the national defeat and the definitive Treaty of Lausanne

Treaty of Lausanne

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however, Greece was sorely divided.

On October 18, 1923 the decree for calling elections to the Fourth National Assembly of the Greeks was published. The date of the elections was set for December 2, and on October 19, military law and censorship were abolished. Two days later, there was what came to be called a "counter-revolutionary" uprising against the government. This uprising was suppressed but it influenced in a significant way the political situation in the country since the military leaders behind it were pressing for the expulsion of King George and the proclamation of a republic.

On 2 December 1923, elections were held. The pro-monarchist parties abstained and the Liberals

Liberal Party (Greece)

won 250 seats out of 398. Following the elections, the King was forced to leave the country. Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis was appointed regent

Regent

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. The new Parliament convened on the January 2, 1924. The office of Prime Minister was held for a short time by G. Kafandaris and then on the March 24, 1924, Alexandros Papanastasiou was appointed to the post. His programmatic statement of legislative proposals is perhaps the most radical document which had up to that time ever been read out in the Greek Parliament. Its basic aim was to proclaim a republic. On the next day (25th of March) the Parliament voted to proclaim a republic, and this was endorsed in a referendum held on April 13, 1924. The first President elected by the Parliament was Pavlos Koundouriotis.

Election results

rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 2 December 1923 Greek Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

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Liberal Party (Greece)

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|Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

Alexandros Papanastasiou

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|Other anti-Venizelist parties
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|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
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|Muslims of Western Thrace Μουσουλμάνοι Δυτικής Θράκης
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|Jews of Thessaloniki Εβραίοι Θεσσαλονίκης
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|Independent Democrats Ανεξάρτητοι Δημοκρατικοί
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|Socialists Σοσιαλιστές
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|Independents Ανεξάρτητοι
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|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
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|align="center"|397
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|colspan="3"|Total
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|colspan="3"|Turnout
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Source

National Research Foundation, Eleftherios K. Venizelos

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