Greek legislative election, 1928
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Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic
on 19 August 1928. At stake were 250 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli. The 1928 elections delivered an overwhelming majority to Eleftherios Venizelos
.
The elections were run according to the "majority" electoral system which had been employed in the 1923 elections.
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 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.
The result of the elections was a great triumph for the Liberals, who won 61.02% of the vote.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 19 August 1926 Greek Parliament
(Vouli ton Ellinon) election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
!No.
!%
!align="center"|+− %
!align="center"|No.
!align="center"|+−
|-
|
|Liberal Party
Komma Fileleftheron
|Eleftherios Venizelos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|46.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|178
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis
|Alexandros Papanastasiou
|align="right"|
|align="right"|6.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|
|-
|
|People's Party
Laikon Komma
|Panagis Tsaldaris
|align="right"|
|align="right"|23.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Democratic Party Ethnikon Demokratikon Komma
|Georgios Kondylis
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Conservative Democratic Party Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma
|Andreas Michalakopoulos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.6
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Union Proodeftiki Enosis
|Konstantinos Zavitsanos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.5
|align="center"|
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Freethinkers' Party
Komma Eleftherofronon
|Ioannis Metaxas
|align="right"|
|align="right"|5.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Communist Party of Greece
Kommunistikon Komma Ellados
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.4
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Union Ethniki Enosis
|Theodoros Pangalos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|5.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|
|align="center"|100
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|250
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Turnout
|align="right"|%
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Electorate
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan=9|Source: Lar's Election website; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1928 election data
|}
Second Hellenic Republic
The Second Hellenic Republic is the term used to describe the political regime of Greece from 1924 to 1935. It followed from the period of the constitutional monarchy under the monarchs of the House of Glücksburg, and lasted until its overthrow in a military coup d'état which restored the monarchy...
on 19 August 1928. At stake were 250 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli. The 1928 elections delivered an overwhelming majority to 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...
.
The elections were run according to the "majority" electoral system which had been employed in the 1923 elections.
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 Labour Party) under the leadership of Alexandros Papanastasiou
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Alexandros Papanastasiou was a Greek politician, sociologist and Prime Minister.- Early years :Papanastasiou was the son of Member of Parliament Panagiotis Papanastasiou. He spent part of his childhood in Kalamata and Piraeus...
, the National Democratic Party led by Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis was a general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece. He was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "Thunder" or "Thunderbolt".-Military career:...
, the Conservative Democratic Party under Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 to 26 June 1925....
and the Progressive Union under the leadership of Konstantinos Zavitsanos. Because he wanted to follow an independent line from Venizelos, Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania....
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
People's Party (Greece)
The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....
, the Freethinkers' Party
Freethinkers' Party (Greece)
The Freethinkers' Party was a royalist party established by Ioannis Metaxas in 1922.The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.- Electoral results :...
and a few independent royalists who put themselves up for election. The former dictator, Theodoros Pangalos
Theodoros Pangalos (general)
Major General Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek soldier and politician. A distinguished staff officer and an ardent Venizelist and anti-royalist, Pangalos played a leading role in the September 1922 revolt that deposed King Constantine I and in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic...
, 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
Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...
entered the elections as the United Front.
The result of the elections was a great triumph for the Liberals, who won 61.02% of the vote.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 19 August 1926 Greek Parliament
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....
(Vouli ton Ellinon) election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
!No.
!%
!align="center"|+− %
!align="center"|No.
!align="center"|+−
|-
|
|Liberal Party
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...
Komma Fileleftheron
|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...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|46.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|178
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis
|Alexandros Papanastasiou
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Alexandros Papanastasiou was a Greek politician, sociologist and Prime Minister.- Early years :Papanastasiou was the son of Member of Parliament Panagiotis Papanastasiou. He spent part of his childhood in Kalamata and Piraeus...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|6.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|
|-
|
|People's Party
People's Party (Greece)
The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....
Laikon Komma
|Panagis Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years of the conservative People's Party in the period before World War II...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|23.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Democratic Party Ethnikon Demokratikon Komma
|Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis was a general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece. He was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "Thunder" or "Thunderbolt".-Military career:...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Conservative Democratic Party Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma
|Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 to 26 June 1925....
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.6
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Union Proodeftiki Enosis
|Konstantinos Zavitsanos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania....
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.5
|align="center"|
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Freethinkers' Party
Freethinkers' Party (Greece)
The Freethinkers' Party was a royalist party established by Ioannis Metaxas in 1922.The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.- Electoral results :...
Komma Eleftherofronon
|Ioannis Metaxas
Ioannis Metaxas
Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek general, politician, and dictator, serving as Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|5.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.7
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...
Kommunistikon Komma Ellados
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.4
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Union Ethniki Enosis
|Theodoros Pangalos
Theodoros Pangalos (general)
Major General Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek soldier and politician. A distinguished staff officer and an ardent Venizelist and anti-royalist, Pangalos played a leading role in the September 1922 revolt that deposed King Constantine I and in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|5.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|
|align="center"|100
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|250
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Turnout
|align="right"|%
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Electorate
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan=9|Source: Lar's Election website; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1928 election data
|}