- Greek legislative election, 1926
The first legislative elections of the Second Hellenic Republic were held on
7 November ,1926 . At stake were 286 seats in theGreek parliament , the Vouli.The composition of the new parliament which emerged from these elections 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
December 4 1926 of a government under the premiership ofAlexandros Zaimis who was not a member of parliament.The parties which participated in this government were the Liberal Party, the Democratic Union, the People's Party and the Freethinkers' Party. This government came to be known as the "Ecumenical" government.
election-table rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of
7 November 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"|304,727
align="right"|31.70
align="center"
align="center"|108
align="center"
-|
People's Party "Laikon Komma"Panagis Tsaldaris
align="right"|194,479
align="right"|22.23
align="center"
align="center"|60
align="center"
-|
Freethinkers' Party "Komma Eleftherofronon"Ioannis Metaxas
align="right"|151,660
align="right"|15.78
align="center"
align="center"|52
align="center"
-|
Democratic Union "Demokratiki Enosis"Alexandros Papanastasiou
align="right"|62,260
align="right"|6.48
align="center"
align="center"|17
align="center"
-|Communist Party of Greece "Kommunistikon Komma Ellados"|
align="right"|41,982
align="right"|4.37
align="center"
align="center"|10
align="center"
-|
Agrarian Party "Agrotikon Komma"|
align="right"|28,318
align="right"|2.95
align="center"
align="center"|4
align="center"
-|Refugees' Liberal Party "Fileleftheron Prosfijikon Komma"Themistokles Sofoulis
align="right"
align="right"|1.40
align="center"
align="center"|4
align="center"
-|Jewish Political Union |
align="right"|5,825
align="right"|0.60
align="center"
align="center"|2
align="center"
-|
Other anti-Venizelist parties|
align="right"|57,093
align="right"|5.94
align="center"
align="center"|15
align="center"
-|
Other Venizelist parties|
align="right"|83,033
align="right"|8.64
align="center"
align="center"|18
align="center"
-|
Remaining parties |
align="right"|37,674
align="right"|3.91
align="center"
align="center"|2
align="center"
-|
Others |
align="right"|31.849
align="right"|3.31
align="center"
align="center"|0
align="center"
-
colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
align="right"|961,226
align="center"|100
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
align="center"|286
align="center" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="3"|Invalid votes
align="right"|3,912
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
-
colspan="3"|Total
align="right"|965,138
-
colspan="3"|Turnout
align="right"|61.37%
colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
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colspan="3"|Electorate
align="right"|1,572,469
-
colspan=9|Source: [http://www.elisanet.fi/daglarsson/dokumentit/greval1.htm Lar's Election website] ; [http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/14/en/1923_1940/domestic_policy/choros/index.html Foundation of the Hellenic World] 1926 election data; [http://www.venizelos-foundation.gr/endocs/bio23-28_9.jsp National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos"] 1926 election data
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