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1936 Greek legislative election

1936 Greek legislative election

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All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Themistoklis Sofoulis Panagis Tsaldaris Georgios Kondylis Party Liberal People's Party GLRE Last election Boycotted 255 seats 32 seats Seats won 126 72 60 Seat change New 183 28 Popular vote 474,651 281,597 253,384 Percentage 37.26% 22.10% 19.89%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nikos Zachariadis Georgios Kafantaris Ioannis Metaxas Party PM DS KE Last election 0 seats Boycotted 6 seats Seats won 15 11 7 Seat change 15 New 1 Popular vote 73,411 53,693 50,137 Percentage 5.76% 4.21% 3.94%
Prime Minister before election Konstantinos Demertzis Independent Prime Minister after election Konstantinos Demertzis Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 26 January 1936.^[1] The Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 126 of the 300 seats.^[2]

Results[edit]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	474,651	37.26	126	New
	People's Party	281,597	22.10	72	–183
	General Popular Radical Union	253,384	19.89	60	+28
	All People Front	73,411	5.76	15	+15
	Democratic Coalition	53,693	4.21	11	New
	Freethinkers' Party	50,137	3.94	7	+1
	National Reform Party	17,822	1.40	4	New
	Old Democratic Union of Crete	13,762	1.08	3	New
	Hellenic Agricultural Party	13,006	1.02	1	New
	Agricultural Democratic Party	12,333	0.97	1	New
	Independents' Alliance	11,178	0.88	0	New
	National Unionist Party	9,870	0.77	0	New
	Communist Archio-Marxist Party	1,148	0.09	0	New
	National Union of Greece	505	0.04	0	0
	Communist International Front	296	0.02	0	New
	Independents	7,203	0.57	0	–6
Total		1,273,996	100.00	300	0
Valid votes		1,273,996	99.68
Invalid/blank votes		4,083	0.32
Total votes		1,278,079	100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also[edit]

• 4th of August Regime

References[edit]