1936 Greek legislative election

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]

1936 Greek legislative election

26 January 1936

All 300 seats of the Greek Parliament
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Panagis Tsaldaris Georgios Kondylis
Party Liberal People's Party GLRE
Leader since 1910 1922 1932
Last election Boycotted 255 seats, 65.04% 32 seats, 65.04%
Seats won 126 72 60
Seat change Boycotted 183 28
Popular vote 474,651 281,597 253,384
Percentage 37.26% 22.10% 19.89%
Swing Boycotted 42.96% 45.15%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Nikos Zachariadis Georgios Kafantaris Ioannis Metaxas
Party PM DS KE
Leader since 1931 1936 1922
Last election 0 seats, 9.59% Boycotted 7 seats, 14.80%
Seats won 15 11 7
Seat change 15 Boycotted
Popular vote 73,411 53,693 50,137
Percentage 5.76% 4.21% 3.94%
Swing 3.83% Boycotted 10.86%

Prime Minister before election

Konstantinos Demertzis
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Konstantinos Demertzis
Independent

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party474,65137.3126New
People's Party281,59722.172–183
General Popular Radical Union253,38419.960+28
All People Front73,4115.815New
Democratic Coalition53,6934.211New
Freethinkers' Party50,1373.97+1
National Reform Party17,8221.44New
Old Democratic Union of Crete13,7621.13New
Hellenic Agricultural Party13,0061.01New
Agricultural Democratic Party12,3331.01New
Independents' Alliance11,1780.90New
National Unionist Party9,8700.80New
Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece1,1480.10New
National Union of Greece5050.000
Communist International Front2960.00New
Independents7,2030.60–6
Invalid/blank votes4,083
Total1,278,0791003000
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
KF
37.26%
LK
22.10%
GLP
19.89%
PM
5.76%
DS
4.21%
KE
3.94%
MEK
1.40%
PEK
1.08%
AKE
1.02%
ADK
0.97%
Others
2.37%
Parliament seats
KF
42.00%
LK
24.00%
GLP
20.00%
PM
5.00%
DS
3.67%
KE
2.33%
MEK
1.33%
PEK
1.00%
AKE
0.33%
ADK
0.33%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p859
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