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
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%   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 Party	474,651	37.3	126	New
People's Party	281,597	22.1	72	–183
General Popular Radical Union	253,384	19.9	60	+28
All People Front	73,411	5.8	15	New
Democratic Coalition	53,693	4.2	11	New
Freethinkers' Party	50,137	3.9	7	+1
National Reform Party	17,822	1.4	4	New
Old Democratic Union of Crete	13,762	1.1	3	New
Hellenic Agricultural Party	13,006	1.0	1	New
Agricultural Democratic Party	12,333	1.0	1	New
Independents' Alliance	11,178	0.9	0	New
National Unionist Party	9,870	0.8	0	New
Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece	1,148	0.1	0	New
National Union of Greece	505	0.0	0	0
Communist International Front	296	0.0	0	New
Independents	7,203	0.6	0	–6
Invalid/blank votes	4,083	–	–	–
Total	1,278,079	100	300	0
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