1928 Greek legislative election

1928 Greek legislative election

19 August 1928
All 250 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 126 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Alexandros Papanastasiou Panagis Tsaldaris Party Liberal AEK People's Party Last election 108 seats 17 seats 60 seats Seats won 178 20 19 Seat change 70 3 41 Popular vote 477,502 68,278 243,543 Percentage 46.94% 6.71% 23.49%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Georgios Kondylis Andreas Michalakopoulos Party EDK AD KSD Last election – 3 seats 3 seats Seats won 9 6 5 Seat change New 3 2 Popular vote 27,603 18,069 15,852 Percentage 2.71% 1.78% 1.56%
Prime Minister before election Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal Prime Minister after election Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 19 August 1928. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 178 of the 250 seats.

Background

The Venizelists entered the elections as a coalition of five "parties of the liberals" under the leadership of Eleftherios Venizelos. These parties were the Democratic Union (later the Agricultural and 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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	/–
	Liberal Party	477,502	46.94	178	70
	People's Party	243,543	23.94	19	–41
	Agricultural and Labour Party	68,278	6.71	20	New
	Freethinkers' Party	53,958	5.30	1	–51
	Independent Royal Supporters	38,556	3.79	4	New
	National Democratic Party	27,603	2.71	9	New
	Progressive Party	25,729	2.53	3	New
	Independent Democrats	18,069	1.78	6	New
	Farmers' Party	17,042	1.68	0	New
	Conservative Democratic Party	15,852	1.56	5	New
	United Front	14,352	1.41	0	New
	Progressive Union	13,452	1.32	5	New
	National Union of Greece	1,958	0.19	0	New
	Independents	1,387	0.14	0	New
Total		1,017,281	100.00	250	–36
Valid votes		1,017,281	99.59
Invalid/blank votes		4,153	0.41
Total votes		1,021,434	100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver