1923 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 December 1923.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 250 of the 398 seats.[2]

1923 Greek legislative election

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All 398 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
199 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Alexandros Papanastasiou
Party Liberal DEDF
Last election 118 seats
Seats won 250 120
Seat change Increase 132 New

Prime Minister before election

Stylianos Gonatas
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Eleftherios Venizelos
Liberal

Background

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After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920, Eleftherios Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly reformed Turkey in the war in Anatolia. After the exile of King Constantine, his eldest son George was proclaimed King George II. After the national defeat and the definitive Treaty of Lausanne however, Greece was sorely divided.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Party250
Democratic UnionDemocratic Liberals120
Anti-Venizelists7
Independent Democrats7
Agrarian Party3
Thessaloniki Jews3
Western Thrace Muslims3
Socialist Party1
Independents1
Total395
Total votes694,448
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p829 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p857