1926 Greek legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 November 1926.^[1] The Liberal Union emerged as the largest faction in Parliament with 108 of the 286 seats.^[2] The composition of the new parliament meant that the parties and factions had to work together to form a viable parliamentary government. On Kafandaris' initiative, negotiations began among the main parties, leading to the swearing-in on the 4 December of a government under the premiership of Alexandros Zaimis who was not a member of parliament. The coalition consisted of the Liberal Union, the Democratic Union, the People's Party and the Freethinkers' Party. This government came to be known as the "Ecumenical government".

1926 Greek legislative election

← 1923 7 November 1926 1928 →
All 286 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 144 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Georgios Kafantaris Panagis Tsaldaris Ioannis Metaxas Party Liberal People's Party KE Last election 250 seats – – Seats won 108 60 52 Seat change 142 New New Popular vote 303,140 194,243 151,044   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alexandros Papanastasiou Collective Leadership Party DE EMEAP AKE Last election 120 seats – – Seats won 17 10 4 Seat change 103 New New Popular vote 62,086 41,982 28,318 Percentage 6.79%
Prime Minister before election Georgios Kondylis DE Prime Minister after election Alexandros Zaimis Independent

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Union	303,140		108
	People's Party	194,243		60
	Freethinkers' Party	151,044		52
	Democratic Union	62,086		17
	United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees	41,982		10
	Agrarian Party of Greece	28,318		4
	Party of Independents and Refugees	17,410		2
	Liaison of United Anti-Venizelists	14,088		4
	Liberal Refugee Party	13,798		4
	Conservative Union	12,661		3
	Provincial Party	9,728		2
	Co-operation Agricultural Party	8,530		3
	Party of Democratic Liberals	7,475		3
	Liaison of Independent Democrat-Venizelists	5,942		3
	Hebrew Political Union	5,846		2
	Liaison of Independent Liberals	5,846		1
	Liaison of Moderate Conservatives	5,463		1
	Liaison of Independent Anti-Venizelists	5,367		1
	Agricultural Refugee Liaison	5,079		1
	Macedonian OMAS Liaison	5,079		2
	National Believers Popular Party	4,888		1
	Liaison of Independents (Trikala Prefecture)	3,450		1
	Liaison of Popular-Free Believers	3,450		1
Total				286
Valid votes		958,392	99.59
Invalid/blank votes		3,912	0.41
Total votes		962,304	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,567,378	61.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

1. Although the total votes for parties winning seats comes to 914,913, the Electoral Committees reported a total of 958,392 valid votes being cast.^[3]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p857
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p840