1929 Greek Senate election

Senate elections were held in Greece on 21 April 1929.^[1] The Senate was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927 and these were the first elections for it. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 92 directly-elected seats.^[2] It was regarded as a public approval of the policies of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party	450,624	54.45	64
	People's Party	157,304	19.01	10
	Agricultural and Labour Party	54,337	6.57	4
	Independent Royal Supporters	35,344	4.27	0
	Progressive Party	34,712	4.19	3
	Conservative Democratic Party	23,171	2.80	5
	Freethinkers' Party	22,518	2.72	2
	Farmers' Party	13,720	1.66	2
	United Front	14,069	1.70	0
	Independent Democrats	9,884	1.19	0
	Progressive Union	9,807	1.18	2
	Independents	165	0.02	0
Industry representatives		1,676	0.20	18
Elected by the Vouli		268	0.03	10
Total		827,599	100.00	120
Valid votes		827,599	98.66
Invalid/blank votes		11,266	1.34
Total votes		838,865	100.00
Source: Hellenic Parliament

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p863