Country: | Second Hellenic Republic |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1923 Greek legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Next Election: | 1928 Greek legislative election |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Seats For Election: | All 286 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 144 |
Election Date: | 7 November 1926 |
Image1: | Georgios Kaphantaris.jpg |
Leader1: | Georgios Kafantaris |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Greece) |
Last Election1: | 250 seats |
Seats1: | 108 |
Seat Change1: | 142 |
Popular Vote1: | 303,140 |
Leader2: | Panagis Tsaldaris |
Party2: | People's Party (Greece) |
Last Election2: | – |
Seats2: | 60 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 194,243 |
Image3: | Ioannis_Metaxas_1937_cropped.jpg |
Leader3: | Ioannis Metaxas |
Party3: | Freethinkers' Party |
Last Election3: | – |
Seats3: | 52 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 151,044 |
Swing3: | New |
Image4: | AlexandrosPapanastasiu.jpeg |
Leader4: | Alexandros Papanastasiou |
Party4: | Democratic Union (Greece) |
Last Election4: | 120 seats |
Seats4: | 17 |
Seat Change4: | 103 |
Popular Vote4: | 62,086 |
Percentage4: | 6.79% |
Leader5: | Collective Leadership |
Party5: | United Electoral Front of Workers, Farmers and Refugees |
Last Election5: | – |
Seats5: | 10 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 41,982 |
Party6: | Agrarian Party of Greece |
Last Election6: | – |
Seats6: | 4 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 28,318 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Georgios Kondylis |
Before Party: | DE |
After Election: | Alexandros Zaimis |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
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".