1935 Greek legislative election explained

Country:Second Hellenic Republic
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1933 Greek legislative election
Previous Year:1933
Next Election:1936 Greek legislative election
Next Year:1936
Seats For Election:All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:151
Election Date:9 June 1935
Image1:PnagiotisTsaldaris1932.jpg
Leader1:Panagis Tsaldaris
Party1:LKERK
Last Election1:42.16%, 129 seats
Seats1:287
Seat Change1: 158
Popular Vote1:669,434
Percentage1:65.04%
Swing1: 22.88pp
Leader2:Ioannis Metaxas
Party2:EV
Last Election2:2.26%, 6 seats
Seats2:7
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:152,285
Percentage2:14.80%
Swing2:12.54pp
Color2:00008b
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Panagis Tsaldaris
Before Party:People's Party (Greece)
After Election:Panagis Tsaldaris
After Party:People's Party (Greece)

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 June 1935.[1] The result was a victory for the People's PartyNational Radical Party alliance, which won 287 of the 300 seats in Parliament.

The elections were held in a climate of tension between the liberal Republicans, represented by the Venizelist parties, and the pro-royalist People's Party, following the failed Venizelist coup attempt in March. In protest at the execution of two prominent Venizelist generals, the continued function of special courts, and at the new electoral law, which they had not approved, all Venizelist parties decided not to participate. Without opponents, the right-wing parties had no problem in dominating the Parliament, whose role would be to adopt a new constitution and decide about the restoration of monarchy in the person of the exiled King George II.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]