1923 Greek legislative election explained

Country:Kingdom of Greece
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1920 Greek legislative election
Previous Year:1920
Next Election:1926 Greek legislative election
Next Year:1926
Seats For Election:All 398 seats in the Hellenic Parliament
Majority Seats:199
Election Date:16 December 1923
Image1:Eleftherios Venizelos, portrait 1935.jpg
Leader1:Eleftherios Venizelos
Party1:Liberal Party (Greece)
Last Election1:118 seats
Seats1:250
Seat Change1: 132
Leader2:Alexandros Papanastasiou
Party2:DEDF
Last Election2:
Seats2:120
Seat Change2:New
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister after election
Before Election:Stylianos Gonatas
Before Party:Liberal Party (Greece)
After Election:Eleftherios Venizelos
After Party:Liberal Party (Greece)

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]

Background

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.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p857