Country: | Kingdom of Greece |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1935 Greek legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1935 |
Next Election: | 1946 Greek legislative election |
Next Year: | 1946 |
Seats For Election: | All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 151 |
Election Date: | 26 January 1936 |
Image1: | Themistoklis Sofoulis.jpg |
Leader1: | Themistoklis Sofoulis |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Greece) |
Last Election1: | Boycotted |
Seats1: | 126 |
Seat Change1: | New |
Popular Vote1: | 474,651 |
Percentage1: | 37.26% |
Leader2: | Panagis Tsaldaris |
Party2: | People's Party (Greece) |
Last Election2: | 255 seats |
Seats2: | 72 |
Seat Change2: | 183 |
Popular Vote2: | 281,597 |
Percentage2: | 22.10% |
Image3: | Georgios_Kondylis.jpg |
Leader3: | Georgios Kondylis |
Party3: | General Popular Radical Union |
Last Election3: | 32 seats |
Seats3: | 60 |
Seat Change3: | 28 |
Popular Vote3: | 253,384 |
Percentage3: | 19.89% |
Image4: | Zachariadis.jpg |
Leader4: | Nikos Zachariadis |
Party4: | All People Front |
Last Election4: | 0 seats |
Seats4: | 15 |
Seat Change4: | 15 |
Popular Vote4: | 73,411 |
Percentage4: | 5.76% |
Image5: | Georgios_Kaphantaris_1927.jpg |
Leader5: | Georgios Kafantaris |
Party5: | DS |
Last Election5: | Boycotted |
Seats5: | 11 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 53,693 |
Percentage5: | 4.21% |
Colour5: | FFFF00 |
Image6: | Ioannis_Metaxas_1937_cropped.jpg |
Leader6: | Ioannis Metaxas |
Party6: | Freethinkers' Party |
Last Election6: | 6 seats |
Seats6: | 7 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 50,137 |
Percentage6: | 3.94% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Konstantinos Demertzis |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Konstantinos Demertzis |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 26 January 1936.[1] The Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 126 of the 300 seats.[2]