Greek Senate election, 1929

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Senate elections were held in Greece on 21 April 1929. 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 seats. It was regarded as a public approval of the policies of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Party	450,624	54.6	64
People's Party	157,304	19.1	10
Agricultural and Labour Party	54,337	6.6	4
Independent Royal Supporters	35,344	4.3	0
Progressive Party	34,712	4.2	3
Conservative Democratic Party	23,171	2.8	5
Freethinkers' Party	22,518	2.7	2
Farmers	13,720	1.7	2
United Front	14,069	1.7	0
Independent Democrats	9,884	1.2	0
Progressive Union	9,807	1.2	2
Independents	165	0.0	0
Invalid/blank votes	11,262	–	–
Total	836,917	100	92
Registered voters/turnout			–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver