1936 Greek legislative election

1936 Greek legislative election

26 January 1936
All 300 seats of the Greek Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Panagis Tsaldaris Georgios Kondylis Party Liberal People's Party GLRE Leader since 1910 1922 1932 Last election Boycotted 255 seats, 65.04% 32 seats, 65.04% Seats won 126 72 60 Seat change Boycotted 183 28 Popular vote 474,651 281,597 253,384 Percentage 37.26% 22.10% 19.89% Swing Boycotted 42.96% 45.15%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nikos Zachariadis Georgios Kafantaris Ioannis Metaxas Party PM DS KE Leader since 1931 1936 1922 Last election 0 seats, 9.59% Boycotted 7 seats, 14.80% Seats won 15 11 7 Seat change 15 Boycotted Popular vote 73,411 53,693 50,137 Percentage 5.76% 4.21% 3.94% Swing 3.83% Boycotted 10.86%
Prime Minister before election Konstantinos Demertzis Independent Elected Prime Minister Konstantinos Demertzis Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 26 January 1936. The Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 126 of the 300 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	474,651	37.3	126	New
People's Party	281,597	22.1	72	–183
General Popular Radical Union	253,384	19.9	60	+28
All People Front	73,411	5.8	15	New
Democratic Coalition	53,693	4.2	11	New
Freethinkers' Party	50,137	3.9	7	+1
National Reform Party	17,822	1.4	4	New
Old Democratic Union of Crete	13,762	1.1	3	New
Hellenic Agricultural Party	13,006	1.0	1	New
Agricultural Democratic Party	12,333	1.0	1	New
Independents' Alliance	11,178	0.9	0	New
National Unionist Party	9,870	0.8	0	New
Communist Archio-Marxist Party of Greece	1,148	0.1	0	New
National Union of Greece	505	0.0	0	0
Communist International Front	296	0.0	0	New
Independents	7,203	0.6	0	–6
Invalid/blank votes	4,083	–	–	–
Total	1,278,079	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout			–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote KF   37.26% LK   22.10% GLP   19.89% PM   5.76% DS   4.21% KE   3.94% MEK   1.40% PEK   1.08% AKE   1.02% ADK   0.97% Others   2.37%

Parliament seats KF   42.00% LK   24.00% GLP   20.00% PM   5.00% DS   3.67% KE   2.33% MEK   1.33% PEK   1.00% AKE   0.33% ADK   0.33%