The Senate

Greek Senate

The Greek Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament in Greece, extant several times in the country's history.-Local senates during the War of Independence:...

 was a new institution introduced with the Greek Constitution of 1927. In 1929 the first elections for the Senate took place and resulted in a triumph for the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Greece)

The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

, Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

 and the other venizelist

Venizelism

Venizelism was one of the major political movements in Greece from the 1900s until the mid 1970s.- Ideology :Named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the key characteristics of Venizelism were:*Opposition to Monarchy...

 parties.

Nevertheless, this result was expected after the victory of Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

 in the legislative elections of 1928

Greek legislative election, 1928

Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic on 19 August 1928. At stake were 250 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli. The 1928 elections delivered an overwhelming majority to Eleftherios Venizelos....

 and it was regarded as a public approval of Venizelos' policies.

Notably, this new institution, the Senate

Greek Senate

The Greek Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament in Greece, extant several times in the country's history.-Local senates during the War of Independence:...

, did not last long.

rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 21 April 1929 Greek Senate

Greek Senate

The Greek Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament in Greece, extant several times in the country's history.-Local senates during the War of Independence:...

 election results
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|Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Greece)

The Liberal Party was one of the major Greek political parties of the early 20th century.- History :Founded as the Xipoliton party in Crete , its early leaders were Kostis Mitsotakis and Eleftherios Venizelos...

 Komma Fileleftheron
|Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

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|align="right"|54.58
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|align="center"|64
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|Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis
|Alexandros Papanastasiou

Alexandros Papanastasiou

Alexandros Papanastasiou was a Greek politician, sociologist and Prime Minister.- Early years :Papanastasiou was the son of Member of Parliament Panagiotis Papanastasiou. He spent part of his childhood in Kalamata and Piraeus...

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|align="right"|6.58
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|align="center"|4
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|People's Party

People's Party (Greece)

The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

 Laikon Komma
|Panayotis Tsaldaris
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|align="right"|19.05
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|align="center"|10
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|Independent Royalists
|Charalampos Vozikis
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|align="right"|4.28
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|Conservative Democratic Party Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma
|Andreas Michalakopoulos

Andreas Michalakopoulos

Andreas Michalakopoulos was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 to 26 June 1925....

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|align="right"|2.81
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|align="center"|5
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|Progressive Union Proodeftiki Enosis
|Konstantinos Zavitsanos
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|align="right"|1.19
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|align="center"|2
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|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris

Georgios Kafantaris

Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania....

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|align="right"|4.2
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|align="center"|3
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|Freethinkers' Party

Freethinkers' Party (Greece)

The Freethinkers' Party was a royalist party established by Ioannis Metaxas in 1922.The first programmatic declaration of the party was published in the daily Nea Imera on 13 October 1922.- Electoral results :...

 Komma Eleftherofronon
|Ioannis Metaxas

Ioannis Metaxas

Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek general, politician, and dictator, serving as Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941...

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|align="right"|2.73
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|align="center"|2
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|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
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|align="right"|1.66
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|align="center"|2
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|United Front (Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

Kommunistikon Komma Ellados)
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|align="right"|1.7
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|Independent Democrats
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|align="right"|1.2
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|Others
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|align="right"|0.02
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|align="center"|100
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|align="center"|92
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|colspan="3"|Constituencies
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|align="center"|37
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|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|825,655
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|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|11,262
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|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|836,917
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|colspan="3"|Turnout
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|colspan="3"|Electorate
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|colspan=9|Source: Texts of Constitutional History, Volume II (1924-1974), page 370
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