Greek Senate election, 1932
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In 1932 elections took place for the renewal the 1/3 (30) of the members of 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:...

 and resulted in an ambivalent result for the two biggest parties, 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...

 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...

 and the 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....

.

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...

 elected more senators, but it lost a large percentage of its electorate. Most importantly, in the general legislative elections
Greek legislative election, 1932
Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic on 25 September 1932. At stake were 250 seats in the Lower House of the Greek Parliament, the Vouli ....

 of 1932, which took place simultaneously, the 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....

 was the first party as far as the popular vote is concerned.

These were the last elections taking place in the modern history of Greece
History of modern Greece
The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition of independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832 after the Greek War of Independence to the present day.- Background :In 1821, the Greeks rose up against the Ottoman Empire...

 for 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:...

. In 1935 the institution was abolished.

rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 25 September 1932 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
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
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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...


|align="right"|
|align="right"|39.46
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|align="center"|16
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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
|Panagis Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years of the conservative People's Party in the period before World War II...


|align="right"|
|align="right"|32.51
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|align="center"|13
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|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania....


|align="right"|
|align="right"|9.08
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|align="center"|1
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|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
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|align="right"|8.03
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|Party of workers and farmers
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|align="right"|3.43
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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)
|Nikolaos Zachariadis
Nikolaos Zachariadis
Nikolaos Zachariadis was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956.-Early life:Born in Adrianopole in 1903, the son of an employee of the Ottoman tobacco monopoly. He worked as a seaman on the Black Sea, where he came under the influence of the Bolshevik Revolution...


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|align="right"|3.91
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|National Radicals
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|align="right"|2.88
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|Others
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|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.7
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|align="right"|
|align="center"|100
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|align="center"|30
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|colspan="3"|Constituencies
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|align="center"|11
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|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|361,311
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|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|13,158
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|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|374,469
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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), pages 372-373
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