Greek legislative election, 1933
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Legislative elections were held in the Second Hellenic Republic
on 5 March 1933. At stake were 248 seats in the Lower House of the Greek Parliament, the Vouli.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 5 March 1933 Greek Parliament
(Vouli ton Ellinon) election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
!No.
!%
!align="center"|+− %
!align="center"|No.
!align="center"|+−
|-
|
|People's Party
Laikon Komma
|Panagis Tsaldaris
|align="right"|
|align="right"|38.1
|align="center"|
|align="center"|118
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Liberal Party
Komma Fileleftheron
|Eleftherios Venizelos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|33.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|80
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Farmers’ and Workers’ Party Agrotikon kai Ergatikon Komma
|Alexandros Papanastasiou
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.2
|align="center"|
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Radical Party Ethnikon Rizospastikon Komma
|Georgios Kondylis
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.1
|align="center"|
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris
|align="right"|
|align="right"|6.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Freethinkers' Party
Komma Eleftherofronon
|Ioannis Metaxas
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.6
|align="center"|
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Democratic Agrarian Party Agrotikon Demokratikon Komma
|Alexandros Mylonas
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Conservative Democratic Party Syntiritiko Demokratikon Komma
|Andreas Michalakopoulos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.0
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|Ioannis Sofianopoulos
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Communist Party of Greece
Kommunistikon Komma Ellados
|Nikolaos Zachariadis
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.5
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|United Opposition Inoméni Antipolitevsis
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|
|align="center"|100.1
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|248
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Turnout
|align="right"|%
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Electorate
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan=9|Source: Lar's Election website; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1932 election data
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Second Hellenic Republic
The Second Hellenic Republic is the term used to describe the political regime of Greece from 1924 to 1935. It followed from the period of the constitutional monarchy under the monarchs of the House of Glücksburg, and lasted until its overthrow in a military coup d'état which restored the monarchy...
on 5 March 1933. At stake were 248 seats in the Lower House of the Greek Parliament, the Vouli.
rowspan=2 colspan=3 valign=top|Summary of 5 March 1933 Greek Parliament
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....
(Vouli ton Ellinon) election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
!No.
!%
!align="center"|+− %
!align="center"|No.
!align="center"|+−
|-
|
|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"|38.1
|align="center"|
|align="center"|118
|align="center"|
|-
|
|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"|33.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|80
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Farmers’ and Workers’ Party Agrotikon kai Ergatikon Komma
|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...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.2
|align="center"|
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|
|-
|
|National Radical Party Ethnikon Rizospastikon Komma
|Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis
Georgios Kondylis was a general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece. He was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "Thunder" or "Thunderbolt".-Military career:...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.1
|align="center"|
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Progressive Party Proodeftikon Komma
|Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania....
|align="right"|
|align="right"|6.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|
|-
|
|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...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.6
|align="center"|
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Democratic Agrarian Party Agrotikon Demokratikon Komma
|Alexandros Mylonas
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.3
|align="center"|
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|
|-
|
|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....
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|2.0
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma
|Ioannis Sofianopoulos
Ioannis Sofianopoulos
Ioannis Sofianopoulos was a Greek politician and leader of the Agrarian Party.Born in Sopoto, Kalavryta, to the lawyer Andreas Sofianopoulos and Athena Papageorgiou, he was elected a member of parliament for the Serres constituency in the 1933 Greek election...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|1.8
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|
|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...
|align="right"|
|align="right"|4.5
|align="center"|
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|
|-
|
|United Opposition Inoméni Antipolitevsis
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|
|Others
|
|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.9
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|-
|colspan="3"|No. of valid votes
|align="right"|
|align="center"|100.1
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|align="center"|248
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Total
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Turnout
|align="right"|%
|colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="white"|
|-
|colspan="3"|Electorate
|align="right"|
|-
|colspan=9|Source: Lar's Election website; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1932 election data
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