Battle of Backbone Mountain

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 September 1932.[1] All 250 seats in the Lower House of the Greek Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, were elected, as well as one-third of the seats in the Senate. The outcome was an ambivalent result for the two biggest parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party received a plurality of votes in the Chamber of Deputies elections, but won fewer seats than the Liberal Party.[2] The Liberals also won the most seats in the Senate.

These were the last elections for the Senate, as it was abolished in 1935.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Party395,97433.8095+76
Liberal Party391,52133.4298–80
Progressive Party97,8368.3514+11
Farmers' Party72,3116.1713+13
Agricultural and Labour Party69,0575.898–12
United Front58,2234.9713+13
National Radical Party47,6984.075–4
Freethinkers' Party18,5911.592+1
Conservative Democratic Party11,4940.980–5
Socialist Party8490.070New
Independents8,0830.692+2
Total1,171,637100.002500
Valid votes1,171,63799.63
Invalid/blank votes4,3460.37
Total votes1,175,983100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Rokkan & Meyriat

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Party142,57539.4616
People's Party117,45232.5113
Progressive Party32,8229.081
Farmers' Party29,0008.030
United Front14,1433.910
Agricultural and Labour Party12,3763.430
National Radical Party10,4092.880
Independents2,5340.700
Total361,311100.0030
Valid votes361,31196.49
Invalid/blank votes13,1583.51
Total votes374,469100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp841-858