1923 Greek legislative election

1923 Greek legislative election

16 December 1923
All 398 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 199 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Eleftherios Venizelos Alexandros Papanastasiou Party Liberal DE–DF Last election 118 seats – Seats won 250 120 Seat change 132 New
Prime Minister before election Stylianos Gonatas Liberal Prime Minister after election Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 16 December 1923. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 250 of the 398 seats.

Background

After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920, Eleftherios Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly reformed Turkey in the war in Anatolia. After the exile of King Constantine, his eldest son George was proclaimed King George II. After the national defeat and the definitive Treaty of Lausanne however, Greece was sorely divided.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party			250
	Democratic Union–Democratic Liberals			120
	Anti-Venizelists			7
	Independent Democrats			7
	Agrarian Party			3
	Thessaloniki Jews			3
	Western Thrace Muslims			3
	Socialist Party			1
	Independents			1
Total				395
Total votes		694,448	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver