1933 Greek legislative election

1933 Greek legislative election
All 248 seats in the Vouli; 125 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Eleftherios Venizelos; Liberal	Prime Minister after election ; Panagis Tsaldaris; People's Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 March 1933.^[1] The pro-monarchist People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 118 of the 248 seats in Parliament, ending the predominance of Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party. The results triggered an attempted coup by Venizelist officers. A military emergency government under Alexandros Othonaios was instituted which suppressed the revolt, and was succeeded by a People's Party cabinet under Panagis Tsaldaris on 10 March.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	People's Party	434,550	38.07	118	+23
	Liberal Party	379,968	33.29	80	–18
	Progressive Party	77,254	6.77	10	–4
	Communist Party of Greece	52,958	4.64	0	–13
	Agricultural and Labour Party	47,460	4.16	13	+5
	National Radical Party	46,692	4.09	11	+6
	Freethinkers' Party	25,758	2.26	6	+4
	Independent Party	22,985	2.01	2	New
	Farmers' Party	20,200	1.77	1	–12
	National Alliance	14,302	1.25	5	New
	Conservative Democratic Party	9,672	0.85	2	+2
	Independents	9,532	0.84	0	0
Total		1,141,331	100.00	248	–2

Valid votes		1,141,331	99.51
Invalid/blank votes		5,612	0.49
Total votes		1,146,943	100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver