Parliamentary elections were held in
Greece
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on 9 June 1935.
Dieter Nohlen
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& Philip Stöverhilip (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The result was a victory for the
People's Party–
National Radical Party alliance, which won 287 of the 300 seats in Parliament.
The elections were held in a climate of tension between the liberal
Republicans, represented by the Venizelist parties, and the pro-
royalist
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People's Party, following the failed Venizelist
coup attempt in March. In protest at the execution of two prominent Venizelist generals, the continued function of special courts, and at the new electoral law, which they had not approved, all
Venizelist
Venizelism ( el, Βενιζελισμός) was one of the major political movements in Greece from the 1900s until the mid-1970s.
Main ideas
Named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the key characteristics of Venizelism were:
*Greek irredentism: ...
parties decided not to participate. Without opponents, the right-wing parties had no problem in dominating the
Parliament
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, whose role would be to adopt a new
constitution
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When ...
and decide about the restoration of monarchy in the person of the exiled King
George II George II or 2 may refer to:
People
* George II of Antioch (seventh century AD)
* George II of Armenia (late ninth century)
* George II of Abkhazia (916–960)
* Patriarch George II of Alexandria (1021–1051)
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.
Results
References
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Parliamentary elections in Greece
Greece
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Legislative election
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1930s in Greek politics
History of Greece (1924–1941)
June 1935 events
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
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