Conservative Democratic Party (Greece)
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The Conservative Democratic Party ( el, Κόμμα Συντηρητικών Δημοκρατικών) was a political party in
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
in the 1920s and 1930s led by
Andreas Michalakopoulos Andreas Michalakopoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Μιχαλακόπουλος; 17 May 1876, in Patras – 7 March 1938, in Athens) was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 ...
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History

The party first contested national elections in 1928,
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p835
winning five seats in the
parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
with 1.6% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p840 The party also won five seats in the Senate elections the following year. The 1932 elections saw the party lose all its seats in both the Vouli and the Senate. Although, it regained two seats in the Vouli in the 1933 elections, the party did not contest any further elections.


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