The Progressive Party () was a political party in
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
in the 1920s and 1930s led by
Georgios Kafantaris.
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 ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p834 when they won three seats in the
parliamentary elections with 2.5% of the national vote. In the
Senate elections the following year the party received 4.2% of the vote, winning three seats.
The
1932 elections saw the party win 14 seats in the Vouli and one in the Senate, making it the third-largest faction in the
Hellenic Parliament
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after the
People's Party and the
Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world.
The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...
. In the
1933 elections the party lost four seats in the Vouli, and despite receiving the third highest vote tally, were reduced to being the fifth largest party.
After 1933 the party did not contest any further national elections.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p835]
References
{{Greek political parties
Defunct political parties in Greece