1920 Greek legislative election

1920 Greek legislative election

← December 1915 14 November 1920 1923 →
All 369 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 186 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dimitrios Gounaris Eleftherios Venizelos Party IA Liberal Seats won 251 118 Popular vote 368,678 375,803 Percentage 49.36% 50.31%
Prime Minister before election Eleftherios Venizelos Liberal Prime Minister after election Dimitrios Gounaris People's Party

Parliamentary elections were held in

The elections were held using multiple non-transferable vote, with voters having as many votes as there were seats in their constituency. Constituencies were based on the provinces, with provinces with a populations of under 10,000 having one seat, with others having one additional seat for every 10,000 people.^[3]

Results

The Liberals' defeat was considered to have been caused by the electoral system, the opposition having a highly esteemed leader in Dimitrios Gounaris and managing to turn the elections into a referendum on the exiled King Constantine I, who was still popular especially in Old Greece. It was also thought that voters were tired after almost a decade of wars and division were tempted by the United Opposition promise to secure peace with the Turks and bring troops home.

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