Agrarian Party of Greece

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Agrarian Party of Greece
Αγροτικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος

The Agrarian Party of Greece (

left-wing political party
from 1923 to 1946.

History

The party was established in March 1923 at the second Panhellenic Agrarian Congress.[1] In the December 1923 elections it won three seats.[2] In the 1926 elections it won four seats.

The party did not contest the 1928 elections,[3] but returned in 1936, winning a single seat in the elections that year. The party did not contest any further elections.

On 27 September 1941, the Agricultural Party of Greece participated in the

Greek Resistance
.

References

  1. ^ Spyridon G. Ploumidis (2012) "Agrarian Politics in Interwar Greece: The Stillborn ‘Peasant’ Parties (1923-1936)" Studia Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series Historica, volume 9, pp57–87
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p839