The Democratic Liberals or Party of Democratic Liberals[1] (Greek: Κόμμα Δημοκρατικών Φιλελεύθερων)[2] was the name of two political groups in Greece in the 1920s.
History
editThe "Democratic Liberals" were a group within the Liberal Party who supported Greece becoming a republic. The group was formed during the campaign period of the 1923 elections where the change from a constitutional monarchy to a republic was the dominant issue. Disagreeing with the party leadership, which advocated changing the constitution in due course after a referendum on the matter, the Democratic Liberals led by George Roussos sided with the position of the Democratic Union, which called for an immediate change of the constitution before a referendum was held.[3] Running on a joint platform, the Democratic Liberals–Democratic Union alliance won 120 of the 398 seats in parliament.[4]
The second group contested the 1926 parliamentary elections, running only in the Lesbos constituency, where they received 29% of the vote and won three of the eight seats allocated to the constituency, which were taken by Stylianos Kritikos, Maliakas Lailios and Byron Karapanagiotis.[2] The groups did not contest any further elections.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p834 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Statistique des élections des députés du 7 november 1926 Ministry of National Economy, pp68–69
- ^ Τεγόπουλος, Σάββας (2013). Η πολιτική θεματολογία των εκλογικών αναμετρήσεων 1923-1936 (The political themes of national elections 1923-1936) (Phd thesis). University of Athens. p. 42-43.
- ^ Domna N. Dontas (1977) Greece in Transition: Essays in the History of Modern Greece, 1821–1974, p62