Parliamentary elections were held in
Greece on 9 June 1935.[1] The result was a victory for the
People's Party–
National Radical Party alliance, which won 287 of the 300 seats in Parliament.
The elections were held in a climate of tension between the liberal
Republicans, represented by the Venizelist parties, and the pro-
royalist People's Party, following the failed Venizelist
coup attempt in March. In protest at the execution of two prominent Venizelist generals, the continued function of special courts, and at the new electoral law, which they had not approved, all
Venizelist parties decided not to participate. Without opponents, the right-wing parties had no problem in dominating the
Parliament, whose role would be to adopt a new
constitution and decide about the restoration of monarchy in the person of the exiled King
George II.
Parliamentary elections were held in
Greece on 9 June 1935.[1] The result was a victory for the
People's Party–
National Radical Party alliance, which won 287 of the 300 seats in Parliament.
The elections were held in a climate of tension between the liberal
Republicans, represented by the Venizelist parties, and the pro-
royalist People's Party, following the failed Venizelist
coup attempt in March. In protest at the execution of two prominent Venizelist generals, the continued function of special courts, and at the new electoral law, which they had not approved, all
Venizelist parties decided not to participate. Without opponents, the right-wing parties had no problem in dominating the
Parliament, whose role would be to adopt a new
constitution and decide about the restoration of monarchy in the person of the exiled King
George II.