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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.
The "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]
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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.
The "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]