Democratic Liberals (Greece)

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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.

## History

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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 [el] 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 [el], Maliakas Lailios and Byron Karapanagiotis [el].[2] The groups did not contest any further elections.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p834 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ a b Statistique des élections des députés du 7 november 1926 Ministry of National Economy, pp68–69
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Domna N. Dontas (1977) Greece in Transition: Essays in the History of Modern Greece, 1821–1974, p62

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