Democratic Union (Greece)

The Democratic Union () or Democratic Union Party () was a political party in Greece, founded by the prominent liberal and republican politician Alexandros Papanastasiou.https://mouseiopapanastasiou.gr/timeline/%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%ad%ce%bd%cf%89%cf%83%ce%b7/

History The party first contested national elections in 1923,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p834 when it ran on a joint platform with the Democratic Liberals faction of the Liberal Party, winning 120 seats and becoming the second-largest faction after the ruling Liberal Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p857 The party ran alone in the 1926 parliamentary elections, receiving 6.5% of the vote and winning 17 seats, making it the fourth-largest party in the Hellenic Parliament.Nohlen & Stöver, pp839, 857

In 1929, the party was renamed the Agricultural and Labour Party.https://mouseiopapanastasiou.gr/timeline/%ce%b1%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c%ce%bd-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%8c%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%b1/

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