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The Agrarian Party of Greece () was a
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from 1923 to 1946.


History

The party was established in March 1923 at the second Panhellenic Agrarian Congress.Spyridon G. Ploumidis (2012
"Agrarian Politics in Interwar Greece: The Stillborn ‘Peasant’ Parties (1923-1936)"
''Studia Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series Historica'', volume 9, pp57–87
In the December 1923 elections it won three seats.
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p857
In the
1926 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1926. Africa * 1926 Egyptian parliamentary election * 1926 Lagos by-election * 1926 Northern Rhodesian general election * 1926 South West African legislative election Asia * 1926 Hong Kong sanitary boa ...
it won four seats. The party did not contest the
1928 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1928. Africa * 1928 Southern Rhodesian general election Asia * 1928 Japanese general election * 1928 Persian legislative election * 1928 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1928 Philippine ...
,Nohlen & Stöver, p839 but returned in 1936, winning a single seat in the elections that year. The party did not contest any further elections. On 27 September 1941, the Agricultural Party of Greece participated in the National Liberation Front, the biggest resistance organization during the Greek Resistance.


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