The Agrarian Party of Greece () was a
Greek
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left-wing
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political party
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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
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* 1926 Lagos by-election
* 1926 Northern Rhodesian general election
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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
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,
[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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1920s in Greece
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