The Democratic Alignment () was a coalition of left-wing parties in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

in the 1950s. It was established in order to participate in the 1950 elections and was formed by the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

led by

Alexandros Svolos Alexandros Svolos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος; 1892, Kruševo, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 22 February 1956, Athens, Greece) was a prominent Greek legal expert, who also served as president of the Political Committee of Nati ...

and the

Left Liberals The Left Liberals (french: Libéraux de gauche) were a political party in Luxembourg. History The party was formed as a result of a split in the Liberal League by the 'old Liberals' including Robert Brasseur and Norbert Le Gallais; the other fac ...

led by

Stamatis Hatzibeis Stamatis ( el, Σταμάτης, links=no) is a given name and surname of Greek origin, a diminutive of Stamatios (Σταμάτιος). Notable people with the name Stamatis include: Given name *Stamatis Benas (born 1985), Greek basketball player ...

. The coalition was also supported by the outlawed

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

. In the elections the coalition received 9.7% of the vote and won 18 seats. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 Prior to the 1951 elections the coalition merged into

United Democratic Left The United Democratic Left (, ''Eniéa Dimokratikí Aristerá'' (EDA)) was a left-wing political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967–74. Foundation The party was founded in July 1951 by prominent center-l ...

References

{{reflist Defunct political party alliances in Greece Defunct socialist parties in Greece United fronts 1950 establishments in Greece 1950s in Greek politics