National Political Union (1946)
The National Political Union (Greek: Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις (ΕΠΕ), Ethniki Politiki Enosis (EPE)) was a political alliance in Greece in the 1940s.
National Political Union Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Sofoklis Venizelos |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1950 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Venizelism Centrism Republicanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
History
The coalition was founded in 1946 as an alliance of the National Unionist Party, the Democratic Socialist Party of Greece and the Liberal Party of Venizelists.[1] In the general elections that year the alliance received 19% of the vote, winning 68 seats.[2]
The alliance did not contest any further elections.[3]
See also
References
- Sona Nadenichek Golder (2006) The Logic of Pre-electoral Coalition Formation Ohio State University Press, p156
- Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 859 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p. 835
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