1926 Greek presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Greece between 4 and 11 April 1926.[1] At the time the country was a dictatorship under Theodoros Pangalos, who had led a coup the previous year. Pangalos who was one of the two candidates; the other, Konstantinos Demertzis, withdrew from the contest before election day, but remained on the ballot paper. Pangalos received 93% of the vote.[2] However, he was removed from office on 22 August following a counter-coup and was replaced by Pavlos Kountouriotis.[2]

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1926 Greek presidential election

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April 4–11, 1929
1929 â†’
 
Nominee Theodoros Pangalos Konstantinos Demertzis
Party Independent KE
Popular vote 782,589 56,126
Percentage 93.31% 6.69%

President before election

Theodoros Pangalos
Independent

Elected President

Theodoros Pangalos
Independent

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Results

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CandidateVotes%
Theodoros Pangalos782,58993.31
Konstantinos Demertzis56,1266.69
Total838,715100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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