National Political Union (1946)

National Political Union

Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις
National Political Union Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις
Leader	Sofoklis Venizelos
Founded	1946
Dissolved	1950
Ideology	Liberalism; Venizelism; Centrism; Republicanism
Political position	Centre-left
	Politics of Greece; Political parties; Elections;

The National Political Union (Greek: Εθνική Πολιτική Ένωσις (ΕΠΕ), Ethniki Politiki Enosis (EPE)) was a political alliance in Greece in the 1940s.

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]

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

[SNG-1] Sona Nadenichek Golder (2006) The Logic of Pre-electoral Coalition Formation Ohio State University Press, p156

[NS-2] Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 859 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p. 835

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National Political Union (1946)

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