National Unionist Party (Greece)

National Unionist Party Εθνικόν Ενωτικόν Κόμμα
Leader	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Founded	1935
Dissolved	1950
Merged into	People's Unionist Party
Headquarters	Athens
Ideology	Venizelism Progressivism Economic liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
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National Unionist Party (Greek: Εθνικόν Ενωτικόν Κόμμα (ΕΕΚ), EEK) was a centre-right political party in Greece, founded in 1935 by Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and other Venizelist politicians.

History

This party generally had democratic and progressive tendencies and was represented in the Greek Parliament in the post-war period, as emerged during the elections of 1946, as well as in the elections of 1950, with a small group of MPs.

In December 1950, the E.E.K. merged with a group of MPs led by Stefanos Stefanopoulos, who had split from the People's Party, creating the People's Unionist Party, which later joined the Greek Rally after a short period of time.

The party's publication was the newspaper "Elliniki Foni" (Greek Voice), where well-known academics and friends of Kanellopoulos, such as Konstantinos Despotopoulos, Phaidon Vegleris, and Ioannis Theodorakopoulos, later contributed as writers.

Greek Parliament

Year	Party Leader	Number of votes	Percentage of votes	Seats	Position
1936	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	9.870	0,77%	0 / 300	11th Party Out of Parliament
1946	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	213.721 (N.P.U)	19,28% (N.P.U)	9 / 354	8th Party Opposition
1950	Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	88.979 (N.R.F.)	5,27% (N.R.F.)	6 / 250	4th Party Opposition

References

The Great Greek Encyclopedia (Greek: Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια) volume B' (supplement), page 789.