Politically Independent Alignment
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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Politically Independent Alignment}}
| native_name = Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητος Παράταξις
|name = Politically Independent Alignment
| president = Konstantinos Maniadakis
| foundation = 1949/50
| dissolved = 1951{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}
| merged = Greek Rally
| ideology = Metaxism{{cite book |first=Dimitris|last=Kousouris|title=Δίκες τών Δοσίλογων 1944-1949|trans-title=Trials of Collaborationists 1944-1949|pages=624 |publisher=Polis|language=Greek|location=Athens|year=2015 |isbn=9789604354610 }}
Greek nationalism
Anti-communism
Personalism{{Cite book |first=Keith R. |last=Legg |title=Politics in Modern Greece |url=https://archive.org/details/politicsinmodern0000legg |url-access=registration |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1969 |page=[https://archive.org/details/politicsinmodern0000legg/page/331 331]}}
| position = Far-right{{Cite book |editor-first1=Vincent E. |editor-last1=McHale |editor-first2=Sharon |editor-last2=Skowronski |title=Political parties of Europe |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1983 |volume=1 |page=347}}name="Routl">{{Cite book |first1=Peter |last1=Davies |first2=Derek |last2=Lynch |title=The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right |url=https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi_697 |url-access=limited |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi_697/page/n341 331]}}
| international = None
| country = Greece
}}
The Politically Independent Alignment,{{Cite book |first1=Peter |last1=Davies |first2=Derek |last2=Lynch |title=The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right |url=https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi_697 |url-access=limited |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/routledgecompani00davi_697/page/n341 331]}} alternatively translated as Politically Independent Camp or Front ({{langx|el|Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητη Παράταξη}} or {{lang|el|Πολιτική Ανεξάρτητος Παράταξις}}, Politikí Anexártiti Parátaxi or Politikí Anexártitos Parátaxis, PAP) was a Greek electoral alliance that ran in the 1950 legislative election and represented loyalists of the former dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
It was established in 1949 as an alliance of the Greek Renaissance Party of Konstantinos Maniadakis, former Minister of Public Order during the 4th of August Regime, and the Nationalist Party{{Cite book |first=Richard |last=Clogg |title=Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy |publisher=Hurst & Co. |year=1987 |page=xiii}} of Theodoros Tourkovasilis, a former Governor of the Bank of Greece.
In the 1950 Greek legislative election, the party gained 8,15% of the votes and 16 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
Electoral history
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!Election date !Party leader !Number of votes received !Percentage of votes !Number of seats |
1950
|137,618 |8.1% |{{Composition bar|16|250|hex={{party color|National Fascist Party}}}} |