Party Membership
| Membership 1918-1948 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number of members | |||||||
| 1918 | 1,000 | |||||||
| 1920 | 1,320 | |||||||
| 1924 | 2,200 | |||||||
| 1926 | 2,500 | |||||||
| 1928 | 2,000 | |||||||
| 1930 | 1,500 | |||||||
| 1933 | 4,416 | |||||||
| 1934 | 6,000 (est.) | |||||||
| 1936 (start) | 17,500 | |||||||
| 1936 (mid) | <10,000 (est.) | |||||||
| 1941 | 200 (est.) free + 2,000 in prison | |||||||
| 1942 (December) | 15,000 | |||||||
| 1944 (June) | 250,000 | |||||||
| 1944 (October) | 420,000–450,000 | |||||||
| 1945 (October) | 45,000 | |||||||
| 1946 (February) | <100,000 | |||||||
| 1948 | <50,000 | |||||||
Read more about this topic: Greek Communists
Famous quotes containing the words party and/or membership:
“I did not enter the Labour Party forty-seven years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr. Mori, Dr. Gallup and Mr. Harris.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)