At the bottom of the first page of November 2, 1920, Cathimerini writes: “Published today in repeated editions, it hopes to provide full coverage of the election results.” The elections of November 1920 took place the day before, when the Greek troops had been in Asia Minor for a year and a half. It was preceded by the signing of the Treaty of Sevres, the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, the sudden death of King Alexander, and the appointment of Admiral Regent Pavlos Kountouriotis to replace the late King. Elections were scheduled for 25 October, but quick and critical events led to them being pushed back a week later. “From 7 o’clock in the morning, members of the election commissions and representatives of the candidates arrived at various departments, and the opening of the ballot boxes and new checks of ballots began,” Kathimerini writes in his report.

However, tensions also existed between supporters of the Liberal Party and the United Opposition: “Voting continued until nightfall. At the same time, the events of both sides continued until night, heard throughout the city. Omonia looks like a battlefield at night. Large teams facing each other shout “Ankara”. “It sunk. Eliya, Eliya!”. “Wool.” “Briefs.” Finally, the pump intervenes. And it rains righteous and unrighteous. The demonstrators disperse, return, get wet, leave. past the house of Mr. Gunaris, shot at the windows, glass was broken as a result of the shots, and, fortunately, there were no accidents.”

In the end, Venizelos loses the election and goes into exile. The Cathimerini comments on this as follows: “The fact, which became noticeable from the first hours of the evening, was announced as final to Mr. Venizelon in the night by Mr. K. Raktivan, who went to the house of the Prime Minister about midnight. Mr. Raktivan, returning to the Foreign Ministry, said that “Mr. President took the information stoically and went to bed.” Mr. Venizelos, according to other information, was amazed and monologued: – How did this happen? But how did it happen?