1847 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1847 Hungarian parliamentary election
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  1843 1847 1848  

All 52 seats in the Diet
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Barabas dessewffy emil.jpg Portrait of Lajos Kossuth, 1852.jpg
Leader Emil Dessewffy Lajos Kossuth
Party KP EP
Seats won2119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg1

The delegates of the Lower house were elected at the elections of delegates held in the counties. Approximately 10% of the entire voting age population could vote for the elected delegates of the Lower house (5% county nobility, 5% burgeous of free royal cities). Each county was entitled to one vote, while the delegates of the free royal cities, the clergy, and the autonomous districts (Jassic, Cuman, Hajduk) had only one vote each. Thus, the majority of the representatives in the Lower house were representatives of the county nobility. They were elected in the county elections, by the nobility at the county hall. The elected county envoy (representative) was given instructions and could be recalled. [1]

Results

PartySeats+/–
Conservative Party (KP)21+5
Opposition Party (EP)19+1
Independents12-3
Total52

References

  1. Magyarország története, 25. rész, 17:00 - Széchényi és Széchenyi, ismeretterjesztő filmsorozat, - 2009, MTV Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine