1985 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1985 Hungarian parliamentary election
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All 387 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout94.02%
 First partySecond party
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Leader János Kádár –
Party MSZMP Independents
Alliance HNF HNF
Leader since25 October 1956–
Seats won28898
Seat changeIncrease2.svg36Decrease2.svg2

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1985. [1] The Patriotic People's Front, dominated by the Communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, was the only organisation allowed to contest the election. All prospective candidates had to accept the Front's program in order to be eligible. [2]

Contents

The HSWP, the only legal political party in the country, won 288 of the 387 seats, with 98 of the remaining 99 going to independents selected by the party. The one other seat remained unfilled until the following year. [3]

Electoral system

The elections took place under new rules enacted in 1983 that allowed for wider participation in the electoral process. [2] In addition to the 352 single-member constituencies, a further 35 MPs were elected unopposed via a national list. According to Politburo member Mihaly Korom, this was necessary in order to ensure the "representation of leading personalities" whose activities extended "beyond the boundaries of their electoral districts." [4] [5] Voters who were away from home on election day could only vote on the national list, which had around 160,000 extra voters compared to the single-member constituencies. [4]

There had to be at least two candidates in the single-member constituencies, which was achieved everywhere except Keszthely, where one candidate withdrew his nomination. A by-election was later held for the seat in the spring of 1986. [3] In 54 constituencies, mainly in urban areas, at least three and as many as four candidates appeared on the ballot. [6]

Results

Hungarian Parliament 1985.svg
PartySMCsNational listSeats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 6,636,68598.817,145,60199.10288+36
Independents98–2
Vacant1–
Against79,7021.1964,8940.90––
Total6,716,387100.007,210,495100.00387+35
Valid votes6,716,38794.567,210,49599.24
Invalid/blank votes386,7595.4455,4200.76
Total votes7,103,146100.007,265,915100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,586,48093.637,728,20894.02
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, [7] Other [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Burant, Stephen R. Hungary: A Country Study p181
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p932
  4. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p923
  5. ↑ Burant, p. 184
  6. ↑ Burant, p. 184
  7. ↑ Parline database of the Interparliamentary Union: HUNGARY_1985_E.PDF
  8. ↑ A választási eredmények 1945–1990
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