Hungarian parliamentary election, 1872

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1872
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  1869 12 June – 9 July 1872 1875  

All 427 seats in the Diet
214 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
  Szekely-deak.jpg Ghyczy Kalman.jpg Iranyi Daniel Rusz.jpg
Leader Ferenc Deák Kálmán Ghyczy Dániel Irányi
Party Deák Party Left Centre Far-Left
Last election 235 seats, 55.95% 116 seats, 27.62% 40 seats, 9.52%
Seats won 245 116 38
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Percentage 57.38% 27.17% 8.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.43%Decrease2.svg0.45%Decrease2.svg0.62%

  Fourth party
 
Leader
Party Ethnic minority parties and independents
Last election 29 seats, 6.9%
Seats won 28
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Percentage 6.55%
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Prime Minister before election

Menyhért Lónyay
Deák Party

Elected Prime Minister

Menyhért Lónyay
Deák Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 12 June and 9 July 1872. The result was a victory for the Deák Party, which won 245 of the 427 seats.

Hungary Country in Central Europe

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest. Other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

The Deák Party was a political party in Hungary in the 1860s and 1870s led by Ferenc Deák.

Results

Party Seats % Parliamentary role
Deák Party 24557,38% government
Left Centre 11627,17% opposition
Far-Left 388,9% opposition
Independent286,55% independent
Total427100%