Hungarian parliamentary election, 1875

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1875
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  1872 1 July – 18 August 1875 1878  

All 414 seats in the Diet
208 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
  Tisza Kalman Ellinger c. 1880.jpg Mocsary Lajos.jpg SennyeyPal.png
Leader Kálmán Tisza Lajos Mocsáry Pál Sennyey
Party Liberal Party Independence Party Conservative Party
Last electiondid not contestdid not contestdid not contest
Seats won 333 36 21
Seat change
Percentage 80.43% 8.7% 5.07%
Swing

  Fourth party
 
Leader
Party Ethnic minority parties and independents
Last election 28 seats, 6.55%
Seats won 24
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4
Percentage 5.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.75%

Prime Minister before election

Béla Wenckheim
Liberal Party

Elected Prime Minister

Kálmán Tisza
Liberal Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 1 July and 18 August 1875. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 333 of the 414 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 Liberal Party was a political party in Hungary between 1875 and 1906.

Results

Party Seats % Parliamentary role
Liberal Party 33380,43% government
Conservative Party 215,07% opposition
Independence Party 368,70% opposition
Independents245,80% independent
Total414100%