Hungarian parliamentary election, 1926

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1926
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All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 51.7%

  First party Second party Third party
  RetratoIstvanBethlen.jpg Zichy Janos.jpg
Leader István Bethlen János Zichy Károly Peyer
Party EP KNGP MSZDP
Last election 140 seats, 38.2%did not contest 25 seats, 17%
Seats won 161 35 14
Seat changeIncrease2.svg21 –Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote 482,086 175,275 126,824
Percentage 42.2% 15.3% 11.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg4% –Decrease2.svg5.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader – Károly Rassay –
Party Unofficial Unity Party candidates United Left Independents
Last electiondid not contestdid not contest 26 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 9 9 10
Seat change – –Decrease2.svg16
Popular vote 97,474 90,132 83,148
Percentage 8.5% 7.9% 7.3%
Swing – –Decrease2.svg1.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Gombos Gyula.png Gaal Gaszton.jpg G9Nagy Vince (1886-1965).jpg
Leader Gyula Gömbös Gaszton Gaál Vince Nagy
Party MNFP AP F48P
Last electiondid not contestdid not contest 1 seat, 2%
Seats won 2 3 1
Seat change – – 0
Popular vote 43,263 16,355 13,564
Percentage 3.8% 1.4% 1.2%
Swing – –Decrease2.svg0.8%
Prime Minister before election

István Bethlen
EP

Elected Prime Minister

István Bethlen
EP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926. [1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister. [2]

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.

Unity Party (Hungary) Hungarian political party

The Unity Party was a Hungarian political party founded in 1921. The party was founded by István Bethlen and shortly afterwards won a majority of seats in the Hungarian parliament in the 1922 elections, becoming the governing party with Bethlen becoming Prime Minister of Hungary. On 27 October 1932, the party was renamed National Unity Party, while since 2 February 1939 the name was Party of Hungarian Life.

István Bethlen Hungarian politician

Count István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.

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Electoral system

Prior to the election the electoral system was changed again. In the previous elections there had been 219 constituencies, of which 195 were openly elected single-member constituencies, 20 of which were secretly elected single-member constituencies, and four of which were secretly elected multi-member constituencies. [3] For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats. [4] [5]

Results

PartySMCsMMCsTotal
Votes [a] %SeatsVotes [b] %SeatsVotes%Seats+/–
Unity Party 389,52950.315092,55725.011482,08642.2161+21
Christian National Economic Party 100,49213.02574,78320.210175,27515.335New
Hungarian Social Democratic Party 18,9032.40107,92129.214126,82411.114–11
Unofficial Unity Party candidates97,47412.69–––97,4748.59New
United Left (FKFPP–NDP)20,4392.6069,69318.9990,1327.99+2
Hungarian National Independence Party 22,4282.9120,8355.6143,2633.82New
Agrarian Party 16,3552.13–––16,3551.43New
Independence and '48 Kossuth Party 9,8481.303,7161.0113,5641.210
Independent '48 Smallholders Party9,9631.30–––9,9630.90New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4,3170.60–––4,3170.40New
Hungarian National Socialist Party 1,1180.10–––1,1180.10New
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class ––1–––––1New
Independents83,14810.710–––83,1487.310–16
Invalid/blank votes0––10,474––10,474–––
Total774,014100199379,979100461,153,9931002450
Registered voters/turnout986,16578.5–518,06273.3–1,504,227 [c] 76.0––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested. [4]

b The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested. [4]

c The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972; the figure in the table refers to the number of registered voters in the contested seats. [4]

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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. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
  4. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p918
  5. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
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