Hungarian parliamentary election, 1931

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1931
All 245 seats in the Diet ; 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.2%
Prime Minister before election; István Bethlen ; EP	Elected Prime Minister; István Bethlen ; EP

Last updated April 08, 2019

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 and 30 June 1931.^[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 149 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister, but resigned on 24 August due to the effects of the Great Depression and was replaced by Gyula Károlyi.^[2]

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 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.

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

Electoral system

The electoral system remained the same as in 1926. There were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.^[3]^[4]

Results

Party	SMCs			MMCs			Total
Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	Votes^[b]	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Unity Party	483,149	45.3	138	120,427	27.2	11	603,576	40.0	149	–12
Christian Economic and Social Party	118,898	11.1	24	65,720	14.8	8	184,618	12.2	32	–3
Independent Smallholders Party	162,139	15.2	8	11,338	2.6	2	173,477	11.5	10	New
Hungarian Social Democratic Party	34,188	3.2	0	131,606	29.7	14	165,794	11.0	14	0
Unofficial Unity Party candidates	84,156	7.9	8	–	–	–	84,156	5.6	8	–1
Unified Liberal Democratic Party	–	–	–	45,977	10.4	4	45,977	3.0	4	–
National Independence Kossuth Party	28,518	2.7	0	–	–	–	28,518	1.9	0	–1
Christian Opposition	1,647	0.2	0	16,233	3.7	2	17,880	1.2	2	New
National Democratic Party	1,671	0.2	0	14,259	3.2	2	15,930	1.1	2	New
Christian Socialist Party	6,413	0.6	1	4,583	1.0	0	10,996	0.7	1	New
Independent Civic Party	–	–	–	7,316	1.7	1	7,316	0.5	1	New
Christian Economic Opposition Party	7,109	0.7	1	–	–	–	7,109	0.5	1	New
National Radical Party	6,057	0.6	1	–	–	–	6,057	0.4	1	New
Christian National Opposition Party	–	–	–	5,318	1.2	1	5,318	0.4	1	New
Independent Left Party	–	–	–	5,213	1.2	1	5,213	0.3	1	New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	5,198	0.5	0	–	–	–	5,198	0.3	0	0
Allied Civic Parties	–	–	–	6,929	1.6	0	6,929	0.5	0	New
United National Party of Front Veterans	1,277	0.1	0	3,527	0.8	0	4,084	0.3	0	New
Racist Party	4,362	0.4	0	–	–	–	4,362	0.3	0	New
Smallholder	3,735	0.4	0	–	–	–	3,735	0.3	0	New
Agro-Democratic Party	3,567	0.3	1	–	–	–	3,567	0.2	1	New
United Opposition	2,891	0.3	1	–	–	–	2,891	0.2	1	New
Christian Social and Economic Party	2,343	0.2	0	–	–	–	2,343	0.2	0	New
Independent Christian Socialist Party	2,096	0.2	0	–	–	–	2,096	0.1	0	New
Győr City Economic Party	–	–	–	1,936	0.4	0	1,936	0.1	0	New
Smallholders, Craftsmen and Agricultural Workers Nagyatádi Party	1,586	0.2	0	–	–	–	1,586	0.1	0	New
Independents	106,446	10.0	16	2,681	0.6	0	109,127	7.2	16	+6
Invalid/blank votes	0	–	–		–	–		–	–	–
Total	1,067,446	100	199		100	46		100	245	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,322,080	80.7	–	585,032		–	1,907,112^[c]		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The number of votes refers to only 132 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 67 seats were uncontested.^[3]

^b The number of votes refers to seven of the eleven MMCs.^[3]

^c The total number of registered voters was 2,549,178; the figure in the table refers to the number of registered voters in the contested seats for which figures are available.^[3]

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References

↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p919
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p933

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p940

[DN-3] 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p919

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p933

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1931

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