Hungarian parliamentary election, 1935

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1935
All 245 seats in the Diet ; 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.7%
Prime Minister before election; Gyula Gömbös ; NEP	Elected Prime Minister; Gyula Gömbös ; NEP

Last updated April 08, 2019

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935.^[1] The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164 of the 245 seats in Parliament. Gyula Gömbös remained Prime Minister.^[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.

Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa was a Hungarian military officer and politician, and served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1 October 1932 until his death on 6 October 1936.

Electoral system

The electoral system remained the same as in 1931. 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	+/–
Party of National Unity	718,911	49.3	150	160,563	31.2	14	879,474	44.6	164	+15
Independent Smallholders Party	379,696	26.0	21	7,655	1.5	1	387,351	19.6	22	+12
Christian Economic and Social Party	91,827	8.3	7	83,338	16.2	7	175,165	8.9	14	–18
Hungarian Social Democratic Party	–	–	–	132,052	25.6	11	132,052	6.7	11	–3
Hungarian National Socialist Party	57,544	3.9	1	17,774	3.5	1	75,318	3.8	2	New
Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)	–	–	–	72,407	14.1	7	72,407	3.7	7	+1
Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	53,018	3.6	6	3,231	0.6	0	56,249	2.8	6	–2
National Legitimist Party	36,502	2.5	1	3,523	0.7	0	40,025	2.8	1	New
National Radical Party ^[c]	9,309	0.6	0	7,722	1.5	0	17,031	0.9	0	–1
Reform Generation	9,265	0.6	1	5,213	1.0	1	14,478	0.7	2	New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.8	1	–	–	–	11,004	0.6	1	+1
Christian Opposition	4,928	0.3	0	4,223	0.8	1	9,151	0.5	1	–1
Christian National Front	–	–	–	8,526	1.7	1	8,526	0.4	1	New
Party of National Will	7,431	0.5	1	–	–	–	7,431	0.4	1	New
National Independence Kossuth Party ^[c]	5,648	0.4	0	–	–	1	5,648	0.3	1	+1
National Agrarian Opposition	–	–	–	5,320	1.0	1	5,320	0.3	1	0
Free Civic Party	–	–	–	2,527	0.5	0	2,527	0.1	0	New
Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class	–	–	–	915	0.2	0	915	0.1	0	New
Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.0	0	–	–	–	546	0.0	0	New
Independents	73,471	5.0	10	–	–	–	73,471	3.7	10	–6
Invalid/blank votes	0	–	–		–	–		–	–	–
Total	1,459,100	100	199		100	46		100	245	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,820,266	80.2	–	654,948		–	2,475,214^[d]		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The number of votes refers to only 146 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 53 seats were uncontested.^[3]

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

^c The National Radical Party and the National Independence Kossuth Party ran a joint list in one multi-member constituency. It won a single seat, taken by the National Independence Kossuth Party.^[3]^[5]

^d The total number of registered voters was 3,005,742; 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 5 Nohlen & Stöver, p920
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p930

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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 5 Nohlen & Stöver, p920

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p933

[5] Nohlen & Stöver, p930

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1935

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