1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1926 Hungarian parliamentary election
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All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.7%
  First party Second party Third party
  RetratoIstvanBethlen.jpg Zichy János.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 change Increase21 – Decrease11
Popular vote 482,086 175,275 126,824
Percentage 42.2% 15.3% 11.1%
Swing Increase4% – Decrease5.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader – –
Party Unofficial Unity Party candidates Independents
Last election did not contest did not contest 26 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 9 9 10
Seat change – – Decrease16
Popular vote 97,474 90,132 83,148
Percentage 8.5% 7.9% 7.3%
Swing – – Decrease1.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Gombos Gyula.png Gaál Gaszton.jpg G9Nagy Vince (1886-1965).jpg
Leader Gyula Gömbös Gaszton Gaál Vince Nagy
Party MNFP AP F48P
Last election did not contest did 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 – – Decrease0.8%
Prime Minister before election

István Bethlen
EP

Prime Minister after election

István Bethlen
EP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.[3]

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.[4] For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[5][6]

Results[]

Party SMCs MMCs Total
Votes[a] % Seats Votes[b] % Seats Votes % Seats +/–
Unity Party 389,529 50.3 150 92,557 25.0 11 482,086 42.2 161 +21
Christian National Economic Party 100,492 13.0 25 74,783 20.2 10 175,275 15.3 35 New
Hungarian Social Democratic Party 18,903 2.4 0 107,921 29.2 14 126,824 11.1 14 –11
Unofficial Unity Party candidates 97,474 12.6 9 – – – 97,474 8.5 9 New
United Left (FKFPP–NDP) 20,439 2.6 0 69,693 18.9 9 90,132 7.9 9 +2
Hungarian National Independence Party 22,428 2.9 1 20,835 5.6 1 43,263 3.8 2 New
Agrarian Party 16,355 2.1 3 – – – 16,355 1.4 3 New
Independence and '48 Kossuth Party 9,848 1.3 0 3,716 1.0 1 13,564 1.2 1 0
Independent '48 Smallholders Party 9,963 1.3 0 – – – 9,963 0.9 0 New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4,317 0.6 0 – – – 4,317 0.4 0 New
Hungarian National Socialist Party 1,118 0.1 0 – – – 1,118 0.1 0 New
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class – – 1 – – – – – 1 New
Independents 83,148 10.7 10 – – – 83,148 7.3 10 –16
Invalid/blank votes 0 – – 10,474 – – 10,474 – – –
Total 774,014 100 199 379,979 100 46 1,153,993 100 245 0
Registered voters/turnout 986,165 78.5 – 518,062 73.3 – 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.[5]

b The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.[5]

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.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Graham, Malbone W. (1927). "The Elections to the New Hungarian Parliament". American Political Science Review. 21 (2): 381–388. doi:10.2307/1945189. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
  5. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p918
  6. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
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