1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1935 Hungarian parliamentary election
← 1931 31 March – 7 April 1935 1939 →
All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.7%
  First party Second party Third party
  Gombos Gyula.png Zichy János.jpg
Leader Gyula Gömbös János Zichy
Party NEP FKGP KGSZP
Last election 149 seats, 40% 10 seats, 11.5% 32 seats, 12.2%
Seats won 164 22 14
Seat change Increase15 Increase12 Decrease18
Popular vote 879,474 387,351 175,165
Percentage 44.6% 19.6% 8.9%
Swing Increase4.6% Increase8.1% Decrease3.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Festetics Sándor.gif
Leader Károly Peyer Sándor Festetics –
Party MSZDP MNSZP Independents
Last election 14 seats, 11% did not contest 16 seats, 7.2%
Seats won 11 2 10
Seat change Decrease3 – Decrease16
Popular vote 132,052 75,318 73,471
Percentage 6.7% 3.8% 3.7%
Swing Decrease4.3% – Decrease3.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader –
Party Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates NLNP
Last election did not contest did not contest did not contest
Seats won 7 6 1
Seat change – – –
Popular vote 72,407 56,249 40,025
Percentage 3.7% 2.8% 2.8%
Swing – – –
Prime Minister before election

Gyula Gömbös
NEP

Prime Minister after election

Gyula Gömbös
NEP

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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]

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
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]

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. ^ a b c d e Nohlen & Stöver, p920
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p930
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