Hungarian Workers' Party

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Hungarian Workers' Party Magyar Munkáspárt
Leader	Gyula Thürmer
Founded	17 December 1989 (1989-12-17)
Split from	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Headquarters	1046 Budapest, Munkácsy Mihály u. 51/a
Newspaper	A Szabadság
Youth wing	Baloldali Front
Ideology	Communism[1] Marxism–Leninism Kádárism Left-wing nationalism[2] Social conservatism[3] Euroscepticism
Political position	Far-left[4]
European affiliation	INITIATIVE
International affiliation	IMCWP ICS (defunct)
Colours	Red
Slogan	Workers of the world, unite!
National Assembly	0 / 199
European Parliament	0 / 21
County Assemblies	0 / 381
Party flag
Website
www.munkaspart.hu
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The Hungarian Workers' Party (Hungarian: Magyar Munkáspárt) is a communist party in Hungary led by Gyula Thürmer. Established after the fall of the communist Hungarian People's Republic, the party has yet to win a seat in the Hungarian parliament. Until May 2009 it was a member of the Party of the European Left.

History[]

The party was established as the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party on 17 December 1989 as a successor party of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) by a small group of old MSZMP members who opposed its transformation into the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). Among them was Károly Grósz, the last general secretary of the old MSZMP, who became the new party's acting chairman

In the 1990 elections it received around 3% of the national vote, the largest share for a party that failed to win a seat.^[5][6]

In 1993 the party adopted the name Workers' Party, and in the same year a group of hard-liners broke away to form another Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. In the 1994 elections, the party won a similar share of the vote, again emerging as the largest party without a seat. Despite increasing its vote share to around 4% in the 1998 elections, the party again remained seatless. In the 2002 elections, the party's vote share fell to around 2%, and for the first time since 1990, not the largest party without parliamentary representation.^[5][6]

On 12 November 2005 it became the Hungarian Communist Workers' Party when a split led to the formation of the Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 led by János Fratanolo. In the 2006 elections the party received less than 0.5% of the national vote, whilst in the 2010 elections, its vote share fell to just 0.1%. On 11 May 2013 the party was renamed again, this time becoming the Hungarian Workers' Party due to a law passed the previous year banning the public use of names associated with "authoritarian regimes of the 20th century."^[7] In the 2014 parliamentary election, the party received 0.56% of the votes, again the largest party without parliamentary seats.

On the question of the 2016 migrant quota referendum, the party called for a "no" vote, expressing opposition to what it perceives as "EU aggression" against Hungary.

Ideology[]

The party opposed Hungary joining NATO. In 1996 the party organised a countrywide collection of signatures for a referendum on NATO membership. This HCWP-led referendum drive failed, although another referendum on NATO membership was held in 1997, which resulted in a vote in favour. The party continues to oppose the country's participation in NATO and other military organisations. It campaigns to have all Hungarian forces returned from abroad and to reduce the military budget. The party opposed Hungary's participation in the "democratisation" program that has previously targeted the governments of Serbia and Belarus and strongly opposed NATO campaigns in Yugoslavia against Slobodan Milošević and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Other foreign policies are in favour of

• a peaceful and just settlement of the Middle East crisis, in favour of the "progressive" Arab countries.
• a foreign policy based upon "good relations" with all parts of the world.

Election results[]

National Assembly[]

Election	Votes			Seats		Rank	Government	Prime Minister candidate
	#	%	±pp	#	+/−
1990	180,889	3.68%	–	0 / 386	±0	9th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
1994	172,117	3.19%	0.49	0 / 386	0	7th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
1998	183,064	4.08%	0.89	0 / 386	0	6th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
2002	121,503	2.16%	1.92	0 / 386	0	5th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
2006	21,955	0.41%	1.75	0 / 386	0	8th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
2010	5,606	0.11%	0.3	0 / 386	0	7th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
2014	27,670	0.58%	0.47	0 / 199	0	5th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer
2018	15,640	0.27%	0.31	0 / 199	0	10th	extra-parliamentary	Gyula Thürmer

European Parliament[]

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2004	56,221	1.83% (6th)	0 / 24
2009	27,829	0.96% (7th)	0 / 22	0
2019	14,452	0.42% (9th)	0 / 21	0

Gallery[]

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  Logo from 1989 to 1993

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  Logo from 1993 to 2005

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  Logo from 2005 to 2013

Notes[]

References[]

• Nohlen, D.; Stöver, P. (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

External links[]

• Party website (in Hungarian)
• A szabadság Weekly newspaper of the party
• Baloldali Front Party's youth organization
• Hungarian Workers' Party Facebook
• Hungarian Workers' Party Twitter