1926 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
8–15 December 1926
All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.72%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Unity István Bethlen 42.16 161 +21
KNP János Zichy 15.33 35 New
MSZDP Károly Peyer 11.09 14 −11
Unofficial Unity 8.52 9 New
FKFPP–NDP Károly Rassay 7.88 9 +2
MNFP Gyula Gömbös 3.78 2 New
Agrarian Gaszton Gaál 1.43 3 New
F48P Vince Nagy 1.19 1 0
KPOP Lajos Szilágyi – 1 New
Independents – 7.27 10 −16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
István Bethlen
EP		 István Bethlen
EP

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Unity Party482,08642.16161+21
Christian National Economic Party175,27515.3335New
Social Democratic Party of Hungary126,82411.0914–11
Unofficial Unity Party candidates97,4748.529New
United Left (FKFPP–NDP)90,1327.889+2
Hungarian National Independence Party43,2633.782New
Agrarian Party16,3551.433New
Party of Independence and '4813,5641.1910
Independent '48 Smallholders Party9,9630.870New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party4,3170.380New
Hungarian National Socialist Party1,1180.100New
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class1New
Independents83,1487.2710–16
Total1,143,519100.002450
Valid votes1,143,51999.09
Invalid/blank votes10,4740.91
Total votes1,153,993100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,504,22776.72
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972, but only 1,504,227 were registered in contested seats.[5]

By constituency type

PartySMCs[lower-alpha 1]MMCs[lower-alpha 2]Total
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Unity Party389,52950.3315092,55725.0511161
Christian National Economic Party100,49212.982574,78320.241035
Social Democratic Party of Hungary18,9032.440107,92129.211414
Unofficial Unity Party candidates97,47412.5999
United Left (FKFPP–NDP)20,4392.64069,69318.8699
Hungarian National Independence Party22,4282.90120,8355.6412
Agrarian Party16,3552.1133
Party of Independence and '489,8481.2703,7161.0111
Independent '48 Smallholders Party9,9631.2900
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party4,3170.5600
Hungarian National Socialist Party1,1180.1400
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class11
Independents83,14810.741010
Total774,014100.00199369,505100.0046245
Valid votes774,014100.00369,50597.24
Invalid/blank votes00.0010,4742.76
Total votes774,014100.00379,979100.00
Registered voters/turnout986,16578.49518,06273.35
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. ↑ The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.[5]
  2. ↑ The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.[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. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p918
  6. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
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