1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

1926 Hungarian parliamentary election
	All 245 seats in the Diet; 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.72%
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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity Party	482,086	42.16	161	+21
	Christian National Economic Party	175,275	15.33	35	New
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	126,824	11.09	14	–11
	Unofficial Unity Party candidates	97,474	8.52	9	New
	United Left (FKFPP–NDP)	90,132	7.88	9	+2
	Hungarian National Independence Party	43,263	3.78	2	New
	Agrarian Party	16,355	1.43	3	New
	Party of Independence and '48	13,564	1.19	1	0
	Independent '48 Smallholders Party	9,963	0.87	0	New
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	4,317	0.38	0	New
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	1,118	0.10	0	New
	National Party of the Lower-Middle Class			1	New
	Independents	83,148	7.27	10	–16
Total		1,143,519	100.00	245	0

Valid votes		1,143,519	99.09
Invalid/blank votes		10,474	0.91
Total votes		1,153,993	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,504,227	76.72
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


Party		SMCs^[a]			MMCs^[b]			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Unity Party	389,529	50.33	150	92,557	25.05	11	161
	Christian National Economic Party	100,492	12.98	25	74,783	20.24	10	35
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	18,903	2.44	0	107,921	29.21	14	14
	Unofficial Unity Party candidates	97,474	12.59	9				9
	United Left (FKFPP–NDP)	20,439	2.64	0	69,693	18.86	9	9
	Hungarian National Independence Party	22,428	2.90	1	20,835	5.64	1	2
	Agrarian Party	16,355	2.11	3				3
	Party of Independence and '48	9,848	1.27	0	3,716	1.01	1	1
	Independent '48 Smallholders Party	9,963	1.29	0				0
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	4,317	0.56	0				0
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	1,118	0.14	0				0
	National Party of the Lower-Middle Class			1				1
	Independents	83,148	10.74	10				10
Total		774,014	100.00	199	369,505	100.00	46	245

Valid votes		774,014	100.00		369,505	97.24
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00		10,474	2.76
Total votes		774,014	100.00		379,979	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		986,165	78.49		518,062	73.35
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

^ The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.^[5]
^ The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.^[5]

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ 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. JSTOR 1945189.
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, p918
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933

[7] The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.^[5]

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

[NS-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. JSTOR 1945189.

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p940

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917

[DN-5] Nohlen & Stöver, p918

[6] Nohlen & Stöver, p933

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