Hungarian parliamentary election, 1985

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1985
8 June 1985
All 387 seats in the National Assembly
194 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 94.02%

  First party Second party
 
Leader János Kádár –
Party MSZMP Independents
Alliance Patriotic People's Front Patriotic People's Front
Leader since 25 October 1956 –
Seats won 288 98
Seat change Increase36 Decrease2
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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1985.[1] The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won 288 of the 387 seats, with 98 of the remaining 99 going to independents selected by the party, whilst one seat remained unfilled until the following year.[2]

Electoral system

The electoral system was modified for the 1985 elections. In addition to the 352 single member constituencies used in previous elections, a further 35 members of Parliament were elected via a national list.[3] Voters who were away from home on election day could only vote on the national list, which had around 160,000 extra voters compared to the single member constituencies.[3]

In the single member constituencies there had to be at least two candidates. This was achieved in all seats except Keszthely, where one candidate withdrew their nomination. A by-election was held for the seat in the spring of 1986.[2]

Results

Party SMCs National list Seats +/–
Votes % Votes %
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party6,636,68598.87,145,60199.1288+36
Independents98–2
Vacant––––1–
Against79,7021.264,8940,9––
Invalid/blank votes386,759–55,420–––
Total7,103,1461007,256,915100387+35
Registered voters/turnout7,586,48093.97,728,20894.0––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU Parline database,[4] Other[5]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p932
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p923
  4. ↑ Parline database of the Interparliamentary Union: HUNGARY_1985_E.PDF
  5. ↑ A választási eredmények 1945–1990
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