1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.[2]

1926 Hungarian parliamentary election
8–15 December 1926
All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader István Bethlen János Zichy Károly Peyer
Party EP KNGP MSZDP
Last election 140 seats, 38.2% did not contest 25 seats, 17%
Seats won 161 35 14
Seat change 21 – 11
Popular vote 482,086 175,275 126,824
Percentage 42.2% 15.3% 11.1%
Swing 4% – 5.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader – Károly Rassay –
Party Unofficial Unity Party candidates United Left Independents
Last election did not contest did not contest 26 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 9 9 10
Seat change – – 16
Popular vote 97,474 90,132 83,148
Percentage 8.5% 7.9% 7.3%
Swing – – 1.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Gyula Gömbös Gaszton Gaál Vince Nagy
Party MNFP AP F48P
Last election did not contest did not contest 1 seat, 2%
Seats won 2 3 1
Seat change – – 0
Popular vote 43,263 16,355 13,564
Percentage 3.8% 1.4% 1.2%
Swing – – 0.8%
Prime Minister before election

István Bethlen
EP

 Elected Prime Minister

István Bethlen
EP

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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.[3] For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[4][5]

Results
Party SMCs MMCs Total
Votes[a] % Seats Votes[b] % Seats Votes % Seats +/–
Unity Party389,52950.315092,55725.011482,08642.2161+21
Christian National Economic Party100,49213.02574,78320.210175,27515.335New
Hungarian Social Democratic Party18,9032.40107,92129.214126,82411.114–11
Unofficial Unity Party candidates97,47412.69–––97,4748.59New
United Left (FKFPP–NDP)20,4392.6069,69318.9990,1327.99+2
Hungarian National Independence Party22,4282.9120,8355.6143,2633.82New
Agrarian Party16,3552.13–––16,3551.43New
Independence and '48 Kossuth Party9,8481.303,7161.0113,5641.210
Independent '48 Smallholders Party9,9631.30–––9,9630.90New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party4,3170.60–––4,3170.40New
Hungarian National Socialist Party1,1180.10–––1,1180.10New
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class––1–––––1New
Independents83,14810.710–––83,1487.310–16
Invalid/blank votes0––10,474––10,474–––
Total774,014100199379,979100461,153,9931002450
Registered voters/turnout986,16578.5–518,06273.3–1,504,227[c]76.0––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.[4]

b The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.[4]

c The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972; the figure in the table refers to the number of registered voters in the contested seats.[4]

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. Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p918
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p933
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