1896 Hungarian parliamentary election

1896 Hungarian parliamentary election

29 October–4 November 1896
All 413 seats in the Diet 207 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Frigyes Podmaniczky Ferenc Kossuth Albert Apponyi Party Liberal F48P National Party Last election 243 seats 86 seats 61 seats Seats won 290 50 33 Seat change 47 36 28   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nándor Zichy Gábor Ugron Ioan Rațiu Party CVP F48(U)P PNR Last election – 15 seats – Seats won 18 11 1 Seat change new 4 New
Prime Minister before election Dezső Bánffy Liberal Party Prime Minister after election Dezső Bánffy Liberal Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 29 October and 4 November 1896. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 290 of the 413 seats. These elections involved some fatalities due to Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy's policies of obstructing political efforts at reform by non-Hungarian minorities. Protests during the elections were put down by police, leading to 32 persons killed.

Results

Party		Seats
	Liberal Party	290
	Party of Independence and '48	50
	National Party	33
	Catholic People's Party	18
	'Ugron' Party of Independence and '48	11
	Romanian National Party	1
	Independents	10
Total		413