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1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1935 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
← 1931 31 March – 7 April 1935 1939 →

All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
National Unity Gyula Gömbös 44.55 164 +15
FKGP Tibor Eckhardt 19.62 22 +12
KGSZP János Zichy 8.87 14 −18
MSZDP Károly Peyer 6.69 11 −3
National Socialist Sándor Festetics 3.82 2 New
ESZDPNDP Károly Rassay 3.67 7 +1
Unofficial Unity 2.85 6 −2
National Legitimist 2.03 1 New
Reform Generation 0.73 2 New
MFMP 0.56 1 +1
Christian Opposition 0.46 1 −1
Christian National 0.43 1 New
National Will 0.38 1 New
F48P 0.29 1 +1
National Agrarian 0.27 1 0
Independents 3.72 10 −6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Gyula Gömbös
NEP
Gyula Gömbös
NEP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935.[1] The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164 of the 245 seats in Parliament. Gyula Gömbös remained Prime Minister.[2]

Electoral system

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The electoral system remained the same as in 1931. There were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[3][4]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party of National Unity879,47444.55164+15
Independent Smallholders Party387,35119.6222+12
Christian Economic and Social Party175,1658.8714–18
Social Democratic Party of Hungary132,0526.6911–3
Hungarian National Socialist Party75,3183.822New
Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDPNDP)72,4073.677+1
Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates56,2492.856–2
National Legitimist Party40,0252.031New
National Radical Party[a]17,0310.860–1
Reform Generation14,4780.732New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party11,0040.561+1
Christian Opposition9,1510.461–1
Christian National Front8,5260.431New
Party of National Will7,4310.381New
Party of Independence and '48[a]5,6480.291+1
National Agrarian Opposition5,3200.2710
Free Civic Party2,5270.130New
Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class9150.050New
Hungarian Truth Party5460.030New
Independents73,4713.7210–6
Total1,974,089100.002450
Registered voters/turnout2,475,214
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 3,005,742, but only 2,475,214 were in contested constituencies.[3]

By constituency type

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PartySMCs[b]MMCs[c]Total
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Party of National Unity718,91149.27150160,56331.1814164
Independent Smallholders Party379,69626.02217,6551.49122
Christian Economic and Social Party91,8276.29783,33816.18714
Social Democratic Party of Hungary132,05225.641111
Hungarian National Socialist Party57,5443.94117,7743.4512
Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDPNDP)72,40714.0677
Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates53,0183.6363,2310.6306
National Legitimist Party36,5022.5013,5230.6801
National Radical Party9,3090.6407,7221.5000
Reform Generation9,2650.6315,2131.0112
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party11,0040.7511
Christian Opposition4,9280.3404,2230.8211
Christian National Front8,5261.6611
Party of National Will7,4310.5111
Party of Independence and '485,6480.39011
National Agrarian Opposition5,3201.0311
Free Civic Party2,5270.4900
Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class9150.1800
Hungarian Truth Party5460.0400
Independents73,4715.041010
Total1,459,100100.00199514,989100.0046245
Valid votes1,459,100100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes1,459,100100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,820,26680.16654,948
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The National Radical Party and the National Independence Kossuth Party ran a joint list in one multi-member constituency. It won a single seat, taken by the National Independence Kossuth Party.[3][5]
  2. ^ The number of votes refers to only 146 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 53 seats were uncontested.[3]
  3. ^ The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
  3. ^ a b c d e Nohlen & Stöver, p920
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p930