1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) parliamentary 1922 Hungarian parliamentary election 1922 1931 Hungarian parliamentary election 1931 All 245 elected seats in the Diet 123 8–15 December 1926 István Bethlen Portrait (cropped).jpg István Bethlen KKFKgP 161 245 #FFDB52 482,086 42.16% Zichy Janos.png János Zichy KNP #006447 35 245 #006447 175,275 15.33% Peyer_Károly_(cropped).png Károly Peyer MSZDP 14 245 #BE1F2E 126,824 11.09% Károly Rassay hu Rassay Károly FKFPP 9 245 yellow 90,132 7.88% Prime Minister Prime Minister after election István Bethlen KKFKgP István Bethlen KKFKgP Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 978-3-8329-5609-7Graham Malbone W. 1927 The Elections to the New Hungarian Parliament https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S000305540002414X/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 21 2 381–388 10.2307/1945189 1945189 0003-0554 subscription 2027/uc1.$b609458 free The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.Nohlen & Stöver, p940 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.Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917 For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p918Nohlen & Stöver, p933 Parties and leaders PartyLeader Christian Farmers, Smallholders and Civic Party (KKFKgP) István Bethlen Christian National Economic Party (KNP) János Zichy Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP) Károly Peyer Civic Freedom Party (FKFPP) Károly Rassay hu Rassay Károly Hungarian National Independence Party (MNFP) Gyula Gömbös Agrarian Party (AP) Gaszton Gaál Party of Independence and '48 (F48P) Vince Nagy National Party of the Lower-Middle Class (KPOP) Lajos Szilágyi hu Szilágyi Lajos Results File:Hungarian Parliament 1926.svg Unity Party 482086 161 +21 Christian National Economic Party 175275 35 New Social Democratic Party of Hungary 126824 14 –11 Unofficial Unity Party candidates 97474 9 New United Left (FKFPP–NDP) 90132 9 +2 Hungarian National Independence Party 43263 2 New Agrarian Party 16355 3 New Party of Independence and '48 13564 1 0 Independent '48 Smallholders Party 9963 0 New Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4317 0 New Hungarian National Socialist Party 1118 0 New National Party of the Lower-Middle Class 1 New Independents 83148 10 –16 10474 0 1504227 Nohlen & Stöver The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972, but only 1,504,227 were registered in contested seats. By constituency type SMCsThe number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested. MMCsThe number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested. Unity Party 389529 150 92557 11 161 Christian National Economic Party 100492 25 74783 10 35 Social Democratic Party of Hungary 18903 0 107921 14 14 Unofficial Unity Party candidates 97474 9 9 United Left (FKFPP–NDP) 20439 0 69693 9 9 Hungarian National Independence Party 22428 1 20835 1 2 Agrarian Party 16355 3 3 Party of Independence and '48 9848 0 3716 1 1 Independent '48 Smallholders Party 9963 0 0 Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4317 0 0 Hungarian National Socialist Party 1118 0 0 National Party of the Lower-Middle Class 1 1 Independents 83148 10 10 0 10474 0 986165 518062 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Hungary Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Parliamentary Hungary hu:Magyarországi országgyűlési választások a Horthy-rendszerben#Az 1926-os választások