1825 Hungarian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867) parliamentary 1811 Hungarian parliamentary election 1811 1830 Hungarian parliamentary election 1830 All 219 seats in the Diet 57–165 August 1825 Cont. votes Votes change Contingent % Zsigmond Szőgyényi Chief Justice.jpg Zsigmond Szőgyény hu Szőgyény Zsigmond Royalists 157 219 #E802E8 unknown 71.69% 25 56 #E802E8 unknown 44,64% B002B0 Széchenyi István -.jpg István Széchenyi Constitutionalists 40 219 #32A640 unknown 18.27% 20 56 #32A640 unknown 35,71% 32A640 Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia in August 1825. The Diet of Hungary was elected according to the rules three years after the dissolution of the previous Diet. The counties of Bars, Komárom, Nyitra, Nógrád, Zala and Zemplén refused to collect taxes in 1823, so the monarch increased the burden of the counties willing to pay the tax by 2.5 times. The order of King Francis I only increased the resistance of the counties, so the Diet, which was solely competent in tax matters, had to be convened again. To maintain order, the king committed himself to holding the Diet and protecting the privileges of the nobility. Before the elections, the monarch ordered the counting of votes. Previously, most voters did not participate in the elections, because the vote was decided by the most influential high nobleman. However, with the counting of the votes, the campaign to win over the voters began. The first session of the Diet was held on September 11, 1825.Gergely András A nemzeti ébredés kora: 1790–1848 / The age of national awakening: 1790–1848 Magyarország története / The history of Hungary 13 Budapest Kjossuth Kiadó 2009 978-963-09-5691-8 291Kecskeméti Károly Magyar liberalizmus: 1790–1848 / Hungarian liberalism: 1790–1848 Eszmetörténeti könyvtár / Library of the history of ideas 1785-3478 10 Budapest Argumentum 2008 978-963-446-503-4 22-27,216Bérenger Jean Kecskeméti Károly Országgyűlés és parlamenti élet Magyarországon: 1608–1918 / The Diet and parliamentary life in Hungary: 1608–1918 Budapest Napvilág 2008 978-963-9350-91-5 208 Electoral system The Estates of the realm elected their envoys with a binding mandate, i.e. they voted according to their electors instructions. The ecclesiastical estate was represented by one or two envoy each from the cathedral chapters and abbeys (37 people), the county nobility was represented by two envoys each from the Hungarian and Slavonian counties (92+6 people); the citizens of the royal free cities were represented by one or two envoys per city (75 people) and the privileged residents of the autonomous entities (Jassic–Cuman District, Land of the Hajduk, Fiume, Turopolje, Croatia) were represented by one or two envoys each (9 people). The Croatian envoys elected by the Sabor. The envoys voted by contingent election per Estates. The counties cast one vote per county (49), the others one vote per estates (7).Hermann Róbert Forradalom és szabadségharc: 1848–1849 / Civic transformation and neo-absolutism: 1848–1849 Magyarország története / The history of Hungary 14 Budapest Kossuth 2009 978-963-09-5692-5 9Lajstroma a Magyarország és hozzá kapcsolt részek karjainak és rendeinek / Register of the Estates of Hungary and its associated parts Magyar ország gyűlésének jegyzőkönyve / Minutes of the Hungarian Assembly 14 Bratislava Belnay–Landerer–Schmid–Wéber 1836 VIII–XXIX Votes in the contingent election EstatesSeatsVotes Hungarian counties 92 46 Slavonian counties 6 3 Royal free cities 75 1 Cathedral chapters and abbeys 37 1 Sabor of Croatia 2 1 Jassic–Cuman District 2 1 Land of the Hajduk 2 1 Corpus separatum (Fiume) 2 1 Noble Municipality of Turopolje 1 1 Results Since there were no parties in the elections and correspondence between counties was prohibited, it took time for it to become clear what position the envoys took on the issues that arose. In a letter written to Ferenc Kazinczy in 1826, the envoy of Zemplén County, Imre Barkassy, classified the envoys according to their views. Given that the envoy instructions had already been decided upon when the envoys were elected, the time delay cannot be considered a significant distorting factor. The belows based on that source. File:Hungary Parliament 1825.svg Royalists 157 NA #B002B0 25 Constitutionalists 40 NA #32A640 20 Independents 22 NA #999999 11 Bérenger–KecskemétiBérenger Jean Kecskeméti Károly Országgyűlés és parlamenti élet Magyarországon: 1608–1918 / The Diet and parliamentary life in Hungary: 1608–1918 Budapest Napvilág 2008 978-963-9350-91-5 210 "Votes" indicate the number of votes cast by envoys during the contingent election in the above table. The activity of the parliament The task of the Diet was to crown Queen consort Caroline Augusta, after which the Diet acted to protect its own constitutional rights. However, the lower house of the Diet was divided. In addition to the Magnates, the royal free cities, the church and the envoys of the Sabor were also royalists. The constitutionalists questioned the patriotism of the royalists, and the royalists questioned the loyalty of the opposition. Among the constitutionalists, Count István Széchenyi and Pál Nagy (politician) Pál Nagy hu Felsőbüki Nagy Pál were the leaders. The royalists were led by Count Antal Cziráky de Anton Moses von Cziraky, and Zsigmond Szőgyény hu Szőgyény Zsigmond, who was the chairman of the lower house. He violated the rules several times during the vote counting and counted the church and city delegates not together, but individually, in order to ensure the royalist majority. On November 3, 1825, Count István Széchenyi, Count György Károlyi de György Károlyi, Count György Andrássy and Baron Ábrahám Vay hu Vay Ábrahám offered donations for the establishment of a scientific academy at the Diet. The king accepted the wishes of the Diet in 1827 and authorized correspondence between the counties and the convening of the Diet in every three years, as well as the establishment of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Finally, the Diet wanted to review the reports prepared by the previous Royal Delegations (Deputatio Regnicolaris), which had made proposals for the transformation of the institutional system. Therefore, two new committees were established to submit their reports to the next Diet in 3 years. The last session of the Diet was held on August 18, 1827.Gergely András A nemzeti ébredés kora: 1790–1848 / The age of national awakening: 1790–1848 Magyarország története / The history of Hungary 13 Budapest Kjossuth Kiadó 2009 978-963-09-5691-8 41,185-186Kecskeméti Károly Magyar liberalizmus: 1790–1848 / Hungarian liberalism: 1790–1848 Eszmetörténeti könyvtár / Library of the history of ideas 1785-3478 10 Budapest Argumentum 2008 978-963-446-503-4 88Bérenger Jean Kecskeméti Károly Országgyűlés és parlamenti élet Magyarországon: 1608–1918 / The Diet and parliamentary life in Hungary: 1608–1918 Budapest Napvilág 2008 978-963-9350-91-5 209-212Ballagi Géza A nemzeti államalkotás kora: 1815–1847 / The era of national state formation: 1815–1847 A magyar nemzet története / History of the Hungarian nation 9 Budapest Athenaeum 1897 71-88 References Category:Hungarian parliamentary elections in Austria-Hungary Hungary hu:1825–27-es pozsonyi országgyűlés