1939 Hungarian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) parliamentary 1935 Hungarian parliamentary election 1935 1944 Hungarian parliamentary election 1944 All 260 elected seats in the Diet 131 28–29 May 1939 Pál Teleki (1879 – 1941).jpg Pál Teleki MÉP 181 260 #FEDA5D 1,824,573 49.49% Eckhardt_Tibor_1931.jpg Tibor Eckhardt de Tibor Eckhardt FKgP 14 260 #37492C 569,054 15.44% Ferenc_Szálasi.jpg Ferenc Szálasi NYKP 29 260 #954A0E 530,405 14.39% Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Pál Teleki MÉP Pál Teleki MÉP Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 28 and 29 May 1939.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Party of Hungarian Life, which won 181 of the 260 seats in Parliament (72 percent of the parliament's seats) and won 49 percent of the popular vote in the election. Pál Teleki remained Prime Minister.Nohlen & Stöver, p940Georgi Karasimeonov. Cleavages, parties, and voters: studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Pp. 70. This was a major breakthrough for the far-right in Hungary; between them, far-right parties were officially credited with 49 seats and 25 percent of the vote.A History of Fascism, 1914-1945 Payne Stanley G. Stanley G. Payne Routledge 1996 0203501322 275 This was the closest thing to a free election that Hungary had seen at that point. According to historian Stanley G. Payne, the far-right bloc would have almost certainly won more seats had the election been conducted in a truly fair manner, and possibly garnered an "approximately equal" seat count and vote share with the Party of Hungarian Life.Payne, p. 275 Electoral system The electoral system was changed from that used in 1935. The number of single-member constituencies was reduced from 199 to 135, whilst the number of multi-member constituencies was raised from 11 to 38.Nohlen & Stöver, pp920-921Nohlen & Stöver, p933 Additionally, the franchise had been significantly expanded, with all men over 26 and all women over 30 now allowed to vote. Parties and leaders PartyLeader Hungarian Life Party (MÉP) Pál Teleki Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP) Tibor Eckhardt de Tibor Eckhardt Arrow Cross Party (NYKP) Ferenc Szálasi Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP) Árpád Szakasits Christian National Socialist Front (KNSZF) Károly Maróthy hu Maróthy Károly United Hungarian National Socialist Party (EMNSZP) Fidél Pálffy National Front (NF) János Salló Civic Freedom Party (PSZP) Károly Rassay hu Rassay Károly United Christian Party (EKP) János Zichy Results File:Hungarian Parliament 1939.svg Party of Hungarian Life 1824573 181 +17 Independent Smallholders Party 569054 14 –8 Arrow Cross Party 530405 29 New Social Democratic Party of Hungary 126237 5 –6 Christian National Socialist Front 87533 3 New United Hungarian National Socialist Party 78806 4 New National Front 64355 3 New Civic Freedom Party 58639 5 – United Christian Party 56943 4 –11 Unofficial Party of Hungarian Life candidates 46802 0 –6 Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party 36137 3 New National Reform Party 22122 0 New Christian National Independence Party 14024 0 New Hungarian National Socialist Party 10872 0 –2 People's Will Party 8970 1 New National Smallholders, Craftsmen and Workers Party 6110 0 New Independent People's Party 3568 0 New National Agricultural Labourers, Craftsmen and Workers Party 3453 0 New Christian Opposition 2384 0 –1 Hungarian Race Protection Party hu Magyar Fajvédő Párt 1288 0 New Far-right independents 108937 6 New Independents 25391 2 –8 221519 15 4355778 Nohlen & Stöver The total number of registered voters was 4,629,493, but only 4,355,778 voters were registered in contested seats. By constituency type SMCsThe number of votes refers to only 125 of the 135 single-member constituencies, as 10 seats were uncontested. MMCsThe number of votes refers to 36 of the 38 MMCs as two were uncontested. Party of Hungarian Life 766694 112 1057879 69 181 Independent Smallholders Party 228571 1 340483 13 14 Arrow Cross Party 192356 7 338049 22 29 Social Democratic Party of Hungary 12630 0 113607 5 5 United Hungarian National Socialist Party 54887 3 23919 1 4 National Front 28341 2 36014 1 3 Civic Freedom Party 873 0 57766 5 5 Christian National Socialist Front 40114 1 47419 2 3 United Christian Party 19970 3 36973 1 4 Unofficial Party of Hungarian Life candidates 46802 0 0 Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party 13010 1 23127 2 3 National Reform Party 4489 0 17633 0 0 Christian National Independence Party 14024 0 0 Hungarian National Socialist Party 10872 0 0 People's Will Party 8970 1 1 National Smallholders, Craftsmen and Workers Party 6110 0 0 Independent People's Party 3568 0 0 National Agricultural Labourers, Craftsmen and Workers Party 3453 0 0 Christian Opposition 2384 0 0 Hungarian Racist Party hu Magyar Fajvédő Párt 1288 0 0 Far-right independents 28728 2 80209 4 6 Independents 25391 2 2 70581 150938 0 1719221 2636557 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Hungary Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Parliamentary Hungary hu:Magyarországi országgyűlési választások a Horthy-rendszerben#Az 1939-es választások