1920 Hungarian parliamentary election

none Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) parliamentary 1910 Hungarian parliamentary election 1910 1922 Hungarian parliamentary election 1922 All 219 elected seats in the Diet 110 January 1920–October 1921 150x150px István Szabó OKgFP 112 219 #FFDB52 637,168 45.84% 150x150px Károly Wolff hu Wolff Károly (politikus) KNEP 82 219 #43884A 514,006 36.98% 150x150px Gábor Ugron NDP yellow 6 219 yellow 68,009 4.89% Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Károly Huszár KNEP Sándor Simonyi-Semadam KNEP Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 25 and 26 January 1920.Dieter Nohlen & Phillip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 978-3-8329-5609-7 However, they were only held in 164 districts.Hubai László (2001) Magyarország XX. századi választási atlasza I., p21 963-9082-74-0 After the Treaty of Trianon was signed, the 44 districts previously occupied by Romania voted between 13 June and 5 July, whilst the 11 districts occupied by Serbia did not vote until 30 and 31 October 1921.Nohlen & Stöver, p900 The election was held with compulsory voting. In protest at this and other changes to the franchise that left 60% of the voting age population unable to vote, the Hungarian Social Democratic Party boycotted the elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p875 and called for its supporters to cast invalid votes, resulting in an unusually high number of blank or invalid votes – 12% in the January elections and over 20% in Budapest and other major cities. The National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party and the Christian National Union Party won 194 of the 219 seats and formed a coalition government on 15 March.Nohlen & Stöver, p876 However, it lasted only until 4 June when the Treaty of Trianon was signed. Parties and leaders PartyLeader National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKgFP) István Szabó Christian National Union Party (KNEP) Károly Wolff hu Wolff Károly (politikus) National Democratic Party (NDP) Gábor Ugron Christian Socialist Party (KSZP) István Haller Christian National Party (KNP) István Friedrich Christian Social and Economic Party (KSZGP) Sándor Giesswein hu Giesswein Sándor Results File:Hungary Parliament 1920.svg January 1920The number of votes for January 1920 elections is taken only from 83 of the 164 seats. In 37 of the remaining 81 seats there was only one candidate who was elected unopposed.Nohlen & Stöver, p915 June–July 1920The number of votes is taken from only 13 of the 44 seats. In three of the remaining 31 seats there was only one candidate who was elected unopposed. October 1921The number of votes is taken from only seven of the eleven seats. In one of the remaining four seats a candidate was elected unopposed. National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers PartyThe majority of candidates representing what would become the National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party contested the election as Christian Smallholders or Christian National Smallholders, as the united party was not formed until January 1922.Nohlen & Stöver, p916 491114 78 113696 29 32358 5 112 Christian National Union Party 481008 73 15824 8 17174 1 82 National Democratic Party 68009 6 6 Christian Socialist Party 25575 3 3 National Centre Party 16200 0 0 Party of Independence and '48 14928 0 0 Hungarian Public Interest Party 7142 0 0 Christian Social and Economic Party 6040 1 1 Christian National Party 4756 0 1098 2 507 0 2 Hungarian Workers' Party 2119 0 1652 1 1 Christian National '48 Party 1087 0 0 National Defence Party 3270 0 0 Christian Democratic Civic Party 2522 0 0 Independents 42119 3 22931 4 18829 5 12 155580 4881 1716 1487542 182223 82117 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Hungary Hungary Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Parliamentary Parliamentary Hungary Hungary