1935 Hungarian parliamentary election|
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Gyula Gömbös
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Tibor Eckhardt
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| Party
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NEP
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FKgP
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| Seats won
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164
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22
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| Popular vote
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879,474
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387,351
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| Percentage
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44.55%
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19.62%
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Third party
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Fourth party
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| Leader
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János Zichy
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Károly Peyer
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| Party
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KGSZP
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MSZDP
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| Seats won
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14
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11
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| Popular vote
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175,165
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132,052
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| Percentage
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8.87%
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6.69%
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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
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]
Parties and leaders
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Party of National Unity | 879,474 | 44.55 | 164 | +15 |
| Independent Smallholders Party | 387,351 | 19.62 | 22 | +12 |
| Christian Economic and Social Party | 175,165 | 8.87 | 14 | –18 |
| Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 132,052 | 6.69 | 11 | –3 |
| Hungarian National Socialist Party | 75,318 | 3.82 | 2 | New |
| Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP) | 72,407 | 3.67 | 7 | +1 |
| Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates | 56,249 | 2.85 | 6 | –2 |
| National Legitimist Party | 40,025 | 2.03 | 1 | New |
| National Radical Party[a] | 17,031 | 0.86 | 0 | –1 |
| Reform Generation | 14,478 | 0.73 | 2 | New |
| Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party | 11,004 | 0.56 | 1 | +1 |
| Christian Opposition | 9,151 | 0.46 | 1 | –1 |
| Christian National Front | 8,526 | 0.43 | 1 | New |
| Party of National Will | 7,431 | 0.38 | 1 | New |
| Party of Independence and '48[a] | 5,648 | 0.29 | 1 | +1 |
| National Agrarian Opposition | 5,320 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 |
| Free Civic Party | 2,527 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class | 915 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Hungarian Truth Party | 546 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 73,471 | 3.72 | 10 | –6 |
| Total | 1,974,089 | 100.00 | 245 | 0 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 2,475,214 | – | |
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| 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
| Party | SMCs[b] | MMCs[c] | Total
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Party of National Unity | 718,911 | 49.27 | 150 | 160,563 | 31.18 | 14 | 164 |
| Independent Smallholders Party | 379,696 | 26.02 | 21 | 7,655 | 1.49 | 1 | 22 |
| Christian Economic and Social Party | 91,827 | 6.29 | 7 | 83,338 | 16.18 | 7 | 14 |
| Social Democratic Party of Hungary | | 132,052 | 25.64 | 11 | 11 |
| Hungarian National Socialist Party | 57,544 | 3.94 | 1 | 17,774 | 3.45 | 1 | 2 |
| Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP) | | 72,407 | 14.06 | 7 | 7 |
| Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates | 53,018 | 3.63 | 6 | 3,231 | 0.63 | 0 | 6 |
| National Legitimist Party | 36,502 | 2.50 | 1 | 3,523 | 0.68 | 0 | 1 |
| National Radical Party | 9,309 | 0.64 | 0 | 7,722 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Reform Generation | 9,265 | 0.63 | 1 | 5,213 | 1.01 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party | 11,004 | 0.75 | 1 | | 1 |
| Christian Opposition | 4,928 | 0.34 | 0 | 4,223 | 0.82 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian National Front | | 8,526 | 1.66 | 1 | 1 |
| Party of National Will | 7,431 | 0.51 | 1 | | 1 |
| Party of Independence and '48 | 5,648 | 0.39 | 0 | | 1 | 1 |
| National Agrarian Opposition | | 5,320 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 |
| Free Civic Party | | 2,527 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 |
| Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class | | 915 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungarian Truth Party | 546 | 0.04 | 0 | | 0 |
| Independents | 73,471 | 5.04 | 10 | | 10 |
| Total | 1,459,100 | 100.00 | 199 | 514,989 | 100.00 | 46 | 245 |
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| Valid votes | 1,459,100 | 100.00 | | | | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | | | | | |
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| Total votes | 1,459,100 | 100.00 | | | | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 1,820,266 | 80.16 | | 654,948 | – | | |
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| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ The number of votes refers to only 146 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 53 seats were uncontested.[3]
- ^ The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs.[3]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
- ^ a b c d e Nohlen & Stöver, p920
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p930
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