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1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
← 1922 8–15 December 1926 1931 →
All 245 seats in the Diet123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 76.72%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Unity István Bethlen 42.16 161 +21 KNP János Zichy 15.33 35 New MSZDP Károly Peyer 11.09 14 −11 Unofficial Unity 8.52 9 New FKFPP–NDP Károly Rassay 7.88 9 +2 MNFP Gyula Gömbös 3.78 2 New Agrarian Gaszton Gaál 1.43 3 New F48P Vince Nagy 1.19 1 0 KPOP Lajos Szilágyi – 1 New Independents – 7.27 10 −16 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election István BethlenEP István BethlenEP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.[3]

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.[4] For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[5][6]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Unity Party 482,086 42.16 161 +21
Christian National Economic Party 175,275 15.33 35 New
Social Democratic Party of Hungary 126,824 11.09 14 –11
Unofficial Unity Party candidates 97,474 8.52 9 New
United Left (FKFPP–NDP) 90,132 7.88 9 +2
Hungarian National Independence Party 43,263 3.78 2 New
Agrarian Party 16,355 1.43 3 New
Party of Independence and '48 13,564 1.19 1 0
Independent '48 Smallholders Party 9,963 0.87 0 New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4,317 0.38 0 New
Hungarian National Socialist Party 1,118 0.10 0 New
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class 1 New
Independents 83,148 7.27 10 –16
Total 1,143,519 100.00 245 0
Valid votes 1,143,519 99.09
Invalid/blank votes 10,474 0.91
Total votes 1,153,993 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 1,504,227 76.72
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972, but only 1,504,227 were registered in contested seats.[5]

By constituency type

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Party SMCs[a] MMCs[b] Totalseats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Unity Party 389,529 50.33 150 92,557 25.05 11 161
Christian National Economic Party 100,492 12.98 25 74,783 20.24 10 35
Social Democratic Party of Hungary 18,903 2.44 0 107,921 29.21 14 14
Unofficial Unity Party candidates 97,474 12.59 9 9
United Left (FKFPP–NDP) 20,439 2.64 0 69,693 18.86 9 9
Hungarian National Independence Party 22,428 2.90 1 20,835 5.64 1 2
Agrarian Party 16,355 2.11 3 3
Party of Independence and '48 9,848 1.27 0 3,716 1.01 1 1
Independent '48 Smallholders Party 9,963 1.29 0 0
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party 4,317 0.56 0 0
Hungarian National Socialist Party 1,118 0.14 0 0
National Party of the Lower-Middle Class 1 1
Independents 83,148 10.74 10 10
Total 774,014 100.00 199 369,505 100.00 46 245
Valid votes 774,014 100.00 369,505 97.24
Invalid/blank votes 0 0.00 10,474 2.76
Total votes 774,014 100.00 379,979 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 986,165 78.49 518,062 73.35
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

  1. ^ The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.[5]

  2. ^ The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.[5]

  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

  4. ^ Graham, Malbone W. (1927). "The Elections to the New Hungarian Parliament". American Political Science Review. 21 (2): 381–388. doi:10.2307/1945189. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1945189.

  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940

  6. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917

  7. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p918

  8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933