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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926. The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.
Electoral system
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. For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.
Results
| 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.
By constituency type
| Party | SMCs | MMCs | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
Notes
- The number of votes refers to only 109 of the 199 single-member constituencies as 90 seats were uncontested.
- The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs as one constituency was uncontested.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- 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.
- Nohlen & Stöver, p940
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p918
- Nohlen & Stöver, p933
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