1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

8–15 December 1926
All 245 seats in the Diet 123 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 Bethlen EP István Bethlen EP

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