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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922. The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party), which won 140 of the 245 seats in Parliament, the vast majority in "open" constituencies where there was no secret ballot.
Electoral system
Prior to the elections the United Party-led government changed the electoral system in order to ensure it retained its leading position. This involved reintroducing open elections and restricting the electoral census. The reforms were passed by a decree by Prime Minister István Bethlen as Parliament had already been dissolved.
The country was divided into 219 constituencies, of which 215 were single member constituencies and four were multi-member constituencies. Of the 215 single member constituencies, only 20 used the secret ballot, with the remainder (which were rural constituencies) using open elections. All four multi-member constituencies used secret ballots.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Party | 623,201 | 38.18 | 140 | +28 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 277,481 | 17.00 | 25 | New | |
| Andrássy-Friedrich Party | 103,705 | 6.35 | 11 | New | |
| United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition | 79,434 | 4.87 | 7 | +1 | |
| Christian National Union Party | 70,748 | 4.33 | 10 | –72 | |
| Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party | 66,693 | 4.09 | 5 | New | |
| Christian Socialist Party | 65,325 | 4.00 | 6 | +3 | |
| Alliance of Christian Unity | 59,508 | 3.65 | 5 | New | |
| Party of Independence and '48 | 33,220 | 2.04 | 1 | +1 | |
| '48 Smallholders Party | 26,972 | 1.65 | 2 | New | |
| National Civic Party | 22,764 | 1.39 | 2 | New | |
| Christian Opposition | 20,610 | 1.26 | 2 | New | |
| National Defence Party | 8,067 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Workers' Party | 7,768 | 0.48 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party | 3,584 | 0.22 | 1 | New | |
| Liberal Opposition | 2,929 | 0.18 | 1 | New | |
| National Democratic Party | 1,944 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
| Economic Policy Party | 7,545 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
| Christian National Party | 3,547 | 0.22 | 0 | –2 | |
| Hungarian National Socialist Bloc | 1,423 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 145,836 | 8.93 | 26 | +14 | |
| Total | 1,632,304 | 100.00 | 245 | +26 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,382,158 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By constituency type
| Party | Open SMCs | Secret SMCs | MMCs | Total seats | +/– | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Unity Party | 585,551 | 53.10 | 133 | 26,765 | 19.58 | 6 | 10,885 | 2.77 | 1 | 140 | +28 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 69,501 | 6.30 | 5 | 40,268 | 29.46 | 7 | 167,712 | 42.68 | 13 | 25 | New | |
| Andrássy-Friedrich Party | 77,612 | 7.04 | 9 | 6,151 | 4.50 | 0 | 19,942 | 5.08 | 2 | 11 | New | |
| United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition | 79,434 | 20.22 | 7 | 7 | +1 | |||||||
| Christian National Union Party | 62,470 | 5.67 | 9 | 8,278 | 6.06 | 1 | 10 | –72 | ||||
| Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party | 61,266 | 5.56 | 4 | 5,427 | 3.97 | 1 | 5 | New | ||||
| Christian Socialist Party | 48,653 | 4.41 | 5 | 4,212 | 3.08 | 0 | 12,460 | 3.17 | 1 | 6 | +3 | |
| Alliance of Christian Unity | 59,508 | 15.14 | 5 | 5 | New | |||||||
| Party of Independence and '48 | 23,795 | 2.16 | 1 | 5,674 | 4.15 | 0 | 3,751 | 0.95 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| '48 Smallholders Party | 26,972 | 2.45 | 2 | 2 | New | |||||||
| National Civic Party | 7,482 | 0.68 | 1 | 5,809 | 4.25 | 1 | 9,473 | 2.41 | 0 | 2 | New | |
| Christian Opposition | 6,780 | 0.61 | 1 | 13,830 | 3.52 | 1 | 2 | New | ||||
| National Defence Party | 4,644 | 0.42 | 0 | 3,423 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hungarian Workers' Party | 7,768 | 0.70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party | 3,584 | 0.33 | 1 | 1 | New | |||||||
| Liberal Opposition | 2,929 | 0.27 | 1 | 1 | New | |||||||
| National Democratic Party | 1,944 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | – | |||||||
| Economic Policy Party | 7,545 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||
| Christian National Party | 3,547 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | –2 | |||||||
| Hungarian National Socialist Bloc | 1,423 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Independents | 113,673 | 10.31 | 22 | 32,163 | 23.53 | 4 | 26 | +14 | ||||
| Total | 1,102,680 | 100.00 | 195 | 136,691 | 100.00 | 20 | 392,933 | 100.00 | 30 | 245 | +26 | |
| Valid votes | 1,102,680 | 100.00 | 392,933 | 96.76 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | 13,167 | 3.24 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 1,102,680 | 100.00 | 406,100 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,553,184 | 70.99 | 153,024 | – | 444,710 | 91.32 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||||||||
Notes
- The number of votes refers to only 170 of the 195 open single member constituencies, as the remaining 25 were uncontested.
- The number of votes refers to only 12 of the 20 secret single member constituencies.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p876
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917
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