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]

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1926 Hungarian parliamentary election

← 1922 8–15 December 1926 1931 →
All 245 seats in the Diet 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.72%
Party Leader % 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

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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]

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