1939_Hungarian_parliamentary_election

1939 Hungarian parliamentary election
	All 260 seats in the Diet; 131 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.72%
Pál Teleki; MÉP	Pál Teleki; MÉP

1939 Hungarian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 28 and 29 May 1939.^[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Hungarian Life, which won 181 of the 260 seats in Parliament (72 percent of the parliament's seats) and won 49 percent of the popular vote in the election. Pál Teleki remained Prime Minister.^[2]^[3] This was a major breakthrough for the far-right in Hungary;^[3] between them, far-right parties were officially credited with 49 seats and 25 percent of the vote.^[4]

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This was the closest thing to a free election that Hungary had seen at that point. According to historian Stanley G. Payne, the far-right bloc would have almost certainly won more seats had the election been conducted in a truly fair manner, and possibly garnered an "approximately equal" seat count and vote share with the Party of Hungarian Life.^[5]

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[8] The number of votes refers to only 125 of the 135 single-member constituencies, as 10 seats were uncontested.^[6]

[9] The number of votes refers to 36 of the 38 MMCs as two were uncontested.^[6]

[NS-1] [1]
Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] [2]
Nohlen & Stöver, p940

[Karasimeonov-3] [3]
Georgi Karasimeonov. Cleavages, parties, and voters: studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Pp. 70.

[Payne-4] [4]
Payne, Stanley G. (1996). A History of Fascism, 1914-1945. Routledge. p. 275. ISBN 0203501322.

[Payne,_p._275-5] [5]
Payne, p. 275

[DN-6] [6]
Nohlen & Stöver, pp920-921

[7] [7]
Nohlen & Stöver, p933

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party of Hungarian Life	1,824,573	49.49	181	+17
	Independent Smallholders Party	569,054	15.44	14	–8
	Arrow Cross Party	530,405	14.39	29	New
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	126,237	3.42	5	–6
	Christian National Socialist Front	87,533	2.37	3	New
	United Hungarian National Socialist Party	78,806	2.14	4	New
	National Front	64,355	1.75	3	New
	Civic Freedom Party	58,639	1.59	5	–
	United Christian Party	56,943	1.54	4	–11
	Unofficial Party of Hungarian Life candidates	46,802	1.27	0	–6
	Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party	36,137	0.98	3	New
	National Reform Party	22,122	0.60	0	New
	Christian National Independence Party	14,024	0.38	0	New
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	10,872	0.29	0	–2
	People's Will Party	8,970	0.24	1	New
	National Smallholders, Craftsmen and Workers Party	6,110	0.17	0	New
	Independent People's Party	3,568	0.10	0	New
	National Agricultural Labourers, Craftsmen and Workers Party	3,453	0.09	0	New
	Christian Opposition	2,384	0.06	0	–1
	Hungarian Racist Party	1,288	0.03	0	New
	Far-right independents	108,937	2.95	6	New
	Independents	25,391	0.69	2	–8
Total		3,686,603	100.00	260	15

Valid votes		3,686,603	94.33
Invalid/blank votes		221,519	5.67
Total votes		3,908,122	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,355,778	89.72
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Party		SMCs^{[lower-alpha 1]}			MMCs^{[lower-alpha 2]}			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Party of Hungarian Life	766,694	51.33	112	1,057,879	48.24	69	181
	Independent Smallholders Party	228,571	15.30	1	340,483	15.53	13	14
	Arrow Cross Party	192,356	12.88	7	338,049	15.41	22	29
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	12,630	0.85	0	113,607	5.18	5	5
	United Hungarian National Socialist Party	54,887	3.67	3	23,919	1.09	1	4
	National Front	28,341	1.90	2	36,014	1.64	1	3
	Civic Freedom Party	873	0.06	0	57,766	2.63	5	5
	Christian National Socialist Front	40,114	2.69	1	47,419	2.16	2	3
	United Christian Party	19,970	1.34	3	36,973	1.69	1	4
	Unofficial Party of Hungarian Life candidates	46,802	3.13	0				0
	Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party	13,010	0.87	1	23,127	1.05	2	3
	National Reform Party	4,489	0.30	0	17,633	0.80	0	0
	Christian National Independence Party				14,024	0.64	0	0
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	10,872	0.73	0				0
	People's Will Party	8,970	0.60	1				1
	National Smallholders, Craftsmen and Workers Party	6,110	0.41	0				0
	Independent People's Party				3,568	0.16	0	0
	National Agricultural Labourers, Craftsmen and Workers Party	3,453	0.23	0				0
	Christian Opposition				2,384	0.11	0	0
	Hungarian Racist Party	1,288	0.09	0				0
	Far-right independents	28,728	1.92	2	80,209	3.66	4	6
	Independents	25,391	1.70	2				2
Total		1,493,549	100.00	135	2,193,054	100.00	125	260

Valid votes		1,493,549	95.49		2,193,054	93.56
Invalid/blank votes		70,581	4.51		150,938	6.44
Total votes		1,564,130	100.00		2,343,992	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,719,221	90.98		2,636,557	88.90
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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