United Christian Party (Hungary)
United Christian Party Egyesült Kereszténypárt | |
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| Founded | 1937 |
| Merger of | KGSZP, KE, NLN |
| Succeeded by | KDNP |
| Religion | Catholicism[1] |
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The United Christian Party (Hungarian: Egyesült Kereszténypárt, EKP) was a political party in Hungary that operated from the late 1930s until dissolving in 1944.
History[edit]
The party was formed in 1937 by a merger of the Christian Economic and Social Party (KGSZP), the Christian Opposition and the National Legitimist Party (NLN), although members of the Christian Opposition broke away later in the same year to re-establish their party.[2] Some other members left to establish the far-right Christian National Socialist Front (KNSZF).[2]
The 1939 elections saw the new party win only four seats, eleven fewer than the KGSZP and NLN had won in 1935. It finished behind the Christian National Socialist Front in terms of vote share, although the KNSZF won only three seats. Neither party contested another election.[3]
After World War II, the EKP was succeeded by the Christian Democratic People's Party.[4]
Further reading[edit]
- Fazekas Csaba (2004). "Collaborating with Horthy: Political Catholicism and Christian Political Organizations in Hungary". In Wolfram Kaiser & Helmut Wohnout (ed.). Political Catholicism in Europe 1918–1945. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 160–177.
References[edit]
- ^ Barankovics István Alapítvány. "II. The first prunes of modern Hungarian Christian democracy". The Voyage of Hungarian Christian Democracy to the Heart of Europe (PDF). p. 26. ISBN 978-963-89921-8-5.
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p911 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p908
- ^ Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p511 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
