1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

31 March – 7 April 1935

All 245 seats in the Diet 123 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– National Unity Gyula Gömbös 44.55 164 +15 FKGP Tibor Eckhardt 19.62 22 +12 KGSZP János Zichy 8.87 14 −18 MSZDP Károly Peyer 6.69 11 −3 National Socialist Sándor Festetics 3.82 2 New ESZDP–NDP Károly Rassay 3.67 7 +1 Unofficial Unity 2.85 6 −2 National Legitimist 2.03 1 New Reform Generation 0.73 2 New MFMP 0.56 1 +1 Christian Opposition 0.46 1 −1 Christian National 0.43 1 New National Will 0.38 1 New F48P 0.29 1 +1 National Agrarian 0.27 1 0 Independents – 3.72 10 −6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Gyula Gömbös NEP Gyula Gömbös NEP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935. The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164 of the 245 seats in Parliament. Gyula Gömbös remained Prime Minister.

Electoral system

The electoral system remained the same as in 1931. 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	+/–
	Party of National Unity	879,474	44.55	164	+15
	Independent Smallholders Party	387,351	19.62	22	+12
	Christian Economic and Social Party	175,165	8.87	14	–18
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	132,052	6.69	11	–3
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	75,318	3.82	2	New
	Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)	72,407	3.67	7	+1
	Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	56,249	2.85	6	–2
	National Legitimist Party	40,025	2.03	1	New
	National Radical Party	17,031	0.86	0	–1
	Reform Generation	14,478	0.73	2	New
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.56	1	+1
	Christian Opposition	9,151	0.46	1	–1
	Christian National Front	8,526	0.43	1	New
	Party of National Will	7,431	0.38	1	New
	Party of Independence and '48	5,648	0.29	1	+1
	National Agrarian Opposition	5,320	0.27	1	0
	Free Civic Party	2,527	0.13	0	New
	Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class	915	0.05	0	New
	Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.03	0	New
	Independents	73,471	3.72	10	–6
Total		1,974,089	100.00	245	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,475,214	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 3,005,742, but only 2,475,214 were in contested constituencies.

By constituency type

Party		SMCs			MMCs			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Party of National Unity	718,911	49.27	150	160,563	31.18	14	164
	Independent Smallholders Party	379,696	26.02	21	7,655	1.49	1	22
	Christian Economic and Social Party	91,827	6.29	7	83,338	16.18	7	14
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary				132,052	25.64	11	11
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	57,544	3.94	1	17,774	3.45	1	2
	Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)				72,407	14.06	7	7
	Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	53,018	3.63	6	3,231	0.63	0	6
	National Legitimist Party	36,502	2.50	1	3,523	0.68	0	1
	National Radical Party	9,309	0.64	0	7,722	1.50	0	0
	Reform Generation	9,265	0.63	1	5,213	1.01	1	2
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.75	1				1
	Christian Opposition	4,928	0.34	0	4,223	0.82	1	1
	Christian National Front				8,526	1.66	1	1
	Party of National Will	7,431	0.51	1				1
	Party of Independence and '48	5,648	0.39	0			1	1
	National Agrarian Opposition				5,320	1.03	1	1
	Free Civic Party				2,527	0.49	0	0
	Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class				915	0.18	0	0
	Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.04	0				0
	Independents	73,471	5.04	10				10
Total		1,459,100	100.00	199	514,989	100.00	46	245
Valid votes		1,459,100	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00
Total votes		1,459,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,820,266	80.16		654,948	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver