1905 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1905 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918)
← 1901 26 January–4 February 1905 1906 →

All 413 seats in the Diet
207 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
F48P Ferenc Kossuth 165 +86
Liberal Frigyes Podmaniczky 159 −118
Liberal dissidents Gyula Andrássy 27 New
CVP Aladár Zichy 25 0
New Party Dezső Bánffy 13 New
PNR Gheorghe Pop de Băsești 8 +8
Democratic Party Vilmos Vázsonyi 2 +1
Socialists 2 New
Serb National 1 0
SNS 1 −3
Independents 10 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
István Tisza
Liberal Party
István Tisza
Liberal Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 26 January and 4 February 1905. The result was a victory for the Party of Independence and '48, marking the first time the Liberal Party had lost power since 1875. Because of bad decisions after the elections, the Parliament was dissolved in 1906. Franz Joseph I of Austria ignored the result and instead of the victorious allied opposition he kept István Tisza in power, and then on 18 June he nominated baron Géza Fejérváry mashal (the captain of his Hungarian bodyguards) as acting Prime Minister, which deepened the crisis.

Results[edit]

PartySeats
Party of Independence and '48165
Liberal Party159
Liberal Party dissidents27
Catholic People's Party25
New Party13
Romanian National Party8
Democratic Party2
Socialists2
Serb National Party1
Slovak National Party1
Independents10
Total413

Aftermath[edit]

The 27 Liberal dissidents led by Gyula Andrássy JR. founded the National Constitutional Party at the end of 1905.