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
Turnout	65.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gyula Gömbös Tibor Eckhardt János Zichy Party NEP FKGP KGSZP Last election 149 seats, 40% 10 seats, 11.5% 32 seats, 12.2% Seats won 164 22 14 Seat change 15 12 18 Popular vote 879,474 387,351 175,165 Percentage 44.6% 19.6% 8.9% Swing 4.6% 8.1% 3.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Károly Peyer Sándor Festetics – Party MSZDP MNSZP Independents Last election 14 seats, 11% did not contest 16 seats, 7.2% Seats won 11 2 10 Seat change 3 – 16 Popular vote 132,052 75,318 73,471 Percentage 6.7% 3.8% 3.7% Swing 4.3% – 3.5%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Károly Rassay – Miklós Griger Party Liberal and Democratic Opposition Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates NLNP Last election did not contest did not contest did not contest Seats won 7 6 1 Seat change – – – Popular vote 72,407 56,249 40,025 Percentage 3.7% 2.8% 2.8% Swing – – –
Prime Minister before election Gyula Gömbös NEP Elected Prime Minister 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	SMCs			MMCs			Total
	Votes[a]	%	Seats	Votes[b]	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Party of National Unity	718,911	49.3	150	160,563	31.2	14	879,474	44.6	164	+15
Independent Smallholders Party	379,696	26.0	21	7,655	1.5	1	387,351	19.6	22	+12
Christian Economic and Social Party	91,827	8.3	7	83,338	16.2	7	175,165	8.9	14	–18
Hungarian Social Democratic Party	–	–	–	132,052	25.6	11	132,052	6.7	11	–3
Hungarian National Socialist Party	57,544	3.9	1	17,774	3.5	1	75,318	3.8	2	New
Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)	–	–	–	72,407	14.1	7	72,407	3.7	7	+1
Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	53,018	3.6	6	3,231	0.6	0	56,249	2.8	6	–2
National Legitimist Party	36,502	2.5	1	3,523	0.7	0	40,025	2.8	1	New
National Radical Party[c]	9,309	0.6	0	7,722	1.5	0	17,031	0.9	0	–1
Reform Generation	9,265	0.6	1	5,213	1.0	1	14,478	0.7	2	New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.8	1	–	–	–	11,004	0.6	1	+1
Christian Opposition	4,928	0.3	0	4,223	0.8	1	9,151	0.5	1	–1
Christian National Front	–	–	–	8,526	1.7	1	8,526	0.4	1	New
Party of National Will	7,431	0.5	1	–	–	–	7,431	0.4	1	New
National Independence Kossuth Party[c]	5,648	0.4	0	–	–	1	5,648	0.3	1	+1
National Agrarian Opposition	–	–	–	5,320	1.0	1	5,320	0.3	1	0
Free Civic Party	–	–	–	2,527	0.5	0	2,527	0.1	0	New
Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class	–	–	–	915	0.2	0	915	0.1	0	New
Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.0	0	–	–	–	546	0.0	0	New
Independents	73,471	5.0	10	–	–	–	73,471	3.7	10	–6
Invalid/blank votes	0	–	–		–	–		–	–	–
Total	1,459,100	100	199		100	46		100	245	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,820,266	80.2	–	654,948		–	2,475,214[d]		–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The number of votes refers to only 146 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 53 seats were uncontested.

^b The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs.

^c The National Radical Party and the National Independence Kossuth Party ran a joint list in one multi-member constituency. It won a single seat, taken by the National Independence Kossuth Party.

^d The total number of registered voters was 3,005,742; the figure in the table refers to the number of registered voters in the contested seats for which figures are available.