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1931 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1931 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
← 1926 28–30 June 1931 1935 →

All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Unity István Bethlen 39.96 149 −12
KGSZP János Zichy 12.22 32 −3
FKGP Gaszton Gaál 11.48 10 New
MSZDP Károly Peyer 10.98 14 0
Unofficial Unity 5.57 8 −1
ESZDP Károly Rassay 3.04 4
Christian Opposition István Friedrich 1.18 2 New
National Democratic János Vázsonyi 1.05 2 New
Christian Socialist 0.73 1 New
Independent Civic 0.48 1 New
KGEP 0.47 1 New
National Radical Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky 0.4 1 New
KNEP 0.35 1 New
Independent Left 0.35 1 New
Agro-Democratic 0.24 1 New
United Opposition 0.19 1 New
Independents 7.22 16 +6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
István Bethlen
EP
István Bethlen
EP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 and 30 June 1931.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 149 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister, but resigned on 24 August due to the effects of the Great Depression and was replaced by Gyula Károlyi.[2]

Electoral system

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The electoral system remained the same as in 1926. There were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[3][4]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Unity Party603,57639.96149–12
Christian Economic and Social Party184,61812.2232–3
Independent Smallholders Party173,47711.4810New
Social Democratic Party of Hungary165,79410.98140
Unofficial Unity Party candidates84,1565.578–1
Unified Liberal Democratic Party45,9773.044
Party of Independence and '4828,5181.890–1
Christian Opposition17,8801.182New
National Democratic Party15,9301.052New
Christian Socialist Party10,9960.731New
Independent Civic Party7,3160.481New
Christian Economic Opposition Party7,1090.471New
National Radical Party6,0570.401New
Christian National Opposition Party5,3180.351New
Independent Left Party5,2130.351New
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party5,1980.3400
Allied Civic Parties6,9290.460New
United National Party of Front Veterans4,8040.320New
Racist Party4,3620.290New
Smallholders3,7350.250New
Agro-Democratic Party3,5670.241New
United Opposition2,8910.191New
Christian Social and Economic Party2,3430.160New
Independent Christian Socialist Party2,0960.140New
Győr City Economic Party1,9360.130New
Smallholders, Craftsmen and Agricultural Workers Nagyatádi Party1,5860.100New
Independents109,1277.2216+6
Total1,510,509100.002450
Registered voters/turnout1,907,112
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 2,549,178, but only 1,907,112 were registered in contested constituencies for which figures are available.[3]

By constituency type

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PartySMCs[a]MMCsTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Unity Party483,14945.26138120,42727.1811149
Christian Economic and Social Party118,89811.142465,72014.83832
Independent Smallholders Party162,13915.19811,3382.56210
Social Democratic Party of Hungary34,1883.200131,60629.701414
Unofficial Unity Party candidates84,1567.8888
Unified Liberal Democratic Party45,97710.3844
Party of Independence and '4828,5182.6700
Christian Opposition1,6470.15016,2333.6622
National Democratic Party1,6710.16014,2593.2222
Christian Socialist Party6,4130.6014,5831.0301
Independent Civic Party7,3161.6511
Christian Economic Opposition Party7,1090.6711
National Radical Party6,0570.5711
Christian National Opposition Party5,3181.2011
Independent Left Party5,2131.1811
Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party5,1980.4900
Allied Civic Parties6,9291.5600
United National Party of Front Veterans1,2770.1203,5270.8000
Racist Party4,3620.4100
Smallholders3,7350.3500
Agro-Democratic Party3,5670.3311
United Opposition2,8910.2711
Christian Social and Economic Party2,3430.2200
Independent Christian Socialist Party2,0960.2000
Győr City Economic Party1,9360.4400
Smallholders, Craftsmen and Agricultural Workers Nagyatádi Party1,5860.1500
Independents106,4469.97162,6810.61016
Total1,067,446100.00199443,063100.0046245
Valid votes1,067,446100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes1,067,446100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,322,08080.74585,032
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

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  1. ^ The number of votes refers to only 132 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 67 seats were uncontested.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p940
  3. ^ a b c Nohlen & Stöver, p919
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p933