Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918) |
Flag Year: | 1896 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1901 |
Next Election: | 1906 |
Majority Seats: | 207 |
Election Date: | 26 January–4 February 1905 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | Party of Independence and '48 |
Seats1: | 165 |
Last Election1: | 79 |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Hungary) |
Seats2: | 159 |
Last Election2: | 277 |
Seats3: | 27 |
Last Election3: | new |
Seats4: | 25 |
Last Election4: | 25 |
Seats5: | 13 |
Last Election5: | new |
Party6: | Romanian National Party |
Seats6: | 8 |
Last Election6: | 0 |
Seats7: | 2 |
Last Election7: | 1 |
Party8: | Socialists |
Seats8: | 2 |
Last Election8: | new |
Seats9: | 1 |
Last Election9: | 1 |
Party10: | Slovak National Party (historical) |
Seats10: | 1 |
Last Election10: | 4 |
Party11: | Independents |
Leader11: | – |
Seats11: | 10 |
Last Election11: | 13 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | István Tisza |
Before Party: | Liberal Party |
After Election: | István Tisza |
After Party: | 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.
The 27 Liberal dissidents led by Gyula Andrássy JR. founded the National Constitutional Party at the end of 1905.