Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) |
Previous Election: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1926 |
Majority Seats: | 123 |
Election Date: | 28 May–2 June 1922 |
Party1: | Unity Party (Hungary) |
Percentage1: | 38.18 |
Seats1: | 140 |
Last Election1: | 112 |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Hungary |
Percentage2: | 17.00 |
Seats2: | 25 |
Last Election2: | new |
Percentage3: | 6.35 |
Seats3: | 11 |
Last Election3: | new |
Percentage4: | 4.87 |
Seats4: | 7 |
Last Election4: | 6 |
Party5: | Christian National Union Party |
Percentage5: | 4.33 |
Seats5: | 10 |
Last Election5: | 82 |
Percentage6: | 4.09 |
Seats6: | 5 |
Last Election6: | new |
Percentage7: | 4.00 |
Seats7: | 6 |
Last Election7: | 3 |
Percentage8: | 3.65 |
Seats8: | 5 |
Last Election8: | new |
Party9: | Party of Independence and '48 |
Percentage9: | 2.04 |
Seats9: | 1 |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Percentage10: | 1.65 |
Seats10: | 2 |
Last Election10: | new |
Percentage11: | 1.39 |
Seats11: | 2 |
Last Election11: | new |
Party12: | Christian Opposition |
Percentage12: | 1.26 |
Seats12: | 2 |
Last Election12: | new |
Percentage13: | 0.48 |
Seats13: | 1 |
Last Election13: | 1 |
Percentage14: | 0.22 |
Seats14: | 1 |
Last Election14: | new |
Party15: | Liberal Opposition |
Percentage15: | 0.18 |
Seats15: | 1 |
Last Election15: | new |
Party16: | Independents |
Leader16: | – |
Percentage16: | 8.93 |
Seats16: | 26 |
Last Election16: | 12 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | István Bethlen |
Before Party: | EP |
After Election: | István Bethlen |
After Party: | EP |
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party),[2] which won 140 of the 245 seats in Parliament, the vast majority in "open" constituencies where there was no secret ballot.[2]
Prior to the elections the United Party-led government changed the electoral system in order to ensure it retained its leading position.[2] This involved reintroducing open elections and restricting the electoral census. The reforms were passed by a decree by Prime Minister István Bethlen as Parliament had already been dissolved.
The country was divided into 219 constituencies, of which 215 were single member constituencies and four were multi-member constituencies. Of the 215 single member constituencies, only 20 used the secret ballot, with the remainder (which were rural constituencies)[2] using open elections.[3] All four multi-member constituencies used secret ballots.[3]