Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) |
Previous Election: | 1922 |
Next Election: | 1931 |
Majority Seats: | 123 |
Election Date: | 8–15 December 1926 |
Turnout: | 76.72% |
Party1: | Unity Party (Hungary) |
Percentage1: | 42.16 |
Seats1: | 161 |
Last Election1: | 140 |
Percentage2: | 15.33 |
Seats2: | 35 |
Last Election2: | new |
Party3: | Social Democratic Party of Hungary |
Percentage3: | 11.09 |
Seats3: | 14 |
Last Election3: | 25 |
Percentage4: | 8.52 |
Seats4: | 9 |
Last Election4: | new |
Percentage5: | 7.88 |
Seats5: | 9 |
Last Election5: | 7 |
Party6: | Hungarian National Independence Party |
Percentage6: | 3.78 |
Seats6: | 2 |
Last Election6: | new |
Percentage7: | 1.43 |
Seats7: | 3 |
Last Election7: | new |
Party8: | Party of Independence and '48 |
Percentage8: | 1.19 |
Seats8: | 1 |
Last Election8: | 1 |
Percentage9: | – |
Seats9: | 1 |
Last Election9: | new |
Party10: | Independents |
Leader10: | – |
Percentage10: | 7.27 |
Seats10: | 10 |
Last Election10: | 26 |
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 8 and 15 December 1926.[1] [2] The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.[3]
Prior to the election the electoral system was changed again. In the previous elections there had been 219 constituencies, of which 195 were openly elected single-member constituencies, 20 of which were secretly elected single-member constituencies, and four of which were secretly elected multi-member constituencies.[4] For this election there were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.[5] [6]
The total number of registered voters was 2,231,972, but only 1,504,227 were registered in contested seats.[5]