Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) |
Previous Election: | 1939 |
Next Election: | 1945 |
Majority Seats: | 250 |
Election Date: | November 1944–June 1945 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Hungarian Communist Party |
Seats1: | 166 |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Hungary |
Seats2: | 125 |
Party3: | Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party |
Seats3: | 124 |
Party4: | National Peasant Party (Hungary) |
Seats4: | 42 |
Party5: | Civic Democratic Party (Hungary) |
Seats5: | 21 |
Party6: | Independents |
Leader6: | – |
Seats6: | 20 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Ferenc Szálasi |
Before Party: | NYKP |
After Election: | Béla Miklós |
After Party: | Military |
Elections for the National Interim Assembly were held in Hungary in November 1944.[1] Members were elected at public meetings held in 45 cities and towns in areas under the control of the Red Army.[1] An additional 160 members were elected in liberated areas on 2 April and 24 June 1945.[2]
The Hungarian Communist Party won 89 of the 230 seats, increasing to 166 of the 498 seats after the 1945 elections.[1] The Assembly first convened in Debrecen on 21 and 22 December 1944, establishing a new government and declaring war on Nazi Germany.[1] Its second session was held in Budapest in September 1945, establishing fresh elections and passing legislation on land redistribution.[1]