Country: | Hungarian People's Republic |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1953 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1953 |
Next Election: | 1963 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1963 |
Election Date: | 16 November 1958 |
Turnout: | 98.38% |
Image1: | János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg |
Leader1: | János Kádár |
Party1: | Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party |
Alliance1: | Patriotic People's Front |
Leader Since1: | 25 October 1956 |
Seats1: | 276 |
Seat Change1: | 70 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Independents |
Alliance2: | Patriotic People's Front |
Seats2: | 62 |
Seat Change2: | 30 |
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 16 November 1958.[1] They were the first elections held after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The Communist Hungarian Working People's Party had been reorganized as the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, under the leadership of a more moderate Communist, János Kádár. However, as was the case during the era of Mátyás Rákosi, voters were presented with a single list of Communists and pro-Communist independents. The Socialist Workers' Party won 276 of the 338 seats, with the remaining 62 going to independents.[2]