| Country: | Romania |
| Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania | |
| Native Name: | Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt |
| Colorcode: | green |
| President: | Zsolt Szilágyi |
| Dissolved: | November 2022 |
| Merged: | Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania |
| Headquarters: | Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania |
| Position: | Right-wing |
| European: | European Free Alliance (EFA) |
| Website: | http://www.neppart.eu/ |
The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania[1] (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) was a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.[2]
Party was dissolved after merge with Hungarian Civic Party to form Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania in November 2022.[3]
It positions itself as an alternative for the Hungarian minority in Romania to the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the largest party representing the Hungarians/Magyars living in Romania. The party's aim is "to establish an own parliament and government in Transylvania" and to achieve autonomy for the Szeklerland.[4] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[5] [6]
In June 2014, Tibor Toró made a proposal for the revision of the bilateral treaty between Romania and Hungary, which was signed in 1996: I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians.[7]
This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party".[8]
In August 2021, the party proposed a similar law to the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.[9] [10]
| Election | Chamber | Senate | Position | Aftermath | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| 2012 | 47,955 | 0.65 | 58,765 | 0.79 | 7th | |||
| (2014) | ||||||||
| (2014–2015) | ||||||||
| 2016 | did not compete | (2017–2019) | ||||||
| (2019) | ||||||||
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | |||
| 2014 | 53,146 | bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3 | ||||||
| 2019 | did not compete | |||||||