| Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) |
| Previous Election: | 1935 |
| Next Election: | 1944 |
| Majority Seats: | 131 |
| Election Date: | 28–29 May 1939 |
| Turnout: | 89.72% |
| Percentage1: | 49.49 |
| Seats1: | 181 |
| Last Election1: | 164 |
| Party2: | Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party |
| Percentage2: | 15.44 |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Last Election2: | 22 |
| Party3: | Arrow Cross Party |
| Percentage3: | 14.39 |
| Seats3: | 29 |
| Last Election3: | new |
| Party4: | Social Democratic Party of Hungary |
| Percentage4: | 3.42 |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Last Election4: | 11 |
| Percentage5: | 2.37 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Last Election5: | new |
| Percentage6: | 2.14 |
| Seats6: | 4 |
| Last Election6: | new |
| Leader7: | János Salló |
| Percentage7: | 1.75 |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Last Election7: | new |
| Party8: | Civic Freedom Party |
| Percentage8: | 1.59 |
| Seats8: | 5 |
| Party9: | United Christian Party (Hungary) |
| Leader9: | János Zichy |
| Percentage9: | 1.54 |
| Seats9: | 4 |
| Last Election9: | 15 |
| Percentage10: | 0.98 |
| Seats10: | 3 |
| Last Election10: | new |
| Percentage11: | 0.24 |
| Seats11: | 1 |
| Last Election11: | new |
| Leader12: | – |
| Percentage12: | 2.95 |
| Seats12: | 6 |
| Last Election12: | new |
| Party13: | Independents |
| Leader13: | – |
| Percentage13: | 0.69 |
| Seats13: | 2 |
| Last Election13: | 10 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Pál Teleki |
| Before Party: | MÉP |
| After Election: | Pál Teleki |
| After Party: | MÉP |
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 28 and 29 May 1939.[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Hungarian Life, which won 181 of the 260 seats in Parliament (72 percent of the parliament's seats) and won 49 percent of the popular vote in the election. Pál Teleki remained Prime Minister.[2] [3] This was a major breakthrough for the far-right in Hungary;[3] between them, far-right parties were officially credited with 49 seats and 25 percent of the vote.[4]
This was the closest thing to a free election that Hungary had seen at that point. According to historian Stanley G. Payne, the far-right bloc would have almost certainly won more seats had the election been conducted in a truly fair manner, and possibly garnered an "approximately equal" seat count and vote share with the Party of Hungarian Life.[5]
The electoral system was changed from that used in 1935. The number of single-member constituencies was reduced from 199 to 135, whilst the number of multi-member constituencies was raised from 11 to 38.[6] [7] Additionally, the franchise had been significantly expanded, with all men over 26 and all women over 30 now allowed to vote.[5]
The total number of registered voters was 4,629,493, but only 4,355,778 voters were registered in contested seats.[6]
. A History of Fascism, 1914-1945. Stanley G. Payne. Routledge. 1996. 0203501322. 275.