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1939 Hungarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1935 Hungarian parliamentary election
previous_year	1935
next_election	1944 Hungarian parliamentary election
next_year	1944
seats_for_election	All 260 elected seats in the Diet
majority_seats	131
election_date	28–29 May 1939
image1	Pál Teleki (1879 – 1941).jpg
leader1	Pál Teleki
party1	MÉP
seats1	181
popular_vote1	1,824,573
percentage1	49.49%
image2	Eckhardt_Tibor_1931.jpg
leader2
party2	FKgP
seats2	14
popular_vote2	569,054
percentage2	15.44%
image3	Ferenc_Szálasi.jpg
leader3	Ferenc Szálasi
party3	NYKP
seats3	29
popular_vote3	530,405
percentage3	14.39%
title	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. 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. This was a major breakthrough for the far-right in Hungary;

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.

Electoral system

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. Additionally, the franchise had been significantly expanded, with all men over 26 and all women over 30 now allowed to vote.

Parties and leaders

Party	Leader
Unity Party (Hungary)}}"		Hungarian Life Party (MÉP)
Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}"		Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP)
Arrow Cross Party}}"		Arrow Cross Party (NYKP)
Social Democratic Party of Hungary}}"		Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP)
Christian National Socialist Front}}"		Christian National Socialist Front (KNSZF)
United Hungarian National Socialist Party}}"		United Hungarian National Socialist Party (EMNSZP)
National Front (Hungary)}}"		National Front (NF)
Civic Freedom Party}}"		Civic Freedom Party (PSZP)
United Christian Party (Hungary)}}"		United Christian Party (EKP)

Results

The total number of registered voters was 4,629,493, but only 4,355,778 voters were registered in contested seats.

By constituency type

Notes

References

hu:Magyarországi országgyűlési választások a Horthy-rendszerben#Az 1939-es választások

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p899 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p940
Georgi Karasimeonov. Cleavages, parties, and voters: studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Pp. 70.
Payne, Stanley G.. (1996). "A History of Fascism, 1914-1945". [[Routledge]].
Payne, p. 275
Nohlen & Stöver, pp920-921
Nohlen & Stöver, p933

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