Parliamentary election in Hungary 1869

Parts of the empire and crown lands of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy :

Cisleithania

Transleithania

Bosnia and Herzegovina (administered since 1878, annexed in 1908)

The parliamentary elections in Hungary in 1869 took place from March 9th to 13th, 1869 in Transleithanien . The Hungarian Reichstag ( Hungarian Magyar Országgyűlés ) was newly occupied . It was the first choice in Hungary within Austria-Hungary . The most important topics were the legitimation of the Austro-Hungarian settlement of 1867 and the stabilization of the new state Austria-Hungary.

Electoral system

In the Kingdom of Hungary and its crown lands , class suffrage had been in effect since 1867 . Privileges of class and property were much more decisive in Hungary than in Austria.

Election result

The result of the election was a victory for the Deák Party of Ferenc Deak , won the 235 of the 420 seats.

Political party	Mandates	%	Parliamentary role
Deák party	235	55.95%	government
Left center	116	27.62%	opposition
Extreme left party	40	9.52%	opposition
Minority party	29	6.90%	government
Total	420	100%	-

swell

• Szabó Pál Csaba (szerk): A Magyar állam története 1711–2006 (Bölcsész konzorcium, Budapest, 2006) ISBN 963-9704-08-3 ( MEK online , pp. 373–376. Above) (Hungarian)
• Magyarország történeti kronológiája III. Főszerkesztő: Benda Kálmán. Budapest, 1993. (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vincent E. McHale: Political parties of Europe , Greenwood Press, 1983, ISBN 0-313-23804-9 , p. 505.