Parliamentary election in Hungary 1878

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 1878 took place from August 5th to 14th, 1878 in Transleithanien . The Hungarian Reichstag ( Hungarian Magyar Országgyűlés ) was newly occupied .

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 was a victory for the Liberal Party , which won 239 of the 413 seats.

Political party	Mandates	%	Parliamentary role
Liberal Party	239	57.87%	government
United opposition	75	18.16%	opposition
Independence and 48 party	76	18.40%	opposition
Minority party	9	2.18%	opposition
Independent	14th	3.39%	independently
Total	413	100%	-

swell

• Szabó Pál Csaba (szerk): A Magyar állam története 1711-2006 (Bölcsész konzorcium, Budapest, 2006) ISBN 963-9704-08-3 ( MEK online - 373–376. O.) (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.