Parliamentary election in Hungary 1896

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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 1896 took place in Transleithanien from October 29 to November 4, 1896 . 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 290 of the 413 seats.

    Political party Mandates % Parliamentary role
    Liberal Party 290 70.21% government
    Independence and 48 party 50 12.10% opposition
    National party 33 8.23% opposition
    Catholic People's Party 18th 4.36% opposition
    Ugron independence and 48 party 11 2.66% opposition
    Independent 10 2.42% independently
    Romanian National Party 1 0.24% opposition
    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.