Parliamentary election in Hungary 1922

The parliamentary elections in Hungary in 1922 took place from May 28 to June 2, 1922 and produced the Unity Party , which won 140 of 245 seats in parliament, as the winner. The vote was open.

Electoral system

Before the election, the leadership of the ruling unity party changed the electoral system in order to secure power. This included the reintroduction of open elections and influencing electoral lists. The reforms were introduced by a decree issued by Prime Minister István Bethlen when the parliament was already dissolved.

For the elections the country was divided into 219 constituencies. Of these, more than one candidate ran in just four constituencies. Of the 125 individual applicant districts, only 20 were elected by secret ballot, the remaining, all rural constituencies, voted in open elections. All four constituencies with several candidates were elected secretly.

Results

Political party	Open individual candidate elections			Secret Individual Candidate Elections			Multi-candidate elections			total
	be right	%	Seats	be right	%	Seats	be right	%	Seats	be right	%	Seats	Gains / losses
Unity party	585,551	53.1	133	26,765	19.6	6th	10,885	2.8	1	623.201	38.2	140	+28
Hungarian Social Democratic Party	69.501	6, .3	5	40,268	29.5	7th	167.712	42.7	13	277.481	17.0	25th	New
Andrássy Friedrich Party	77,612	7.0	9	6.151	4.5	0	19,942	5.1	2	103.705	6.4	11	New
United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition	-	-	-	-	-	-	79,434	20.2	7th	79,434	4.9	7th	New
Christian National Unity Party	62,470	5.7	9	8,278	6.1	1	-	-	-	70,748	4.3	10	-72
Independent small farmers, agricultural workers and citizens' party	61,266	5.6	4th	5,427	4.0	1	-	-	-	66,693	4.1	5	New
Christian Social Party	48,653	4.4	5	4.212	3.1	0	12,460	3.2	1	65,235	4.0	6th	+3
Alliance of Christian Unity	-	-	-	-	-	-	59,508	15.1	5	59,508	3.6	5	New
Independence party	23,795	2.2	1	5,674	4.2	0	3,751	1.0	0	33,220	2.0	1	+1
Small farmers party	26,972	2.4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	26,972	1.7	2	New
National Citizens Party	7,482	0.7	1	5,809	4.2	1	9,473	2.4	0	22,764	1.4	2	New
Christian opposition	6,780	0.6	1	-	-	-	13,830	3.5	1	20,610	1.3	2	New
National Defense Party	4,644	0.4	0	-	-	-	3,423	0.9	0	8,067	0.5	0	0
Hungarian Labor Party	7,768	0.7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,768	0.5	1	0
Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party	3,584	0.3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,584	0.2	1	New
Liberal opposition	2,929	0.3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,929	0.2	1	New
National Democratic Party	-	-	-	1,944	1.4		-	-	-	1,944	0.1	0	–6
Economic policy party	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,545	1.9	0	7,545	0.5	0	New
Christian National Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,547	0.9	0	3,547	0, U2	0	0
Hungarian National Socialist bloc	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,423	0.4	0	1,423	0.1	0	0
Independent	113,673	10.3	22nd	32.163	23.5	4th	-	-	-	145.836	8.9	26th	+14
Invalid votes	0	-	-		-	-	13,167	-	-		-	-	-
Total	1,102,680	100	195	136.691	100	20th	406,100	100	30th	1,632,304	100	245	+26
Registered voters / turnout	1,553,184	71.0	-	153.024		-	444.710	91.3	-	2,382,158		-	-
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Endnotes

1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & P. Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p. 899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Nohlen & Stöver, p. 876
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nohlen & Stöver, 916-917