1922 Hungarian parliamentary election

1922 Hungarian parliamentary election

28 May–2 June 1922

All 245 seats in the Diet 123 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– Unity István Bethlen 38.18 140 +28 MSZDP Károly Peyer 17.00 25 New Andrássy-Friedrich Gyula Andrássy 6.35 11 New NDP–LE Vilmos Vázsonyi 4.87 7 +1 KNEP Károly Wolff 4.33 10 −72 FKFPP 4.09 5 New Christian Socialist István Haller 4.00 6 +3 Christian Unity Károly Huszár 3.65 5 New F48P Tivadar Batthyány 2.04 1 +1 '48 Smallholders 1.65 2 New National Civic 1.39 2 New Christian Opposition 1.26 2 New Workers' Party 0.48 1 0 KFIP 0.22 1 New Liberal Opposition 0.18 1 New Independents – 8.93 26 +14 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election István Bethlen EP István Bethlen EP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922. The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party), which won 140 of the 245 seats in Parliament, the vast majority in "open" constituencies where there was no secret ballot.

Electoral system

Prior to the elections the United Party-led government changed the electoral system in order to ensure it retained its leading position. This involved reintroducing open elections and restricting the electoral census. The reforms were passed by a decree by Prime Minister István Bethlen as Parliament had already been dissolved.

The country was divided into 219 constituencies, of which 215 were single member constituencies and four were multi-member constituencies. Of the 215 single member constituencies, only 20 used the secret ballot, with the remainder (which were rural constituencies) using open elections. All four multi-member constituencies used secret ballots.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity Party	623,201	38.18	140	+28
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	277,481	17.00	25	New
	Andrássy-Friedrich Party	103,705	6.35	11	New
	United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition	79,434	4.87	7	+1
	Christian National Union Party	70,748	4.33	10	–72
	Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party	66,693	4.09	5	New
	Christian Socialist Party	65,325	4.00	6	+3
	Alliance of Christian Unity	59,508	3.65	5	New
	Party of Independence and '48	33,220	2.04	1	+1
	'48 Smallholders Party	26,972	1.65	2	New
	National Civic Party	22,764	1.39	2	New
	Christian Opposition	20,610	1.26	2	New
	National Defence Party	8,067	0.49	0	0
	Hungarian Workers' Party	7,768	0.48	1	0
	Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party	3,584	0.22	1	New
	Liberal Opposition	2,929	0.18	1	New
	National Democratic Party	1,944	0.12	0	–
	Economic Policy Party	7,545	0.46	0	New
	Christian National Party	3,547	0.22	0	–2
	Hungarian National Socialist Bloc	1,423	0.09	0	0
	Independents	145,836	8.93	26	+14
Total		1,632,304	100.00	245	+26
Registered voters/turnout		2,382,158	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency type

Party		Open SMCs			Secret SMCs			MMCs			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Unity Party	585,551	53.10	133	26,765	19.58	6	10,885	2.77	1	140	+28
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	69,501	6.30	5	40,268	29.46	7	167,712	42.68	13	25	New
	Andrássy-Friedrich Party	77,612	7.04	9	6,151	4.50	0	19,942	5.08	2	11	New
	United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition							79,434	20.22	7	7	+1
	Christian National Union Party	62,470	5.67	9	8,278	6.06	1				10	–72
	Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party	61,266	5.56	4	5,427	3.97	1				5	New
	Christian Socialist Party	48,653	4.41	5	4,212	3.08	0	12,460	3.17	1	6	+3
	Alliance of Christian Unity							59,508	15.14	5	5	New
	Party of Independence and '48	23,795	2.16	1	5,674	4.15	0	3,751	0.95	0	1	+1
	'48 Smallholders Party	26,972	2.45	2							2	New
	National Civic Party	7,482	0.68	1	5,809	4.25	1	9,473	2.41	0	2	New
	Christian Opposition	6,780	0.61	1				13,830	3.52	1	2	New
	National Defence Party	4,644	0.42	0				3,423	0.87	0	0	0
	Hungarian Workers' Party	7,768	0.70	1							1	0
	Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party	3,584	0.33	1							1	New
	Liberal Opposition	2,929	0.27	1							1	New
	National Democratic Party				1,944	1.42	0				0	–
	Economic Policy Party							7,545	1.92	0	0	New
	Christian National Party							3,547	0.90	0	0	–2
	Hungarian National Socialist Bloc							1,423	0.36	0	0	0
	Independents	113,673	10.31	22	32,163	23.53	4				26	+14
Total		1,102,680	100.00	195	136,691	100.00	20	392,933	100.00	30	245	+26
Valid votes		1,102,680	100.00					392,933	96.76
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00					13,167	3.24
Total votes		1,102,680	100.00					406,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,553,184	70.99		153,024	–		444,710	91.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver