1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935.^[1] The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164 of the 245 seats in Parliament. Gyula Gömbös remained Prime Minister.^[2]

1935 Hungarian parliamentary election

← 1931 31 March – 7 April 1935 1939 →
All 245 elected seats in the Diet 123 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Gyula Gömbös Tibor Eckhardt [de] Party NEP FKgP Seats won 164 22 Popular vote 879,474 387,351 Percentage 44.55% 19.62%   Third party Fourth party   Leader János Zichy Károly Peyer Party KGSZP MSZDP Seats won 14 11 Popular vote 175,165 132,052 Percentage 8.87% 6.69%
Prime Minister before election Gyula Gömbös NEP Prime Minister after election Gyula Gömbös NEP

Electoral system

The electoral system remained the same as in 1931. There were 199 openly elected single-member constituencies and 11 secretly elected multi-member constituencies electing a total of 46 seats.^[3][4]

Parties and leaders

Party		Leader
	National Unity Party (NEP)	Gyula Gömbös
	Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP)	Tibor Eckhardt [de]
	Christian Economic and Social Party (KGSZP)	János Zichy
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP)	Károly Peyer
	Hungarian National Socialist Party (MNSZP)	Sándor Festetics
	Civic Freedom Party (PSZP)	Károly Rassay [hu]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party of National Unity	879,474	44.55	164	+15
	Independent Smallholders Party	387,351	19.62	22	+12
	Christian Economic and Social Party	175,165	8.87	14	–18
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	132,052	6.69	11	–3
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	75,318	3.82	2	New
	Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)	72,407	3.67	7	+1
	Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	56,249	2.85	6	–2
	National Legitimist Party	40,025	2.03	1	New
	National Radical Party[a]	17,031	0.86	0	–1
	Reform Generation	14,478	0.73	2	New
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.56	1	+1
	Christian Opposition	9,151	0.46	1	–1
	Christian National Front	8,526	0.43	1	New
	Party of National Will	7,431	0.38	1	New
	Party of Independence and '48[a]	5,648	0.29	1	+1
	National Agrarian Opposition	5,320	0.27	1	0
	Free Civic Party	2,527	0.13	0	New
	Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class	915	0.05	0	New
	Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.03	0	New
	Independents	73,471	3.72	10	–6
Total		1,974,089	100.00	245	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,475,214	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total number of registered voters was 3,005,742, but only 2,475,214 were in contested constituencies.^[3]

By constituency type

Party		SMCs[b]			MMCs[c]			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Party of National Unity	718,911	49.27	150	160,563	31.18	14	164
	Independent Smallholders Party	379,696	26.02	21	7,655	1.49	1	22
	Christian Economic and Social Party	91,827	6.29	7	83,338	16.18	7	14
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary				132,052	25.64	11	11
	Hungarian National Socialist Party	57,544	3.94	1	17,774	3.45	1	2
	Liberal and Democratic Opposition (ESZDP–NDP)				72,407	14.06	7	7
	Unofficial Party of National Unity candidates	53,018	3.63	6	3,231	0.63	0	6
	National Legitimist Party	36,502	2.50	1	3,523	0.68	0	1
	National Radical Party	9,309	0.64	0	7,722	1.50	0	0
	Reform Generation	9,265	0.63	1	5,213	1.01	1	2
	Hungarian Agricultural Labourers and Workers Party	11,004	0.75	1				1
	Christian Opposition	4,928	0.34	0	4,223	0.82	1	1
	Christian National Front				8,526	1.66	1	1
	Party of National Will	7,431	0.51	1				1
	Party of Independence and '48	5,648	0.39	0			1	1
	National Agrarian Opposition				5,320	1.03	1	1
	Free Civic Party				2,527	0.49	0	0
	Unified National Party of Workers and Lower Middle Class				915	0.18	0	0
	Hungarian Truth Party	546	0.04	0				0
	Independents	73,471	5.04	10				10
Total		1,459,100	100.00	199	514,989	100.00	46	245
Valid votes		1,459,100	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00
Total votes		1,459,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,820,266	80.16		654,948	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

1. The National Radical Party and the National Independence Kossuth Party ran a joint list in one multi-member constituency. It won a single seat, taken by the National Independence Kossuth Party.^[3][5]
2. The number of votes refers to only 146 of the 199 single-member constituencies, as 53 seats were uncontested.^[3]
3. The number of votes refers to ten of the eleven MMCs.^[3]