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1922 Hungarian parliamentary election
	All 245 seats in the Diet; 123 seats needed for a majority
István Bethlen; EP	István Bethlen; EP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922.^[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party),^[2] which won 140 of the 245 seats in Parliament, the vast majority in "open" constituencies where there was no secret ballot.^[2]

Electoral system

Prior to the elections the United Party-led government changed the electoral system in order to ensure it retained its leading position.^[2] 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)^[2] using open elections.^[3] All four multi-member constituencies used secret ballots.^[3]

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^[a]			Secret SMCs^[b]			MMCs			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

Notes

^ The number of votes refers to only 170 of the 195 open single member constituencies, as the remaining 25 were uncontested.^[3]
^ The number of votes refers to only 12 of the 20 secret single member constituencies.^[3]

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, p876
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917

[4] The number of votes refers to only 170 of the 195 open single member constituencies, as the remaining 25 were uncontested.^[3]

[5] The number of votes refers to only 12 of the 20 secret single member constituencies.^[3]

[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[NS1-2] Nohlen & Stöver, p876

[DN-3] Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917

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1922 Hungarian parliamentary election

Electoral system

Results

By constituency type

Notes

References