Unity (Hungary)

Unity
Összefogás
LeaderAttila Mesterházy
Founded14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)
Dissolved6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)
Succeeded byUnited for Hungary
IdeologyLiberalism
Social liberalism
Social democracy
Green liberalism
Green politics
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left

Unity (Hungarian: Összefogás), also called Left Unity (Hungarian: Baloldali összefogás) was the informal name of a short-lived centre-left political alliance in Hungary of five political parties formed for contesting the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election.

The parties involved were the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Together 2014 (E14), Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP).[1]

It was dissolved in aftermath of the alliance's poor results.

Members

Party Leader Ideology Candidates (2014)
Constituency (106) Party-list (60) Seats won (38)
Hungarian Socialist Party Attila Mesterházy Social democracy 71 42 29
Together 2014–Dialogue for Hungary Gordon Bajnai
Benedek Jávor		 Social liberalism
Green liberalism
Green politics		 22 9 4 (3+1)
Democratic Coalition Ferenc Gyurcsány Social liberalism 13 6 4
Hungarian Liberal Party Gábor Fodor Liberalism 0 3 1

Election results

Election year National Assembly Government
# of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won
2014 1,290,806
25.57%
38 / 199
 in opposition

See also

References

  1. ^ "Left-of-centre forces to campaign under "Unity" banner". 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.