Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 15 May 1949.[1] The Hungarian Independent People's Front, an umbrella group created that February to replace the National Independence Front and led by the Hungarian Working People's Party (as the Hungarian Communist Party had been renamed following a merger with the Hungarian Social Democratic Party), but also including the remaining four non-communist parties, ran a single list of candidates espousing a common programme.[2] With all organised opposition having been paralysed,[3] the Front won 95.6% of the vote,[4] presaging the result of elections through 1990. 71 (17.7%) elected deputies were female, up from 22 (5.4%) elected in 1947.[5] Some 71% of those elected belonged to the Working People's Party, and a similar proportion were workers or peasants.[6]
This election marked the onset of 40 years of communist rule in Hungary. Nonetheless, the government formed after the election was still nominally a coalition. The Smallholders received the Ministries of Trade and Religion and Education in addition to the premiership, and the National Peasants Party receiving Agriculture and Construction. After the election, the Front's local committees dissolved themselves, and with them the National Peasant and Independent Smallholder local organs, although no law or ordinance was ever passed abolishing them.[7]
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Wittenberg, Jason. Crucibles of Political Loyalty, p.88. Cambridge University Press (2006), ISBN 0-521-84912-8
^Ekert, Grzegorz. The State Against Society, p.43. Princeton University Press (1996), ISBN 0-691-01113-3
^Soberg Shugart, Matthew and Wattenberg, Martin P. Mixed-member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? Oxford University Press (2001), ISBN 0-19-925768-X
^Tremblay, Manon and Galligan, Yvonne. Sharing Power: Women, Parliament, Democracy, p.26. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (2005), ISBN 0-7546-4089-2
^Kontler, László. A History of Hungary, p.409. Palgrave Macmillan (2002), ISBN 1-4039-0316-6
^Cite error: The named reference Swain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
and 30 Related for: 1949 Hungarian parliamentary election information
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 15 May 1949. The Hungarian Independent People's Front, an umbrella group created that February to replace...
Parliamentaryelections, which later became known as the "blue-ballot" elections, were held in Hungary on 31 August 1947. The Hungarian Communist Party...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 1 and 10 June 1910. The result was a victory for the National Party of Work, which won 256 of the...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 9 April 2006, with a second round of voting in 110 of the 176 single-member constituencies on 23 April...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to elect the members of the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 28 and 29 May 1939. The result was a victory for the Party of Hungarian Life, which won 181 of the 260...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1985. The Patriotic People's Front, dominated by the Communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party...
The Second Hungarian Republic (Hungarian: Második Magyar Köztársaság) was a parliamentary republic briefly established after the disestablishment of the...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935. The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 24 August 1963. In the communist system the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party that...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 15 June 1975. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won...
and 24 June 1945. The Hungarian Communist Party won 89 of the 230 seats, increasing to 166 of the 498 seats after the 1945 elections. The Assembly first...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 17 May 1953. As would be the case with all elections for the remainder of Communist rule, voters were presented...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 29 April and 8 May 1906. The parties of the allied opposition received 87.96% of the vote. The main...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 16 November 1958. They were the first elections held after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The Communist...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 12 June and 9 July 1872. The result was a victory for the Deák Party, which won 245 of the 427 seats...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 28 and 30 June 1931. The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 149 of the 245 seats...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 10 November and 11 December 1865. The Deák Party won a majority of the seats. The Far-Left was a fraction...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1980. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 25 April 1971. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 17 and 26 July 1887. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 263 of the 413 seats...
2024 Hungarian local elections are scheduled for 9 June 2024. Mayors across the country will be elected. Bayer, Lili (2024-02-13). "Crisis in Hungarian politics...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 2 and 9 October 1901. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 277 of the 413 seats...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 19 March 1967. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party allowed to contest the elections...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922. The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary on 25 and 26 January 1920. However, they were only held in 164 districts. After the Treaty of Trianon was...
October 1949 (see also Max Brauer) 1949Hungarianparliamentaryelection1949 Icelandic parliamentaryelection1949 Norwegian parliamentaryelection1949 Portuguese...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926. The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats...
Parliamentaryelections were held in Hungary between 29 January and 3 February 1892. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 243 of the...
Global Information
