1945 Hungarian parliamentary election

1945 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
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All 409 elected seats in the Diet
205 seats needed for a majority
Turnout92.50%
Party Leader % Seats
FKGP Zoltán Tildy 57.03 245
MSZDP Árpád Szakasits 17.41 69
Communist Mátyás Rákosi 16.96 70
National Peasant Péter Veres 6.87 23
Civic Democratic Sándor Szent-Iványi 1.62 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Béla Miklós
Military
Zoltán Tildy
FKGP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 4 November 1945.[1] They came at a turbulent moment in the country's history: World War II had had a devastating impact; the Soviet Union was occupying it, with the Hungarian Communist Party growing in numbers; a land reform that March had radically altered the property structure; and inflation was rampant.

In what is generally reckoned as the first relatively free election in the country's history,[2] the Independent Smallholders Party won a sweeping victory. However, the Smallholders' gains were gradually whittled away by Communist salami tactics, fulfilling the prediction of Communist leader Mátyás Rákosi that the defeat would "not play an important role in Communist plans".[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Andorka was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Borhi, pp77–78

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