Left Bloc (Hungary)

Left Bloc

Baloldali Blokk
Left Bloc Baloldali Blokk
Leader	Mátyás Rákosi
Founder	Mátyás Rákosi; Árpád Szakasits; Péter Veres
Founded	5 March 1946
Dissolved	After 31 August 1947
Succeeded by	Patriotic People's Front
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Stalinism;
Political position	Far-left
Members	MKP MSZDP NPP
Colors	Red (primarily)
Seats in the National Assembly (1946)	162 / 421
Seats in the National Assembly (1947)	203 / 411
	Politics of Hungary; Political parties; Elections;

The Left Bloc (in Hungarian: Baloldali Blokk) was a political alliance in Hungary, functioning between 1946 and 1947. The Bloc included the Hungarian Communist Party (MKP), the Social Democratic Party (SZDP), the National Peasant Party (NPP) and the Trade Union Council (SZT).