1953 Hungarian parliamentary election

← 1949

17 May 1953

1958 →

Turnout

97.98%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Mátyás Rákosi	–
Party	MDP	Independents
Alliance	MFN	MFN
Seats won	206	92
Seat change	79	25

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 17 May 1953.^[1] As would be the case with all elections for the remainder of Communist rule, voters were presented with a single list from the Communist Hungarian Working People's Party, comprising Communists and pro-Communist independents. The Working People's Party won 206 of the 298 seats, with the remaining 92 going to independents.^[2]

Results



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Hungarian Independence People's Front	Hungarian Working People's Party	6,256,653	99.03	206	–79
	Hungarian Independence People's Front	Independents	6,256,653	99.03	92	–25
Against			61,257	0.97	–	–
Total			6,317,910	100.00	298	–104

Valid votes			6,317,910	99.17
Invalid/blank votes			52,609	0.83
Total votes			6,370,519	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,501,869	97.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p931

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1953 Hungarian parliamentary election

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Results

References