1869 Hungarian parliamentary election

1869 Hungarian parliamentary election
All 420 seats in the Diet; 211 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Gyula Andrássy; Deák Party	Prime Minister after election ; Gyula Andrássy; Deák Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 9 and 13 March 1869. The main issues were the legitimisation of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the birth of Austria-Hungary. The compromise was created by the governing party. Hungary got more freedom and autonomy from Austria, but still in a mutual state with Austria and Franz Joseph I of Austria was crowned as the King of Hungary.

At the elections three parties ran for the seats; Deák Party, the supporter of the compromise, the Left Centre, partially opponents of it and the Far-Left opposing the treaty entirely. Finally the Deák Party won the 55.95% of the seats.^[1]

Results



Party		Seats
	Deák Party	235
	Left Centre	116
	Far-Left	40
	Minorities' Party	29
Total		420

Source: ^[2]

References

^ Vincent E. McHale (1983). Political parties of Europe. Greenwood Press. p. 505. ISBN 0-313-23804-9.
^ Szabó Pál Csaba, ed. (2006). A Magyar állam története 1711–2006 [History of the Hungarian State: 1711-2006] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Bölcsész konzorcium. p. 373. ISBN 963-9704-08-3.

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[1] Vincent E. McHale (1983). Political parties of Europe. Greenwood Press. p. 505. ISBN 0-313-23804-9.

[2] Szabó Pál Csaba, ed. (2006). A Magyar állam története 1711–2006 [History of the Hungarian State: 1711-2006] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Bölcsész konzorcium. p. 373. ISBN 963-9704-08-3.

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