1963 Hungarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 24 August 1963.[1] In the communist system the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party that was allowed to contest the elections, and won 252 of the 340 seats, with the remaining 88 going to independents selected by the party.[2]

1963 Hungarian parliamentary election

24 February 1963

All 340 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout97.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader János Kádár
Party MSZMP Independents
Alliance HNF HNF
Leader since 25 October 1956
Seats won 252 88
Seat change 24 26
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Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party6,813,05898.9252–24
Independents88+26
Against75,7771.1
Invalid/blank votes26,809
Total6,915,644100340+2
Registered voters/turnout7,114,85597.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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References

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