Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement

The Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (Hungarian: Magyar Kereszténydemokrata Mozgalom, Slovak: Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, MKDM) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia between 1990 and 1998. The party was led by Béla Bugár.

Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement Magyar Kereszténydemokrata Mozgalom Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie
Abbreviation	MKDM
Leader	Béla Bugár
Founded	1990
Dissolved	18 March 1998
Merged into	Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Ideology	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (observer)
Politics of Slovakia Political parties Elections

History

The party was in 1990, and allied with Coexistence to take part in the general elections that year.[1] In the elections to the Czechoslovakian Federal Assembly the two parties won five seats in the Chamber of the People and seven in the Chamber of the Nations. In the elections to the National Council of Slovakia the alliance won 14 seats.

The parties maintained their alliance for the 1992 elections,[2] maintaining the same number of seats in the Federal Assembly and the Slovak National Council.

In 1994 the party allied with Coexistence and the Hungarian Civic Party to form the Hungarian Coalition.[3] In the elections that year the coalition won seventeen seats (seven of which were MKDM members),[4] making it the third largest party in the National Council. The three parties officially merged into the Party of the Hungarian Coalition on 18 March 1998.[5]

References

1. Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1990 European Election Database
2. Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1992 European Election Database
3. Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era ME Sharpe, p318
4. Bugajski, p319
5. Hungarians in the Slovak Government NISPAcee