Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania

The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania[2] (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; Romanian: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) is a political party of the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.[3]

Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt
President	Szilágyi Zsolt
Founded	2011 (2011)
Headquarters	Cluj-Napoca
Ideology	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy Autonomism
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
Senate	0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 329
European Parliament	0 / 32
Mayors	0 / 3,186 [1]
County Councilors	6 / 1,434 [1]
Local Council Councilors	207 / 40,067 [1]
Website
http://www.neppart.eu/
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Ideology and objectives

It positions itself as an alternative to the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the largest party representing Romania's Hungarian minority. The party's aim is "to establish an own parliament and government in Transylvania" and to achieve autonomy for the Szeklerland.[4] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[5][6] In June 2014 Tibor Toro made a proposal for the revision of the bilateral treaty between Romania and Hungary, which was signed in 1996: I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians. [7]

This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party".[8]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2012	47,955	0.65	0 / 412	58,765	0.79	0 / 176	7th	Opposition to USL government (until March 2014)
							Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (until December 2014)
							Opposition to PSD-UNPR-ALDE government (until November 2015)
							Indifferent to Cioloș Cabinet (Ind.)
2016	did not compete	Indifferent to PSD-ALDE government (until August 2019)
	Indifferent to PSD minority government (until November 2019)
	Indifferent to PNL minority government

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	Percentage	Position	Votes	Percentage	Position
2014	Zsolt Szilágyi	53,146	0.56%	10th
2019	did not compete

References

1. http://www.2016bec.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SIAL2016_Situatia_mandatelor_partide-2.xlsx
2. "Ethnic Hungarian party in Romania says "Transylvania is not a colony of Bucharest"". budapesttelegraph.com. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
3. "Bejegyezték az EMNP-t". kitekinto.hu. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
4. "Cultural autonomy and territorial federalism: two voting options for Hungarians in Transylvania". nationalia.info. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
5. "Megalakult a Partiumi Autonómia Tanács". kitekinto.hu. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
6. "Nyílt pályázat a Partium jelképeinek megtervezésére". erdely.ma. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
7. http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/ppmt-propune-analizarea-revizuirii-tratatului-romano-ungar-cuprinse-referiri-autonomie-1_53a2ebd50d133766a8b87b12/index.html
8. http://www.agerpres.ro/politica/2014/02/23/harghita-ppmt-ii-propune-lui-tokes-laszlo-sa-accepte-sa-candideze-la-europarlamentare-pe-lista-fidesz-14-48-37