National Legitimist Party
National Legitimist Party Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt | |
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| Leader | Miklós Griger |
| Founded | 27 June 1933[citation needed] |
| Dissolved | 26 January 1937[citation needed] |
| Merged into | United Christian Party |
| Ideology | Royalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Catholicism[1] |
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The National Legitimist (People's) Party (Hungarian: Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt, NLN) was a political party in Hungary during the 1930s.
History
[edit]The party first contested national elections in 1935, winning a single seat in the parliamentary elections that year.[2] In 1937 they merged with the Christian Economic and Social Party and the Christian Opposition to form the United Christian Party.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Csaba Fazekas. "Collaborating with Horthy: Political Catholicism and Christian Political Organizations in Hungary". POLITICAL CATHOLICISM IN EUROPE 1918–45. pp. 170–171. ISBN 0-203-65539-7.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p930 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p911
| National Assembly (199) |
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| Not represented* |
* Limit for parties to join the National Assembly in Hungary is 5 % of popular votes |
| European Parliament (21) | |
