1905 Hungarian parliamentary election

1905 Hungarian parliamentary election

26 January–4 February 1905

All 413 seats in the Diet 207 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Seats +/– F48P Ferenc Kossuth 165 +86 Liberal Frigyes Podmaniczky 159 −118 Liberal dissidents Gyula Andrássy 27 New CVP Aladár Zichy 25 0 New Party Dezső Bánffy 13 New PNR Gheorghe Pop de Băsești 8 +8 Democratic Party Vilmos Vázsonyi 2 +1 Socialists 2 New Serb National 1 0 SNS 1 −3 Independents – 10 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election István Tisza Liberal Party István Tisza Liberal Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 26 January and 4 February 1905. The result was a victory for the Party of Independence and '48, marking the first time the Liberal Party had lost power since 1875. Because of bad decisions after the elections, the Parliament was dissolved in 1906. Franz Joseph I of Austria ignored the result and instead of the victorious allied opposition he kept István Tisza in power, and then on 18 June he nominated baron Géza Fejérváry mashal (the captain of his Hungarian bodyguards) as acting Prime Minister, which deepened the crisis.

Results

Party		Seats
	Party of Independence and '48	165
	Liberal Party	159
	Liberal Party dissidents	27
	Catholic People's Party	25
	New Party	13
	Romanian National Party	8
	Democratic Party	2
	Socialists	2
	Serb National Party	1
	Slovak National Party	1
	Independents	10
Total		413

Aftermath

The 27 Liberal dissidents led by Gyula Andrássy JR. founded the National Constitutional Party at the end of 1905.