Democratic Coalition Party (Hungary)

Democratic Coalition Party

Demokrata Koalíció Párt
Democratic Coalition Party Demokrata Koalíció Párt
First leader	Zoltán Új
Last leader	István György
Founded	4 August 1990
Dissolved	1 September 2001
Preceded by	Patriotic Electoral Coalition (HVK)
Ideology	Christian socialism
Political position	Centre-left
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The Democratic Coalition Party (Hungarian: Demokrata Koalíció Párt; DKP) was a centre-left party in Hungary between 1990 and 2001.

History

The DKP was founded in August 1990 as the legal successor of the Patriotic Electoral Coalition (HVK). However, the party tried to distance itself from the predecessor organization. The DKP considered itself as a Christian socialist centre-left party with social democratic values. The party also placed great emphasis on the enforcement of the freedom of the press, while supporting the emergence of private farms but rejected the Independent Smallholders' Party's proposal of re-privatization. The first leader of the party was lawyer Zoltán Új, he was replaced by Sándor Forrai on 18 May 1991. Forrai died in office on 27 April 1992, so he was succeeded by István György. In February 1993, Mihály Hesz and his supporters left the party to re-establish the HVK, however the court did not recognize that step. Hesz was officially excluded from the DKP.^[1]

The Democratic Coalition Party contested the 1994 parliamentary election with four individual candidates, who received 0.04 percent of the votes, gaining no seats.^[2] The DKP did not contest any further elections, it was dissolved on 1 September 2001.^[1]

Election results

National Assembly

Election year	National Assembly				Government
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Government
1994	2,117	0.04%	0 / 386		extra-parliamentary

References

^ ^a ^b Vida, István (2011). "Demokrata Koalíció Párt (DKP)". Hungarian: Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010), lit. 'Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)' (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. p. 340. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 899. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[vida-1] Vida, István (2011). "Demokrata Koalíció Párt (DKP)". Hungarian: Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010), lit. 'Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)' (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. p. 340. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.

[NS-2] Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 899. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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