1963 Hungarian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 24 August 1963.[1] In the communist system the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party that was allowed to contest the elections, and won 252 of the 340 seats, with the remaining 88 going to independents selected by the party.[2]
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| Turnout | 97.20% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
| Patriotic People's Front | Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party | 6,813,058 | 98.90 | 252 | –24 | ||
| Independents | 88 | +26 | |||||
| Against | 75,777 | 1.10 | – | – | |||
| Total | 6,888,835 | 100.00 | 340 | +2 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,888,835 | 99.61 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 26,809 | 0.39 | |||||
| Total votes | 6,915,644 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,114,855 | 97.20 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p931