Hungarian Independence Party | |
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| Leader | Zoltán Pfeiffer [hu] (1947) Tibor Hornyák [hu] (1956, 1989–90) |
| Founded | 28 July 1947[1] 1 November 1956 2 April 1989[2] |
| Dissolved | 20 November 1947 4 November 1956 |
TheHungarian Independence Party (Hungarian:Magyar Függetlenségi Párt, MFP) was a political party inHungary in the period afterWorld War II.
The party was founded in 1947, shortly before theAugust parliamentary elections that year. Led byZoltán Pfeiffer [hu], it won 49 of the 411 seats, becoming the fifth largest party in Parliament.[3] However, in October the National Elections Committee ruled that the party had participated in the election unlawfully, and its seats were annulled.[4]
A new party was established following the end of Communism. In the1990 parliamentary elections it received less than 0.1% of the vote, and did not run again.[5]
| 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) | |
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