The Christian Opposition ( hu, Keresztény Ellenzék, KE) was a political party in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

during the inter-war period.

History

The party first contested national elections in 1922, winning two seats in the

parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

that year. Although it did not run in the 1926 elections, the party won two seats in the 1931 elections. The 1935 elections saw the party reduced to a single seat. In 1937 they merged with the

Christian Economic and Social Party The Christian Economic and Social Party ( hu, Keresztény Gazdasági és Szociális Párt, KGSZP) was a political party in Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, ...

and the

National Legitimist Party The National Legitimist (People's) Party ( hu, Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt, NLN) was a political party in Hungary during the 1930s. History The party first contested national elections in 1935, winning a single seat in the parliamentary electi ...

to form the United Christian Party.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p911 However, former KE members broke away to re-establish their party later in the same year. In the 1939 elections the party lost its sole seat after receiving just 2,384 votes.Nohlen & Stöver, p921

References

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