The Humanist Party ( hu, Humanista Párt) was a

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, and it was a member of the

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History

The Humanist Party (HP) was founded in 1993 and became a member of the Humanist International. As the party did not run in two consecutive elections (1994 and 1998), the Court of Budapest ceased its operations according to the existing legislation. The party re-established in January 2003. At the

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, on 7 April and 21 April 2002, the party won no seats. At the local election in 2002 the party in

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won 0.36% of the popular vote and no seats. The Humanist Party made an electoral alliance with

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(LMP) at the 2009 European Parliament elections. The coalition garnered 75,522 votes, (or 2.61% of the total votes), which was less than the 5% needed to gain a seat for the 2009–2014 cycle. In March 2010 the Humanist Party broke the agreement and decided no to run at

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. The Humanist Party dissolved in November 2012 and transformed itself to a civil organization.

Election results

For the European Parliament: ¹ In an electoral alliance with the

(LMP)

References

External links

Official web siteHumanista Párt
2003 establishments in Hungary 2012 disestablishments in Hungary Defunct political parties in Hungary

Political parties disestablished in 2012 Political parties established in 2003 {{Hungary-party-stub