The Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció (MK); sr, Мађарска Коалиција (МК), ''Mađarska Koalicija'' (MK)) was a

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composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian

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: the

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség; sr, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Savez vojvođanskih Mađara; abbr. СВМ, SVM, or VMSZ) is a Regionalism (politics), regionalist List of political ...

, the

Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians (, VMDP, , DSVM) is a political party in Serbia representing the Hungarian minority. It advocates for a "personal autonomy" for Hungarians in Vojvodina. It is led by Béla Csorba. Electoral results Parlia ...

, and the

Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyarok Demokratikus Közössége, VMDK; sr-Cyrl, Демократска заједница војвођанских Мађара , Demokratska zajednica vojvođanskih Mađara, ...

. Leader of Hungarian Coalition is István Pásztor.

Political goals

The Hungarian Coalition advocating creation of an autonomous multiethnic region in northern Serbia (see:

Hungarian Regional Autonomy The Hungarian Regional Autonomy ( hu, Magyar Körzeti Önkormányzat) is the name of a proposed new administrative unit in the northern part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia. It forms a part of the political program of the Allia ...

), which would include municipalities with Hungarian ethnic majority (

Kanjiža Kanjiža ( sr-Cyrl, Кањижа, pronounced ) formerly Stara Kanjiža ( sr-cyrl, Стара Кањижа; yi, קניזשא; hu, Magyarkanizsa, formerly ''Kanizsa'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous ...

Senta Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the ge ...

Ada Ada may refer to: Places Africa * Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria Asia * Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, ...

Bačka Topola Bačka Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка Топола, ; hu, Topolya, ) is a town and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and has a pop ...

Mali Iđoš Mali Iđoš ( sr-cyrl, Мали Иђош, ; hu, Kishegyes, ) is a village and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality comprises three local communities and has a population ...

Čoka Čoka ( sr-Cyrl, Чока, ; hu, Csóka, ; german: Tschoka; sk, Čoka) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,028, while Čoka municipality ...

), as well as ethnically mixed municipalities of

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

and

Bečej Bečej ( sr-cyrl, Бечеј, ; hu, Óbecse, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 23,895, while the municipality has 37,351 inhabitants. It ...

and municipality of

Novi Kneževac Novi Kneževac ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Кнежевац, ; hu, Törökkanizsa; german: Neu-Kanischa) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,960, ...

, in which the majority of population are

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. Center of this autonomous region would be Subotica.

Participation in elections

State elections

2008 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly. The election was held barely a year after the previous parliamentary election. There were 6,749,886 eligible electors who were able to vote in 8 ...

, the Hungarian Coalition won 4 seats in the Serbian parliament. On April 25, 2008 Hungarian Coalition got the support of

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party

Democratic Union of Croats The Democratic Union of Croats ( hr, Demokratska zajednica Hrvata, sr-cyrl, Демократска заједница Хрвата, Demokratska zajednica Hrvata, DZH) is a political party in Serbia representing the Croat ethnic minority in t ...

for these elections.

Provincial elections

On the provincial elections in Vojvodina in 2008, the Hungarian Coalition won 7% of votes in the first election round.

Local elections

In 2008 local elections in Serbia, the expectations of the Hungarian Coalition were to win majority of votes in the local parliaments of municipalities of Serbia with ethnic Hungarian majority, but this was the case only in municipality of

, where Hungarian Coalition won 50.91% of votes. The Coalition also won the plurality of votes in municipalities of

(31.87%),

(46.25%), and

(37.18%), while in municipalities of

and

, the Hungarian Coalition was second largest political option, after

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(In Čoka, Democratic Party won 29.08% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 24.47% of votes; in Ada, the coalition led by Democratic Party won 29.25% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 25.70% of votes). In ethnically mixed municipality of

, the Hungarian Coalition was also second largest political option after coalition led by Democratic Party (Democratic Party coalition won 40.16% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 27.14% of votes in Subotica), while in ethnically mixed municipality of

, the Hungarian Coalition won the plurality of votes (29.63%). In municipality of

with ethnic Serb majority (claimed by Hungarian Coalition as part of future autonomous region), the Hungarian Coalition was third largest political option with 17.63% of votes (Largest political option in Novi Kneževac municipality was coalition led by Democratic Party with 27.18% of votes, and second largest was

Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска радикална странка, Srpska radikalna stranka, ''SRS'') is an ultranationalist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1991, and its founder and current leader is Vojislav Še ...

with 22.46% of votes).

References

External links

Hungarian Coalition official site
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Hungarian Coalition official site
Defunct political party alliances in Serbia Hungarian political parties in Serbia Politics of Vojvodina