The Hungarian Social Green Party ( hu, Magyar Szociális Zöld Párt; MSZZP), also known its shortened form Green Party, is a

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political party in

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, founded in December 1995.

History

On 22 December 1995, Ottó Stekler (husband of fellow politician Mária Seres) and his followers left the

Green Party of Hungary The Greens, the Party of Normal People ( hu, Zöldek, a Normális Emberek Pártja; ZÖLDEK), also known mostly by its shortened form Green Party, is the first green political party in Hungary and also in post-communist countries, formed on 19 Nov ...

(MZP) to form the MSZZP in

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. During the foundation, the party described itself as an "anti-party", with several green anarchists and anti-establishment elements in its programme. In the 1998 parliamentary election, the MSZZP was able to set up a regional list in

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and obtained the 0.05 percent of votes, thus won no seats. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010). ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 899. The party skipped the 2002 parliamentary election. By the 2006 parliamentary election, the MSZZP became known of its guerrilla campaign methods and media PR campaigns and performances, having entered into cooperation with infamous far-right blogger (''Tomcat''). For instance, young activists of the party tried to attack

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politician

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with pillows during a campaign event in

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, but the event organizers have prevented this. Previously the party activists also tried to disturb the campaign speech of

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, the

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, by throwing a cake at his face. The MSZZP also released a video record which claimed system-wide counterfeiting of proposal coupons took place at the

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(MSZP) headquarters. Protesting against the electoral system, MSZZP activists burned their proposal coupons in front of the

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. The MSZZP intended to run in the February 2009 Ferencváros parliamentary by-election and nominated Tamás Polgár as their candidate. However, the Metropolitan Court rejected Polgár's entrance because 1152 proposal coupons out of 1165 pieces proved to be invalid.A 12. sz. Országgyűlési Egyéni Választókerületi Választási Bizottság 32/2008. határozata
, ferencvaros.hu, 2008. december 22.

Election results

National Assembly

References

Sources

External links

Zöldpártok Magyarországon – Örök ígéretek
{{Hungarian political parties Green political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 1995 1995 establishments in Hungary