The Hungarian Union (, UM) was a political party in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

representing the Hungarian minority.

History

The party was established on 6 July 1921, with Sámuel Jósika as its first president.Sorin Radu & Hans-Christian Maner (2012) ''Parliamentarism and Political Structures in East-Central and Southeastern Europe in the Interwar Period'', University of Sibiu Publishing House, p196 Its activities were suspended by the Romanian government on 30 October, based on a historical law banning political parties based on ethnic lines. On 15 January 1922 István Kecskeméthy became its new president, and the government allowed the party to resume activities shortly before the March 1922 elections.Radu & Maner, p197 In the elections the party won three seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1599 However, it was banned against shortly after the election. On 20 November it was agreed to merge with the Transylvanian People’s Party to form the new Magyar Party.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

References

{{Historical Romanian political parties Defunct political parties in Romania Political parties established in 1921 Political parties disestablished in 1922 1921 establishments in Romania 1922 disestablishments in Romania Hungarian political parties in Romania