The National Radical Party ( hu, Nemzeti Radikális Párt, NRP) 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 ...

between 1930 and 1938.

History

The NRP was founded by

Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre Kálmán Bajcsy-Zsilinszky (Szarvas, June 6, 1886 – Sopronkőhida, December 24, 1944), was an influential Hungarian national radical politician and an important voice in the struggle against German expansion and military policy. Execut ...

in 1930 following the disbandment of the

Hungarian National Independence Party The Hungarian National Independence Party ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Függetlenségi Párt, MNFP), also known as the Party of Racial Defence, was a political party in Hungary in the interwar period. History The party was established in 1923 by a righ ...

(MNFP), most of whose members, including leader Gyula Gömbös, rejoined the Unity Party. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky's new party first In the 1931 elections the party won a single seat, taken by Bajcsy-Zsilinszky. In the 1935 elections the party more than doubled its vote share, but failed to win a seat. In one multi-member constituency it ran a joint list with the

National Independence Kossuth Party The Party of Independence and '48 ( hu, Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt; F48P), also known mostly by its shortened form Independence Party ( hu, Függetlenségi Párt), was one of the two major political parties in the Kingdom of Hungary within Au ...

(OFKP). The joint list won one seat, taken by the OFKP.

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'', p920 Nohlen & Stöver, p930 The NRP was dissolved in 1938 when Bajcsy-Zsilinszky joined the

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party ( hu, Független Kisgazda-, Földmunkás- és Polgári Párt), known mostly by its acronym FKgP or its shortened form Independent Smallholders' Party ( hu, Független Kisgazdapárt), ...

(FKGP).

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties established in 1930 Political parties disestablished in 1938 Far-right political parties in Hungary