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The National Legitimist (People's) Party ( hu, Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt, NLN) 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 ...
during the 1930s.


History

The party first contested national elections in 1935, winning a single seat in the
parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
that year.
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'', p930
In 1937 they merged with the
Christian Economic and Social Party The Christian Economic and Social Party ( hu, Keresztény Gazdasági és Szociális Párt, KGSZP) was a political party in Hungary in the inter-war period. History The party was established around 1930 by a merger of the Christian National Econo ...
and the
Christian Opposition The Christian Opposition ( hu, Keresztény Ellenzék, KE) was a political party in Hungary during the inter-war period. History The party first contested national elections in 1922, winning two seats in the parliamentary elections that year. Alth ...
to form the United Christian Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p911


References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties disestablished in 1937