The United Christian Party ( hu, Egyesült Kereszténypárt, EKP) was a right-wing 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 ...

that operated from the late 1930s until dissolving in 1944.

History

The party was formed in 1937 by a merger of 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 ...

(KGSZP), 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 ...

and the

National Legitimist Party The National Legitimist (People's) Party ( hu, Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt, NLN) was a political party in Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary during the 1930s. History The party first contested national elections in 1935, winning a single ...

(NLN), although members of the Christian Opposition broke away later in the same year to re-establish their party. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p911 Some other members left to establish the far-right

Christian National Socialist Front The Christian National Socialist Front ( hu, Keresztény Nemzeti Szocialista Front, KNSZF) was a far-right political party in Hungary during the late 1930s. History The party was formed in 1937 as a breakaway from the new United Christian Party ...

(KNSZF). The 1939 elections saw the new party win only four seats, eleven fewer than the KGSZP and NLN had won in

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

. It finished behind the Christian National Socialist Front in terms of vote share, although the KNSZF won only three seats. Neither party contested another election.Nohlen & Stöver, p908 After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the EKP was succeeded by the Christian Democratic People's Party.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p511

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