The Alliance for the Village and Countryside (; SZFV), was an agrarianist

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, based in

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History

The SZFV made an electoral coalition with the

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(ASZ), the two parties had two joint individual candidates for the 1990 parliamentary election, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 899. József Fabi in

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and SZFV leader

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. In addition to this, the party's two other politicians also ran solely (Jenő Gáspár in

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and Gyula Kóbor in

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), all four of them in Baranya County. Surprisingly, Wekler won his constituency in the first round. After that he was also supported by the

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(SZDSZ) and he obtained the mandate with 57.2 percent of the votes in the second round. In accordance with the electoral deal, Wekler joined the SZDSZ parliamentary group. The SZFV did not contest any further elections, it became technically defunct by August 2001, when the Baranya County Court ordered to dissolve the organization.

Election results

National Assembly

¹ In an electoral alliance with the

(ASZ) in two constituencies out of four. SZFV leader and joint candidate Ferenc Wekler joined the SZDSZ caucus.

References

Sources

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