The Christian Socialist Party (, , KP) was a political party in
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, 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 and ...
during the early 1920s.
History
The party first contested national elections in 1920,
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 ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p907 winning three seats in the
parliamentary elections
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...
that year. In the
1922 elections it won six seats.
The
1931 elections saw the party win a single seat. It did not contest any further elections.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p907]
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References
{{Hungarian political parties
Defunct political parties in Hungary
Socialist parties in Hungary
Christian political parties in Hungary
Christian socialist organizations