The United Christian Party (, EKP) 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 ...
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 (KGSZP), the
Christian Opposition and the
National Legitimist Party (NLN), although members of the Christian Opposition broke away later in the same year to re-establish their party.
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'', p911 Some other members left to establish the far-right
Christian National Socialist Front (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 an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
. 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 (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, the EKP was succeeded by the Christian Democratic People's Party.[Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p511 ]
Further reading
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References
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Catholic political parties
Christian political parties in Hungary
Defunct political parties in Hungary
Political parties established in 1937
1937 establishments in Hungary