1878 Hungarian Parliamentary Election
5–14 August 1878 · Dualism · 413 seats, 207 for a majority
Liberal Party finished first with 237 of 413 seats.
A property and tax franchise held the electorate to about six per cent of the population, and voting outside the towns was open rather than secret.
Prime Minister before
Kálmán Tisza
SZP
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Liberal Party
237 of 413 seats
Turnout
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The result
Liberal Party
-91 seats
237
seats
United Opposition
+62 seats
82
seats
Party of Independence
+41 seats
69
seats
Independent moderate
+12 seats
13
seats
Serbian People's Liberal Party
+1 seats
4
seats
Independent '67ers
-7 seats
4
seats
Party of 1848
-8 seats
2
seats
Independent '48ers
+1 seats
1
seats
National Party of Romanians in Hungary
-4 seats
1
seats