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
| Share of the National Assembly | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | — | 237 | -91 | — | — | — | |
| United Opposition | — | 82 | +62 | — | — | — | |
| Party of Independence | — | 69 | +41 | — | — | — | |
| Independent moderate | — | 13 | +12 | — | — | — | |
| Serbian People's Liberal Party | — | 4 | +1 | — | — | — | |
| Independent '67ers | — | 4 | -7 | — | — | — | |
| Party of 1848 | — | 2 | -8 | — | — | — | |
| Independent '48ers | — | 1 | +1 | — | — | — | |
| National Party of Romanians in Hungary | — | 1 | -4 | — | — | — |