Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 29 April and 8 May 1906. After the previous elections, a political stalemate had developed, as Franz Joseph I refused to appoint a politician who had the support of the parliamentary majority. After the government lost its support, the parliament called on the county authorities in a resolution to refuse obedience. The government withheld the salaries of the officials who joined the resistance, but the counties compensated them and protested because of the violation of their autonomy. The monarch presented his terms of appointment to the representatives of the parliamentary majority in the autumn of 1905, who rejected it. Baron Géza Fejérváry and Ferenc Kossuth reached an agreement and the Liberal Party was dissolved in April 1906. Based on the secret pact, the opposition coalition renounced the reform of the army and accepted the maintenance of the Austro-Hungarian customs union in exchange for the reform of the suffrage. The elections were aimed at strengthening the new government led by Sándor Wekerle, who became a member of the Constitution Party, a new party formed by Dissidents who broke away from the Liberal Party. After the New Party was no longer part of the opposition coalition, it disbanded before the elections. Two agrarian socialist parties already ran in this election, the Reorganized Social Democratic Party of Hungary, which split from the Social Democratic Party of Hungary, and the Hungarian Independent Socialist Peasant Party, founded by . The new Parliament convened on May 21, 1906.
Parties and leaders PartyLeader Party of Independence and '48 (F48P) Ferenc Kossuth National Constitution Party (OAP) Gyula Andrássy Catholic People's Party (KNP) Aladár Zichy Romanian National Party (PNR) Gheorghe Pop Slovak National Party (SNS) Serb People's Radical Party (SNRS) Jaša Tomić Civic Democratic Party (PDP) Vilmos Vázsonyi Reorganized Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MÚSZDP) Hungarian Independent Socialist Peasant Party (MFSZPP)
Electoral system The elections were based on property, income and education census. Landowners with a ¼ plot of land, rural industrialists paying a tax of 6 Ft, urban industrialists paying a tax of 10.50 Ft, house tenants paying a tax of 15.75 Ft, land and house owners paying a tax of 5 Ft, landless house owners paying a tax of 6 Ft, employed priests, officials, teachers, tutors, writers, artists, lawyers, notaries and health workers with a degree were electors. 20 years older men were eligible to vote and 24 years older men could be elected. Women had no right for the participation. The elections were held exclusively in single-member district by open voting.
Results
The group of independents are classified by their political position as 67'ers and moderate opposition.
Aftermath The failure of the government to control social tensions and implement reforms caused internal tension within the Party of Independence and '48. They also lost popularity with the publication of the Fejérváry-Kossuth Pact. 's mandate was declared null and void by the Curia of Hungary, meaning his party lost its parliamentary representation.
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