Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 13 and 22 June 1884. The period before the elections was dominated by the Croatian crisis of 1883, when the Tisza's government had Hungarian-Croatian bilingual official emblems placed on Croatian official buildings. The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia had autonomy, which included its own elected parliament without own government. The Croatian crisis ultimately did not shake the ruling Liberal Party, after Franz Joseph I decided in favor of a bilingual system, what caused the abdication of Count Ladislav Pejačević, the Ban of Croatia-Slavonia. Prior the election the educational reform strengthened secondary schools with a focus on natural sciences, as opposed to schools with a focus on humanities. Within the opposition, the weakened and the entered parliament, as a consequence of the Tiszaeszlár affair in 1882. The new parliament convened on September 27, 1884.

Parties and leaders PartyLeader Liberal Party (SZP) Gusztáv Vizsolyi (FP) (ME) Dezső Szilágyi (OASP) Győző Istóczy Romanian National Party (PNR) George Bariț Party of 1848 (1848P) (SVP)

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

After the elections, the merged with the and became the leader of the opposition in the following years. The government's pro-industrial policy caused a livelihood crisis among those engaged in small crafts and cottage industries.

References

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