The Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (, , MKDM) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia between 1990 and 1998. The party was led by Béla Bugár.
History The party was established in 1990 and allied with Coexistence to take part in the general elections that year.Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1990 European Election Database In the elections to the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly the alliance won five seats in the Chamber of the People and seven in the Chamber of the Nations. In the elections to the National Council of Slovakia the alliance won 14 seats.
The parties maintained their alliance for the 1992 elections,Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1992 European Election Database maintaining the same number of seats in the Federal Assembly and the Slovak National Council.
In 1994 the party allied with Coexistence and the Hungarian Civic Party to form the Hungarian Coalition.Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, ME Sharpe, p. 318 In the elections that year the coalition won seventeen seats (seven of which were MKDM members),Bugajski, p. 319 making it the third largest party in the National Council. The three parties officially merged into the Party of the Hungarian Coalition on 18 March 1998.Hungarians in the Slovak Government NISPAcee
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