Patriotic Electoral Coalition

Patriotic Electoral Coalition
Hazafias Választási Koalíció
Chairman László Asztalos
Founded 21 December 1989
Dissolved 4 August 1990
Succeeded by Democratic Coalition Party (DKP)
Newspaper Első Kézből
Ideology Democratic socialism
Political position Left-wing
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The Patriotic Electoral Coalition (Hungarian: Hazafias Választási Koalíció; HVK) was a short-lived electoral coalition in Hungary, formed in December 1989 by the Patriotic People's Front (HNF) and twelve other minor left-wing parties and civil movements[1] to jointly contest the 1990 parliamentary election, the first completely free and competitive elections to be held in the country since 1945 after tha fall of communism.

During the campaign, incumbent Minister of Justice Kálmán Kulcsár became head of the coalition's national list. Following the failure parliamentary election,[2] the national congress of the Patriotic Electoral Coalition declared its disestablishment on 4 August 1990. Following that some members of the HVK decided to found the Democratic Coalition Party (DKP).[3]

Election results

National Assembly

Election year National Assembly Government
# of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
1990 91,910
1.87%
0 / 386
 extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Vida 2011, p. 361.
  2. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 899. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ↑ Vida 2011, p. 362.

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