Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party
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The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (Független Kisgazda, Földmunkás és Polgári Párt) is a political party in Hungary. At Hungary's most recent legislative elections (2006), the party won no seats.
Founded in 1908, the original party won an overwhelming majority in the first elections after the Second World War, resulting in its leader, Zoltán Tildy, becoming prime minister. The Smallholders-dominated parliament established a republic in 1946 with Tildy as president. He was succeeded as prime minister by Ferenc Nagy. However, the Soviet occupation of the country led to a socialist government, despite the fact that only seventy members of parliament belonged to the Hungarian Communist Party.
In 1947 the Communist Party carried out a coup d’état against the rule of the Smallholders’ Party. Though not all democratic institutions were abolished, the Communists firmly held power, despite Lajos Dinnyés of the Smallholders remaining prime minister. Two years later, the Smallholders Party was absorbed into a People’s Independent Front, led by the communist Hungarian Workers' Party. After the latter prevailed in that year's elections, a communist people's republic was established. The Smallholders party was dissolved afterwards.
[edit] Party leaders (1945-1949; 1988–)
| Leader | Dates |
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| Zoltán Tildy | 1945-1947 |
| István Dobi | 1947-1949 |
| István Prepaliczay | 1988-1990 |
| Ferenc József Nagy | 1988-1991 |
| Ferenc József Nagy & József Torgyán | 1991 |
| József Torgyán | 1991-2002 |
| Miklós Reti | since 2002 |
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Hungarian Socialist Party (190) | Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (141) | Christian Democratic People's Party (23) | Alliance of Free Democrats (20) | Hungarian Democratic Forum (11) | Association for Somogy * (1) |
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Not represented in the Parliament ** |
MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP & Jobbik) (2.20%) | Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (0.41%) | Centre Party (0.32%) | Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (0.02%) | others (0,27%) |
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Represented in the |
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (12) | Hungarian Socialist Party (9) | Alliance of Free Democrats (2) | Hungarian Democratic Forum (1) |
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