1949 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 15 May 1949. The Hungarian Independent People's Front, an umbrella group created that February to replace the National Independence Front and led by the Hungarian Working People's Party, but also including the remaining four non-communist parties, ran a single list of candidates espousing a common programme. With all organised opposition having been paralysed, the Front won 95.6% of the vote, presaging the result of elections through 1990. 71 (17.7%) elected deputies were female, up from 22 (5.4%) elected in 1947. Some 71% of those elected belonged to the Working People's Party, and a similar proportion were workers or peasants.
1949 Hungarian parliamentary election
Hungarian Working People's Party
The Hungarian Working People's Party was the ruling communist party of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
Unification congress poster
Image: Mátyás Rákosi General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
Image: Enro Gero (Hongarije), Bestanddeelnr 914 2279 (cropped)
Image: János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro)