Unity (Hungary)

Summary

Unity (Hungarian: Összefogás), also called: Left Unity (Hungarian: Baloldali összefogás) was the informal name of a short-lived political alliance in Hungary of five political parties formed for contesting the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election.

Unity
Összefogás
LeaderAttila Mesterházy
Founded14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)
Dissolved6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)
HeadquartersBudapest
IdeologyBig tent
Factions:
Liberalism
Social liberalism
Social democracy
Green politics
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left

The parties involved were the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Together 2014 (E14), Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP).[1]

It was dissolved in aftermath of the alliance's poor results.

Members edit

Party Leader Ideology Candidates (2014)
Constituency (106) Party-list (60) Seats won (38)
Hungarian Socialist Party Attila Mesterházy Social democracy 71 42 29
Together 2014Dialogue for Hungary Gordon Bajnai
Benedek Jávor
Social liberalism
Green liberalism
22 9 4 (3+1)
Democratic Coalition Ferenc Gyurcsány Social liberalism 13 6 4
Hungarian Liberal Party Gábor Fodor Liberalism 0 3 1

Election results edit

Election year National Assembly Government
# of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
2014 1,290,806
25.57%
38 / 199
in opposition

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Left-of-centre forces to campaign under "Unity" banner". 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.