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National Legitimist Party
Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt
Leader Miklós Griger
Founded27 June 1933[ citation needed]
Dissolved26 January 1937[ citation needed]
Merged into United Christian Party
Ideology Royalism
Political position Right-wing
Religion Catholicism [1]

The National Legitimist (People's) Party ( Hungarian: Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt, NLN) was a political party in Hungary during the 1930s.

History

The party first contested national elections in 1935, winning a single seat in the parliamentary elections that year. [2] In 1937 they merged with the Christian Economic and Social Party and the Christian Opposition to form the United Christian Party. [3]

References

  1. ^ Csaba Fazekas. "Collaborating with Horthy: Political Catholicism and Christian Political Organizations in Hungary". POLITICAL CATHOLICISM IN EUROPE 1918–45. pp. 170–171. ISBN  0-203-65539-7.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p930 ISBN  978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p911