A szociáldemokraták és az 1922-es választás

As we know from József Sipos’s last book (The Two-Thirds Victory of István Bethlen), the political events of 1922, the foundation of the Unity Party (Egységes Párt) and its electoral victory proved to be a turning point in the political system of the Horthy era. This study examines another important and interesting phenomenon of the anti-democratic election of 1922, namely the relatively good performance of the opposition, the Social Democrats. In the first years of the counter-revolutionary period, the left-wing party was a political force outside the parliamentary system until the agreement with the government at the end of 1921. Thereafter, the Social Democrats, as a ‘new force,’ managed to gain the support not only of (industrial) workers but of other social groups and to collect the protest vote with a dynamic and confident electoral campaign. Thus, they became the largest opposition force in the new parliament that was formed after the election in 1922. Kulcsszavak: Magyarország története - 1922, Belpolitika - Magyarország - 1922, Választások - Magyarország - 1922