Country: | Kingdom of Hungary (1867–1918) |
Flag Year: | 1896 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1892 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1892 |
Next Election: | 1901 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1901 |
Majority Seats: | 207 |
Election Date: | 29 October–4 November 1896 |
Image1: | Ellinger Portrait of Frigyes Podmaniczky 1878.jpg |
Leader1: | Frigyes Podmaniczky |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Hungary) |
Last Election1: | 243 seats |
Seats1: | 290 |
Seat Change1: | 47 |
Leader2: | Ferenc Kossuth |
Party2: | Party of Independence and '48 |
Last Election2: | 86 seats |
Seats2: | 50 |
Seat Change2: | 36 |
Image3: | Apponyi Albert portré litográfia.jpg |
Leader3: | Albert Apponyi |
Party3: | National Party |
Last Election3: | 61 seats |
Seats3: | 33 |
Seat Change3: | 28 |
Image4: | Zichy Nándor.jpg |
Leader4: | Nándor Zichy |
Party4: | CVP |
Last Election4: | – |
Seats4: | 18 |
Seat Change4: | new |
Image5: | Id. Ugron Gábor.jpg |
Leader5: | Gábor Ugron |
Party5: | F48(U)P |
Last Election5: | 15 seats |
Seats5: | 11 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Image6: | Dr. Ioan Rațiu la 70 de ani (1898).jpg |
Leader6: | Ioan Rațiu |
Party6: | Romanian National Party |
Last Election6: | – |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Dezső Bánffy |
Before Party: | Liberal Party |
After Election: | Dezső Bánffy |
After Party: | Liberal Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 29 October and 4 November 1896. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 290 of the 413 seats. These elections involved some fatalities due to Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy's policies of obstructing political efforts at reform by non-Hungarian minorities. Protests during the elections were put down by police, leading to 32 persons killed.[1]