Judit Pál, Vlad Popovici, Andrea Fehér, Ovidiu Emil Iudean (eds.) Szilárd Ferenczi, Edina Gál, Sandra Hirsch, Alexandru Onojescu (collaborators for data collection) Parliamentary Elections in Eastern Hungary and Transylvania (1865–1918) Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available online at http://dnb.d‐nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. This book was published within the framework of the project CNCS‐UEFISCDI PN‐II‐PCE‐2011‐3‐0040 (The Political Elite from Transylvania 1867–1918) English translation: Adina Pop‐Coman Cover image: Rajz az országgyűlésből (Drawing from the Parliament), Vasárnapi Újság, 15 (1868), no. 48, 29 November, p. 577, courtesy of ‘Lucian Blaga’ University Library in Cluj‐Napoca Cover Design: © Olaf Gloeckler, Atelier Platen, Friedberg ISBN 978‐3‐631‐69731‐3 (Print) ∙ E‐ISBN 978‐3‐631‐76259‐2 (E‐PDF) E‐ISBN 978‐3‐631‐76260‐8 (EPUB) ∙ E‐ISBN 978‐3‐631‐76261‐5 (MOBI) DOI 10.3726/ © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin 2018 All rights reserved. Peter Lang – Berlin ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com Table of Contents A. Introduction Foreword (J. Pál) .......................................................................................................11 Parliament and the Political System in Hungary During the Dualist Period (J. Pál) ..........................................15 Overview ...................................................................................................................15 The political parties ................................................................................................17 The Parliament .........................................................................................................20 The electoral system ..............................................................................................25 a) Electoral laws and the right to vote ......................................................25 b) Elections .....................................................................................................30 c) Constituencies ...........................................................................................35 d) Deputies ......................................................................................................40 Research Sources (V. Popovici) ........................................................................45 1. Electoral results ..................................................................................................45 1.a. The press .....................................................................................................45 1.b. Sources published by Parliament or with Parliament’s approval .......................................................................................................47 1.c. Election maps .............................................................................................49 2. Methodology of data collection and processing .........................................50 The Structure of the Book (J. Pál, V. Popovici) .....................................53 1. Tables explained .................................................................................................54 1.a. Parliamentary election results in Eastern Hungary and Transylvania (1865−1918) .......................................................................54 1.b. Party structure ...........................................................................................58 2. The Composition of constituencies for parliamentary elections at 1900 .......................................................................................................................59 3. Evolution of the number of voters.................................................................61 5 Table of parliamentary parties’ acronyms and evolution ..............................62 Scheme of parliamentary parties’ acronyms and evolution..........................71 Map of the parliamentary constituencies in Transylvania and Eastern Hungary (1876–1918) .............................................................................................72 List of toponymic abbreviations ..........................................................................73 B. Parliamentary election results in Eastern Hungary and Transylvania (1865–1918) ...........................................................................75 I. Transylvania (1866–1878) ..............................................................................75 1. Counties and districts ...............................................................................75 2. Székely seats................................................................................................85 3. Saxon seats and districts ..........................................................................89 4. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................100 II. Transylvania (1878–1918) ...........................................................................108 1. Counties .....................................................................................................108 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................152 III. The Banat .........................................................................................................167 1. Counties .....................................................................................................167 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................202 IV. Eastern Hungary ...........................................................................................207 1. Counties and districts .............................................................................207 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................259 C. The Composition of constituencies for parliamentary elections at 1900 ............................................................................................265 I. Transylvania ...................................................................................................265 1. Counties .....................................................................................................265 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................286 II. The Banat .........................................................................................................287 1. Counties .....................................................................................................287 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................297 III. Eastern Hungary ...........................................................................................297 1. Counties .....................................................................................................297 2. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................311 6 D. Evolution of the number of voters ..................................................313 I. Transylvania (1869) .......................................................................................313 1. Counties and districts .............................................................................313 2. Székely seats..............................................................................................313 3. Saxon seats and districts ........................................................................314 4. Urban constituencies ...............................................................................314 II. Transylvania (1878–1914) ............................................................................315 1. Alsó-Fehér county ..................................................................................315 2. Beszterce-Naszód county ......................................................................316 3. Brassó county ..........................................................................................317 4. Csík county ..............................................................................................319 5. Fogaras county ........................................................................................320 6. Hunyad county........................................................................................321 7. Háromszék county .................................................................................323 8. Kis-Küküllő county ..................................................................................324 9. Kolozs county ..........................................................................................325 10. Maros-Torda county ...............................................................................326