Far-Left (Hungary)

The National Party of 1848, or the Party of 1848 (Far-Left until 1870) was a Hungarian political party, whose members were mainly Lajos Kossuth's former supporters and those who opposed the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. Its members were mostly middle-class citizens and peasants. For a long time he worked as a faction of the Resolution Party and then of the Left Centre under the name of Szélsőbal.[1]

National Party of 1848
Országos 1848-as Párt
Last leaderDániel Irányi
Founded1865 (as a fraction)
2 April 1868 (as a party)
Dissolved26 February 1874
Preceded byResolution Party
Succeeded by'48 Independence Party
HeadquartersBudapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Ideology'49 ideology
Radicalism
Political positionFar-left
(in constitutional terms)
Colours   Red

The party participated the elections of 1861 and 1865 before becoming permanently independent in April 1868.

Sources

  1. "Országos 1848-as Párt – Magyar Katolikus Lexikon". lexikon.katolikus.hu. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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