Hungarian Workers' Party

The Hungarian Workers' Party (Hungarian: Magyar Munkáspárt) formerly Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Hungarian: Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt) is a communist, marxist, leninist political party in Hungary, which is one of the successors of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.


 History 
The party was formed on December 17, 1989, as a follow-up to the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) by a small group of former MSZMP members who disagreed with its change to the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). One of them was Károly Grósz, the last general secretary of the old MSZMP, who became the acting chairman of the new party.

In the 1990 elections, it got about 3% of the national vote, the biggest share for a party that did not win a seat.

In 1993, the party took on the name Workers' Party (Munkáspárt). In the 1994 elections, the party received a similar amount of votes, again becoming the largest party with no seats. Even though its share of the vote increased to about 4% in the 1998 elections, the party still had no seats. In the 2002 elections, the party's vote dropped to about 2%, and for the first time since 1990, it was not the largest party without representation in parliament.

On November 12 2005, it became the Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt) after a split created the Workers' Party of Hungary 2006.

In the 2006 elections, the party got less than 0.5% of the national vote. In the 2010 elections, its vote share dropped to just 0.1%. 

On May 11 2013, the party changed its name again to the Hungarian Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt) because of a law passed the year before that banned public use of names linked to "authoritarian regimes of the 20th century." 

In the 2014 parliamentary election, the party received 0.56% of the votes, making it the largest party without seats in parliament.

In the 2010s, the Hungarian Workers’ Party lost even more supporters. Many left-wing voters moved to other political groups like the Democratic Coalition. Despite this, the party continued to participate in elections but failed to win parliamentary seats.

Today (2024), the Hungarian Workers’ Party still exists but remains a minor political force. The party tries to attract new supporters through social media and criticizes neoliberal policies. However, their ideology does not appeal to most young people, making their future uncertain.

 Other websites 

 Official website
 Official Instagram page
 Official X page
 1046.hu

Notes

Category:Eurosceptic parties
Category:Communist parties
Category:Political parties in Hungary