The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania[1] (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; Romanian: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) was a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.[2]
Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania
Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania
Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt | |
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| President | Zsolt Szilágyi |
| Founded | 2011 (2011) |
| Dissolved | November 2022 |
| Merged into | Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania |
| Headquarters | Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania |
| Ideology | Hungarian minority interests Conservatism Christian democracy Autonomism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance (EFA) |
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| http://www.neppart.eu/ | |
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Party was dissolved after merge with Hungarian Civic Party to form Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania in November 2022.[3]
It positions itself as an alternative for the Hungarian minority in Romania to the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the largest party representing the Hungarians/Magyars living in Romania. The party's aim is "to establish an own parliament and government in Transylvania" and to achieve autonomy for the Szeklerland.[4] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[5][6]
In June 2014, Tibor Toró made a proposal for the revision of the bilateral treaty between Romania and Hungary, which was signed in 1996: I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians.[7]
This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party".[8]
In August 2021, the party proposed a similar law to the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.[9][10]
| Election | Chamber | Senate | Position | Aftermath | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| 2012 | 47,955 | 0.65 |
0 / 412
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58,765 | 0.79 |
0 / 176
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7th | Opposition to USL government (2012–2014) |
| Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014) | ||||||||
| Opposition to PSD-UNPR-ALDE government (2014–2015) | ||||||||
| Neutral to the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017) | ||||||||
| 2016 | did not compete | Neutral to PSD-ALDE government (2017–2019) | ||||||
| Neutral to PSD minority government (2019) | ||||||||
| Neutral to PNL minority government (2019–2020) | ||||||||
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||
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| Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
| 2014 | Zsolt Szilágyi | 53,146 |
0.56% |
10th | |||
| 2019 | did not compete | ||||||