- Hungarian Coalition
Infobox_Serbian_Political_Party
party_name = Hungarian Coalition
name_alt = Magyar Koalíció
party_name_cyr = Мађарска Коалиција
party_name_lat = Mađarska Koalicija
colour_html =
party_
leader =István Pásztor
foundation =
ideology =
international =
european =
colours =
headquarters =
website = [http://www.magyarkoalicio.org/frontpage.php?lg=hu www.magyarkoalicio.org]The Hungarian Coalition (Hungarian: "Magyar Koalíció" (MK); Serbian: Мађарска Коалиција (МК), "Mađarska Koalicija" (MK)) is a
political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarianpolitical parties inSerbia : theAlliance of Vojvodina Hungarians , theDemocratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians , and theDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians . Leader of Hungarian Coalition isIstván Pásztor .Political goals
The Hungarian Coalition advocating creation of an autonomous multiethnic region in northern Serbia (see:
Hungarian Regional Autonomy ), which would include municipalities with Hungarian ethnic majority (Kanjiža ,Senta , Ada,Bačka Topola ,Mali Iđoš ,Čoka ), as well as ethnically mixed municipalities ofSubotica andBečej and municipality ofNovi Kneževac , in which the majority of population areSerbs . Center of this autonomous region would be Subotica. [http://www.magyarkoalicio.org/article.php?lg=sr&id_article=144]Participation in elections
tate elections
In 2008 Serbian parliamentary election, the Hungarian Coalition won 4 seats in the Serbian parliament.
Provincial elections
On the provincial elections in Vojvodina in 2008, the Hungarian Coalition won 7% of votes in the first election round.
Local elections
In 2008 local elections in Serbia, the expectations of the Hungarian Coalition were to won majority of votes in the local parliaments of municipalities of Serbia with ethnic Hungarian majority, but this was the case only in municipality of
Kanjiža , where Hungarian Coalition won 50.91% of votes. The Coalition also won the plurality of votes in municipalities ofSenta (31.87%),Bačka Topola (46.25%), andMali Iđoš (37.18%), while in municipalities ofČoka and Ada, the Hungarian Coalition was second largest political option, after Democratic Party (In Čoka, Democratic Party won 29.08% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 24.47% of votes; in Ada, the coalition led by Democratic Party won 29.25% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 25.70% of votes). In ethnically mixed municipality ofSubotica , the Hungarian Coalition was also second largest political option after coalition led by Democratic Party (Democratic Party coalition won 40.16% of votes and Hungarian Coalition won 27.14% of votes in Subotica), while in ethnically mixed municipality ofBečej , the Hungarian Coalition won the plurality of votes (29.63%). In municipality ofNovi Kneževac with ethnic Serb majority (claimed by Hungarian Coalition as part of future autonomous region), the Hungarian Coalition was third largest political option with 17.63% of votes (Largest political option in Novi Kneževac municipality was coalition led by Democratic Party with 27.18% of votes, and second largest wasSerbian Radical Party with 22.46% of votes). [http://www.cesid.org/rezultati/sr_maj_2008-lokalni/index.jsp]External links
* [http://www.magyarkoalicio.org/frontpage.php?lg=hu Hungarian Coalition official site] (in Hungarian)
* [http://www.magyarkoalicio.org/frontpage.php?lg=sr Hungarian Coalition official site] (in Serbian)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
