Unity (Hungary)

Unity (Hungarian: Összefogás), also called Left Unity (Hungarian: Baloldali összefogás) was the informal name of a short-lived centre-left political alliance in Hungary of five political parties formed for contesting the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election.

Unity Összefogás
Leader	Attila Mesterházy
Founded	14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)
Dissolved	6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)
Succeeded by	United for Hungary
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism Social democracy Green liberalism Green politics Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Hungary Political parties Elections

The parties involved were the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Together 2014 (E14), Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM) and Hungarian Liberal Party (MLP).^[1]

It was dissolved in aftermath of the alliance's poor results.

Members

Party	Leader	Ideology	Candidates (2014)
			Constituency (106)	Party-list (60)	Seats won (38)
Hungarian Socialist Party	Attila Mesterházy	Social democracy	71	42	29
Together 2014–Dialogue for Hungary	Gordon Bajnai Benedek Jávor	Social liberalism Green liberalism Green politics	22	9	4 (3+1)
Democratic Coalition	Ferenc Gyurcsány	Social liberalism	13	6	4
Hungarian Liberal Party	Gábor Fodor	Liberalism	0	3	1

Election results

Election year	National Assembly			Government
	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won
2014	1,290,806	25.57%	38 / 199	in opposition

See also

• 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election
• United for Hungary (2020-2022)
• DK–MSZP–Dialogue (2024)

References

1. "Left-of-centre forces to campaign under "Unity" banner". 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.