Left Bloc (Hungary)

Left Bloc
Baloldali Blokk
LeaderMátyás Rákosi
FounderMátyás Rákosi
Árpád Szakasits
Péter Veres
Founded5 March 1946 (1946-03-05)
DissolvedAfter 31 August 1947 (1947-08-31)
Succeeded byPatriotic People's Front
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
MembersMKP
MSZDP
NPP
Colors  Red (primarily)
Seats in the National Assembly (1946)
162 / 421
Seats in the National Assembly (1947)
203 / 411

The Left Bloc (in Hungarian: Baloldali Blokk) was a political alliance in Hungary, functioning between 1946 and 1947. The Bloc included the Hungarian Communist Party (MKP), the Social Democratic Party (SZDP), the National Peasant Party (NPP) and the Trade Union Council (SZT).