Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania

The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) was a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.

Party was dissolved after merge with Hungarian Civic Party to form Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania in November 2022.

Ideology and objectives


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. It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.

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.

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".

In August 2021, the party proposed a similar law to the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.