However, until 1939, the ballot had been open in rural constituencies, and therefore large landowners were able to force most peasants to vote for the government party.

The leaders of the Smallholders Party were mainly members of the middle class and their political views varied from liberals to socialists.

The Hungarian Workers Party, now under the leadership of Mátyás Rákosi and Ernő Gerő, received support from only 17% of the population.

The communists gradually gained control of the government and by 1948 the Smallholders Party ceased to exist as an independent organization.

It included Kovács, György Lukács, Anna Kéthly, Zoltán Tildy, Ferenc Farkas, Géza Losonczy, István B. Szabó [Wikidata], Gyula Kelemen [Wikidata], József Fischer, Pál Maléter, Zoltán Szántó and István Bibó.