Elek Csány de Csány (1810 – 18 June 1847) was a Hungarian nobleman and jurist, who served as deputy magistrate (1834–40),[1] then chief magistrate (főszolgabíró) of district of Kapornak (1840–44) in Zala County (today Krplivnik, Slovenia).
[2] He was born into an old noble family as the son of István Csány (1790–1849) and Mária Forintos de Forintosháza (1791–1854).
His uncle was László Csány, a notable liberal politician of the Hungarian Reform Era and Minister of Public Works and Transport during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, who was executed for his revolutionary role in October 1849.
Elek Csány was elected chief magistrate with the support of his uncle against his brother-in-law Károly Rumy (1807–77).
Csány and his wife had three daughters: Paulina, Melánia and Karolina.