It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament.
From the start of liberalism in Hungary its program is combined with the struggle for independence from the Habsburg-rule and thus more autonomy in the country's affairs in relation with the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
The two realists groups, Deákists and Kossuthists, differ in their attitude towards the Habsburg rulers.
After the 1988 end of communist rule, liberalism reconstituted itself in the Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, member LI, ELDR), a center market liberal party.
Originally also the Young Democrats chose a liberal profile, but soon they developed into a national-conservative party.