Elections ( which had not taken place since 1939 ) were required by the Yalta Agreement ; moreover , the revolutionary social and political changes of 1945 were effected without popular consultation , and in view of the special ties developing that year between Moscow and Budapest ( an agreement on close economic cooperation and the resumption of full diplomatic relations ) , the Western powers urged free elections and withheld acknowledging the Provisional Government until the Soviets agreed to hold them
Yalta Agreement
Yalta Conference
1945 Hungarian parliamentary election