The compromise was widely considered as a betrayal of Hungarian interests and the achievements of the reforms of 1848 by the Hungarian society (The status of Hungary before the 1848 revolution was a mere personal union, however after the compromise her status was transformed to a real union.) because ethnic Hungarians did not vote for the ruling pro-compromise parties in the Hungarian parliamentary elections. Therefore the political maintenance of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (thus Austria-Hungary itself) was mostly a result of the popularity of pro-compromise ruling Liberal Party among the ethnic minority voters in Kingdom of Hungary.