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Elections in Hungary

For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009)

For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/hungary_en.html


HUNGARY Percentage of Votes in Elections to the Orszagulyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 Mar.& 8 Apr.1990

8 & 29 May 1994

10 & 24 May 1998

7 & 21 Apr. 2002

9 & 23 Apr. 2006

 

 

List

SMD

List

SMD

List

SMD

List

SMD

List

SMD

 

Valid Votes

62.8

63.6

67.8

68.6

55.6

55.4

69.7

69.8

67.2

67.2

 

Invalid Votes

2.2

1.4

1.0

1.1

0.6

 

0.9

 

0.6

 

 

Total Votes

65.0

65.0

68.9

69.7

56.3

 

70.5

 

67.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Hungarian Democratic Forum

24.7

23.9

11.7

12.0

3.1

7.7

-

-

5.0

4.4

2

Alliance of Free Democrats

21.4

21.7

19.7

18.6

7.9

10.2

5.6

6.8

6.5

6.3

3

Independent Smallholders Party

11.7

10.7

8.8

7.9

13.8

13.3

0.8

1.2

-

-

4

Hungarian Socialist Party

10.9

10.3

33.0

31.3

32.2

29.8

42.1

40.5

43.2

40.3

5

FIDESZ-Hungarian Civic Party

9.0

4.8

7.0

7.7

28.2

21.4

41.1

39.4

42.0

42.0

6

Christian Democratic People's Party

6.5

5.8

7.0

7.4

2.6

2.9

-

-

-

-

7

Workers' Party

3.7

2.7

3.2

3.3

4.1

3.7

2.2

1.9

0.4

0.3

8

Social Democratic Party of Hungary

3.6

2.1

0.9

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.0

-

-

9

Agrarian Alliance

3.1

3.2

2.1

2.4

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

Party of Entrepreneurs

1.9

1.7

0.6

0.8

0.1

0.2

-

-

-

-

11

Patriotic Election Coalition

1.9

3.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

Hungarian People's Party

0.8

0.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

Green Party

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

-

-

0.1

0.1

14

Party of the Republic

-

-

2.5

1.9

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Hungarian Truth & Life Party

-

-

1.6

1.2

5.5

5.6

4.4

4.6

2.2

1.7

16

National Democratic Alliance

-

-

0.5

0.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

Hungarian Democratic People's Party

-

-

-

-

1.4

2.0

-

-

-

-

18

Centre of Solidarity for Hungary

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.9

3.2

0.3

0.3

19

Hungarian Socialist Party-Alliance of Free Democrats

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.9

 

Others

0.6

8.8

1.0

4.1

0.9

3.0

0.1

2.3

0.2

1.8

 

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Source of 2006 results: National Election Office of Hungary, http://www.valasztas.hu/en/08/8_0.html, accessed 13 June 2006

HUNGARY - Number of Seats Won in the Orszagulyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 Mar.& 8 Apr.1990

8 & 29 May 1994

10 & 24 May 1998

7 & 21 Apr. 2002

9 & 23 Apr. 2006

 

Reg

Nat

SMD

All

Reg

Nat

SMD

All

Reg

Nat

SMD

All

Reg

Nat

SMD

All

Reg

Nat

SMD

All

1

Hungarian Democratic Forum

40

10

114

164

18

15

5

38

0

0

17

17

-

-

-

-

2

9

0

11

2

Alliance of Free Democrats

34

23

36

93

28

25

16

69

5

17

2

24

4

13

2

19

4

11

3

18

3

Independent Smallholders Party

16

17

11

44

14

11

1

26

22

14

12

48

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

4

Hungarian Socialist Party

14

18

1

33

53

7

149

209

50

30

54

134

69

31

78

178

71

17

98

186

5

FIDESZ-Hungarian Civic Party

8

12

2

22

7

13

0

20

48

10

90

148

67

26

95

188

69

27

68

164

6

Christian Democratic People's Party

8

10

3

21

5

14

3

22

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

Workers' Party

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

Social Democratic Party of Hungary

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

9

Agrarian Alliance

0

0

2

2

0

0

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

Party of Entrepreneurs

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

Patriotic Election Coalition

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

Hungarian People's Party

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

Green Party

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

14

Party of the Republic

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Hungarian Truth & Life Party

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

3

11

0

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

National Democratic Alliance

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

Hungarian Democratic People's Party

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

Centre of Solidarity for Hungary

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

Hungarian Socialist Party-Allaince of Free Democrats

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

6

6

 

Others

0

0

7

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

 

Total

120

90

176

386

125

85

176

386

128

82

176

386

140

70

176

386

146

64

176

386

Note: Regional seats are allocated according to votes in the list ballot and national seats in proportion to the total votes a party has "wasted" when not awarded seats in the list and single-member districts.


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