1998 Budapest Assembly election

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1998 Budapest Assembly election
 199418 Oct 1998 2002  

All 66 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Leader János Latorcai Béla Katona
Party Fidesz-MDF MSZP
Last election19 seats [a] 21 seats
Seats won2220
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote200,865175,301
Percentage31.51%27.50%

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Gábor Demszky István Csurka
Party SZDSZ MIÉP
Last election19 seats7 seats [b]
Seats won186
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote160,55258,104
Percentage25.19%9.12%

The 1998 Budapest Assembly election was held on 18 October 1998, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.

Contents

Mayor

Incumbent Gábor Demszky won against the right-wing parties' candidate János Latorcai, 58.22% - 38.97%.

Results

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 1998 [1]
PartyCandidatesVotePercentageSeatsSeat change
Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum János Latorcai
Tamás Tirts
Gábor Zupkó
Zoltán Cselovszki
Jenő Perlaki
...
200 865 31.51% 22 Increase2.svg 3
Hungarian Socialist Party Béla Katona
Zoltán Ajkay
Pál Vajda
János Schiffer
György Bánsági
...
175 301 27.50% 20 Decrease2.svg 1
Alliance of Free Democrats Gábor Demszky
András Bőhm
János Atkári
Andrea Szolnoki
Aladár Madarász
...
160 552 25.19% 18 Decrease2.svg 1
Hungarian Justice and Life Party István Csurka
József Lukács
Péter Pál Marsi
Lóránt Schuster
Tamás Bánovics
...
58 104 9.12% 6 Decrease2.svg 1

Notes

  1. On a common list with KDNP
  2. On a common list with FKgP

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