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The 1998 Budapest Assembly election was held on 18 October 1998, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.
Incumbent Gábor Demszky won against the right-wing parties' candidate János Latorcai, 58.22% - 38.97%.
List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.
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| Party | Candidates | Vote | Percentage | Seats | Seat change | |
| Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum | János Latorcai Tamás Tirts Gábor Zupkó Zoltán Cselovszki Jenő Perlaki ... | 200 865 | 31.51% | 22 |  3 | |
| Hungarian Socialist Party | Béla Katona Zoltán Ajkay Pál Vajda János Schiffer György Bánsági ... | 175 301 | 27.50% | 20 |  1 | |
| Alliance of Free Democrats | Gábor Demszky András Bőhm János Atkári Andrea Szolnoki Aladár Madarász ... | 160 552 | 25.19% | 18 | 1 | |
| Hungarian Justice and Life Party | István Csurka József Lukács Péter Pál Marsi Lóránt Schuster Tamás Bánovics ... | 58 104 | 9.12% | 6 | 1 | |
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