2010 Budapest Assembly election

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2010 Budapest Assembly election
  2006 3 Oct 2010 2014  

All 33 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  TarlosIstvan (crop).jpg Horvath Csaba Alljon meg a menet! tuntetes 2011-10-19.JPG
Leader István Tarlós Csaba Horváth
Party Fidesz–KDNP MSZP
Last election30 seats24 seats
Seats won1710
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 13Decrease2.svg 14
Popular vote302,566178,507
Percentage50.18%29.61%

 Third partyFourth party
  Javor Benedek LMP.jpg Staudt Gabor 2014-06.jpg
Leader Benedek Jávor Gábor Staudt
Party LMP Jobbik
Last electionNew partyNew party
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote67,08254,765
Percentage11.13%9.08%

The 2010 Budapest Assembly election was held on 3 October 2010, concurring with other local elections in Hungary. This was the last election for the Assembly with party-list proportional rules until 2024, when this system was restored. The size of the Assembly was reduced from 66 members to 33 at this election.

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Mayor

Fidesz–KDNP candidate István Tarlós won the mayoral election with 53.37% of the vote.

Results

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 2010 [1]
ListCandidatesVotes %±%Seats±
Fidesz–KDNP István Tarlós
Zoltán Pokorni
Imre Pesti
Antal Rogán
István György
...
302 56650.18%Increase2.svg 7.32%17Decrease2.svg 13 [lower-alpha 1]
MSZP Csaba Horváth
Pál Steiner
Kata Tüttő
Péter Gajda
Ákos Szabados
...
178 50729.61%Decrease2.svg 4.97%10Decrease2.svg 14
LMP Benedek Jávor
Jenő Kaltenbach
Ágnes Somfai
Ákos Hanzély
Gergely Simon
...
67 08211.13%Increase2.svg 11.13%3Increase2.svg 3
Jobbik Gábor Staudt
János Czeglédy
György Szabó
Tibor Pajor
Pál Losonczy
...
54 7659.08%Increase2.svg 9.08%3Increase2.svg 3

Notes

  1. Lost seats due to the halving of the size of the assembly

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