2014 European Parliament election in Hungary

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2014 European Parliament election in Hungary
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All 21 Hungarian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout28.97% [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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Leader Ildikó Pelczné Gáll Krisztina Morvai Tibor Szanyi
Party Fidesz–KDNP Jobbik MSZP
Alliance EPP NI S&D
Last election14 seats, 56.37%3 seats, 14.77%4 seats, 17.37%
Seats won1232
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2
Popular vote1,193,991340,287252,751
Percentage51.48%14.67%10.9%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Csaba Molnár Benedek Jávor Tamás Meszerics
Party DK Együtt–PM LMP
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA Greens/EFA
Last electionNew partyNew party0 seats, 2.61%
Seats won211
Seat changeNew partyNew partyIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote226,086168,076116,904
Percentage9.75%7.25%5.04%

An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014. [2]

Contents

With the Lisbon Treaty coming into force, Hungary held 22 seats in the European Parliament. However, because Croatia joined the EU in 2013, it now holds 21 seats to the Parliament.

Electoral system

Parties contesting the election

Eight Hungarian parties took part in the European elections:

Three parties were refused registration: Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ), Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), and New Hungary Party (ÚMP). [3]

Opinion polling

DatePolling Firm Fidesz MSZP Jobbik LMP E14-PM DK OthersLead
7 June 2009 2009 election 14430––110
August 2013Policy Solutions [4] 1064–1––4
9–29 January 2014Ipsos–Tárki–Medián [5] 1043–22–6
6 April 2014PollWatch2014 [6] 10551–––5
24 April 2014Political Capital [7] 11451–––6
25–29 April 2014Medián [8] 1434––––10
6–8 May 2014Nézőpont [9] 113322––8
May 2014Ipsos [10] 1344––––9
7–15 May 2014Tárki [11] 1343––1–9
14–18 May 2014Nézőpont [12] 1143111–7

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Fidesz–KNDP 1,193,99151.4812–2
Jobbik 340,28714.6730
Hungarian Socialist Party 252,75110.902–2
Democratic Coalition 226,0869.752New
Together 2014 + Dialogue for Hungary 168,0767.251New
Politics Can Be Different 116,9045.041+1
Homeland Not For Sale Movement12,1190.520New
Alliance of Mária Seres 9,2790.400New
Total2,319,493100.0021–1
Valid votes2,319,49399.61
Invalid/blank votes9,0460.39
Total votes2,328,539100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,041,38628.96
Source: Valasztas.hu

By county and in the diaspora

County [13] Fidesz-KDNP Jobbik MSZP DK Together-PM LMP HNEM SMS
Bács-Kiskun 59.5414.868.507.394.993.890.470.37
Baranya 50.9113.8911.0010.577.065.420.790.37
Békés 52.4317.0811.558.544.523.791.660.43
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 48.4920.9113.249.114.572.770.470.43
Budapest 43.759.9411.5013.1013.077.930.340.37
Csongrád 48.9413.8416.718.075.975.330.660.47
Fejér 54.8314.949.179.545.974.540.480.53
Győr-Moson-Sopron 60.5312.608.698.124.954.400.310.41
Hajdú-Bihar 55.5217.828.987.904.484.210.660.43
Heves 47.2622.8811.279.305.153.380.430.33
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 50.9920.4811.658.144.193.550.610.39
Komárom-Esztergom 51.4113.8111.6511.636.024.510.620.36
Nógrád 51.1517.9112.699.524.432.940.700.65
Pest 52.6214.648.419.957.885.560.570.37
Somogy 54.7015.3610.379.615.373.740.500.35
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 56.6316.7114.555.853.162.160.430.50
Tolna 55.8215.6911.028.524.473.580.590.31
Vas 61.2812.509.516.884.904.230.330.37
Veszprém 55.1814.2310.818.755.934.240.480.37
Zala 55.3617.099.118.505.413.700.470.37
Foreign representations45.3612.614.125.2017.0715.190.190.26
Total51.4814.6710.909.757.255.040.520.40

Analysis and consequences

Fidesz won with second highest proportion of votes in Europe, after the Labour Party in Malta. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated to all elected MEPs. He said "they will be outpost of the Hungarians as they will defend the home in foreign land". [14] The ruling party received 12 seats, strongly enhancing the European People's Party (EPP) drive to achieve a majority in the European Parliament. Martin Schulz, S&D candidate for President of the European Commission, said the People's Party could win the election just because of the "eurosceptic and populist" Forza Italia and Fidesz results, which is "embarrassing for the conservatives". [15] German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel also called the Fidesz "extremist". [16] Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén rejected Gabriel's statements and noted "he does not remember that Gabriel had spoken against when Robert Fico's Smer entered into a coalition with the fascist Ján Slota-led Slovak National Party". [17]

The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) suffered its largest defeat since the 1990 parliamentary election, [18] while far-right Jobbik came to the second place for the first time since its establishment. Gábor Vona said his party, based on the results, could be the main challenger to the Fidesz in the 2018 parliamentary election. [19] However, as political analyst Zoltán Lakner argued, Jobbik appeared in the election significantly worse than one month ago in the general election, because the party now gained only one-third of those votes, while the turnout was half of the previous one. The extremist party's second place was due to the fragmentation of the left-wing opposition. [20]

After the obvious failure, chairman Attila Mesterházy and the entire presidium of the Socialist Party tendered their resignation. [21] Nevertheless, Mesterházy said he wishes to keep his position of parliamentary group leader. [22] However, three days later, Mesterházy resigned from both of his positions after criticism intensified against him. [23] The Socialist Party lost its leading opposition stature in Budapest, dropping to fourth place there after the Democratic Coalition and the alliance of Together 2014–Dialogue for Hungary. That rearrangement of the balance of power may affect the distribution of the candidates among the three parties for the 2014 local elections (primarily a possible joint candidate against Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós). [24] Gábor Török, a popular political scientist in Hungary, called the election the "Mohács disaster of the Socialist Party". [25]

The two newer organisations, led by two former prime ministers, Ferenc Gyurcsány and Gordon Bajnai, could assess their strength for the first time during a single candidacy. According to Index.hu, successful results helped the political survival of Gyurcsány and Bajnai. The latter's party proved popular among the liberal voters in Budapest, while the DK weakened the Socialists' stronghold in countryside. However, the news portals' analysis pointed out that Gyurcsány's party has no more reserves, the relative good result was due to the dedicated "believers" and maximum mobilisation coupled with low turnout. According to the analysis, Politics Can Be Different (LMP) remained a party with 5%, narrowly meeting the electoral threshold. [26]

List of seat winners

Notes

  1. ↑ Andrea Bocskor holds besides her Hungarian citizenship also Ukrainian citizenship (this practice is quite common among the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, although at the time of her election Ukrainian law did not recognise dual citizenship [27] ). [28] Hence, she became the first elected Ukrainian in the European Parliament. [28] Bocskor lives in Ukraine; in the city Berehove. [28]

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