Local elections were held in Hungary on 13 October 2019. [1] Mayors and assembly members were elected for a term of 5 years.
Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor, defeating incumbent István Tarlós who had been in office since 2010.
The General Assembly of Budapest consists of the directly elected mayor, the mayors of the districts, and 9 members from party electoral lists.
The opposition bloc (Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP) won a majority of 18 seats, with Fidesz–KDNP winning 13, and 2 seats going to independent politicians. This will be the first time Fidesz will not hold a majority in the assembly in over 15 years.
Parties running in the county assembly elections are subject to a 5% threshold. An asterisk indicates a party with an absolute majority. The Fidesz–KDNP coalition won a majority in all assemblies holding elections.
County Council | Number of electors | Turnout | |||||||
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Fidesz-KDNP | DK | MSZP | Jobbik | Momentum | Mi Hazánk–MIÉP– FKgP | Other | |||
Budapest [2] (District mayors) | 44,86 | 51.11 | 0.42 | 3.61 | 1,367,945 | 47,97% | |||
Baranya [3] | 57,00 | 12,38 | 8,34 | 9,23 | 8,85 | 4,20 | 189,936 | 53,31% | |
Bács-Kiskun [4] | 60,42 | 9,61 | 4,51 | 9,59 | 10,39 | 5,48 | 335,417 | 44,54% | |
Békés [5] | 53,11 | 10,71 | 7,76 | 14,36 | 8,02 | 6,04 | 237,587 | 47,11% | |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén [6] | 58,79 | 12,39 | 28,83 | — | 403,639 | 53,61% | |||
Csongrád [7] | 54,04 | 8,22 | 10,61 | 10,00 | 8,07 | 9,06 | 165,975 | 48,23% | |
Fejér [8] | 57,88 | 11,87 | 4,50 | — | 11,72 | 6,76 | 7,27 | 229,115 | 47,41% |
Győr-Moson-Sopron [9] | 62,16 | 10,60 | 4,56 | 10,78 | 11,89 | — | 221,113 | 49,55% | |
Hajdú-Bihar [10] | 60,11 | 9,58 | 5,45 | 11,41 | 8,68 | 4,77 | 270,152 | 46,04% | |
Heves [11] | 60,43 | 39,57 | — | 200,445 | 52,25% | ||||
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok [12] | 53,84 | 8,90 | 5,92 | 15,73 | 8,14 | 5,83 | 1,64 (Munkáspárt) | 248,492 | 44,69% |
Komárom-Esztergom [13] | 57,22 | 42,78 | — | 194,190 | 44,72% | ||||
Nógrád [14] | 58,22 | 10,35 | 6,70 | 10,19 | 6,85 | 5,47 | 2,21 (Munkáspárt) | 129,674 | 53,61% |
Pest [15] | 51,60 | 14,90 | 4,63 | 9,25 | 19,62 | — | 980,496 | 45,29% | |
Somogy [16] | 52,93 | 8,98 | 3,80 | 11,74 | 6,56 | — | 15,99 (Somogyért) | 207,422 | 52,03% |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg [17] | 64,93 | 6,82 | 7,74 | 11,57 | 3,44 | 5,50 | 356,764 | 54,81% | |
Tolna [18] | 58,48 | 11,01 | 6,99 | 10,14 | 8,20 | 5,18 | 157,375 | 49,79% | |
Vas [19] | 61,58 | 7,33 | 6,92 | 9,99 | 7,51 | — | 6,68 | 145,916 | 55,30% |
Veszprém [20] | 54,01 | 10,12 | 9,34 | 12,18 | 9,22 | 5,13 | 241,711 | 49,24% | |
Zala [21] | 61,34 | 10,25 | 4,26 | 10,56 | 8,39 | 5,21 | 144,926 | 52,37% | |
Hungary | 54,46 | 41,62 (incl. Somogyért and MMM) | 5,15 | 1,60 | 2,963,306 | 47,97% | |||
County Council | Number of seats | |||||||
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Fidesz-KDNP | DK | MSZP | Jobbik | Momentum | Mi Hazánk | Other | ||
Baranya [3] | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 |
Bács-Kiskun [4] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 |
Békés [5] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén [6] | 18 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 29 | ||
Csongrád [7] | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 20 |
Fejér [8] | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron [9] | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 21 |
Hajdú-Bihar [10] | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 |
Heves [11] | 9 | 6 | — | — | 15 | |||
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok [12] | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
Komárom-Esztergom [13] | 9 | 6 | — | — | 15 | |||
Nógrád [14] | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
Pest [15] | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 44 |
Somogy [16] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 15 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg [17] | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |
Tolna [18] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 |
Vas [19] | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 15 |
Veszprém [20] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 |
Zala [21] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 |
Hungary | 245 | 36 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 381 |
Italics denote a mayor not running for reelection
In the 23 cities, 13 government-aligned or government-supported candidates won, with 10 going to opposition or opposition supported mayors. This is a sharp improvement for the opposition as they previously only occupied 3 of these mayorships. [28]
In most of the cities, the assembly majority is composed of members aligned with the mayor, except: [29]
In Békéscsaba, the mayor's civil organization together with Fidesz-KDNP members have a majority.
Italics means incumbent, bold means winner of the election.
In several major cities and districts of Budapest, the opposition took part in the election with joint candidates as some surveys said there were possibilities to gain a majority in local municipalities with a joint list. [51]
Opposition parties achieved better results as compared to the 2014 Hungarian local elections. This was the first set of local elections with a joint list of opposition parties. [52]
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