2024 Budapest Assembly election

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2024 Budapest Assembly election
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  2019 9 June 2024Next 

All 33 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Alexandra Szentkirályi Péter Magyar Gergely Karácsony
Party Fidesz–KDNP TISZA DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd
Last election13 seatsNew13 seats
Seats won10107
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3NewDecrease2.svg 6
Popular vote227,285216,609131,696
Percentage28.69%27.34%16.62%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
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Leader Dávid Vitézy Krisztina Baranyi  [ hu ]
Party VDBLMP MKKP
Last election0 seats (LMP)0 seats
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote80,40262,541
Percentage10.15%7.89%

Results of the 2024 Budapest Assembly election by district.svg
First place winners by district. Orange denotes districts where Fidesz came first, red denotes districts where TISZA came first.

Mayor before election

Gergely Karácsony
Dialogue

Elected Mayor

Gergely Karácsony
Dialogue

The 2024 Budapest Assembly election was held on 9 June 2024, concurrent with other local elections in Hungary. In December 2023, the Hungarian Parliament restored party-list proportional rules, which was last applied in the 2010 Budapest Assembly election. During the election, 32 representatives will be elected, while the Mayor of Budapest will be elected directly by popular vote at the same time.

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Background

During the 2014 and 2019 Budapest Assembly elections, voters elected the Mayor of Budapest, and the mayors of the 23 districts directly, while 9 seats in the assembly were distributed proportionally, taking into account votes cast for losing district mayoral candidates.

In October 2023, former liberal MP Gábor Fodor, who by then had become a vocal supporter of the ruling party Fidesz, proposed the restoration of the party-list proportional rules in the Budapest Assembly elections, which was applied between 1994 and 2010. According to Fodor, the dominance of the district mayors in the General Assembly of Budapest results in "the capital's aspects appearing less in the decisions". According to the opposition politicians, Fidesz prepared the amendment of the electoral law with this opinion article months before the election, in the same way as in 2014, along the lines of current political interests. Incumbent mayor Gergely Karácsony argued "It is not realistic that a minion of Viktor Orbán's regime would have come up with this proposal from his own wellhead". Fodor's idea was widely embraced by the pro-government media in the following weeks. Independent media Telex.hu analyzed that the amendment complicates the situation of the opposition parties, who are forced to cooperate while running separately in the simultaneously held European Parliament election. [1]

The opposition Our Homeland Movement submitted the amendment proposal to the parliament in November 2023. According to them, "the current system favors the two largest political poles (Fidesz and the left-wing opposition), which does not correspond to democratic diversity". [2] The parliament, with the government alliance Fidesz–KDNP's two-thirds majority, voted for the amendment to the law in December 2023, restoring the party list system after ten years. [3]

Election system

The old-new election system restored party-list proportional rules. List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method. The 32 representative seats of the 33-member General Assembly of Budapest are allocated in proportion to the votes cast on party lists (the mayor is the 33th member of the assembly). A metropolitan list can be submitted by that party or organization that has a mayoral candidate in at least three districts or launch a candidate for the position of Mayor of Budapest. Parties whose lists reach the 5% entry threshold enter the General Assembly. [3]

Mayor

Debates

LocationDateParticipants
DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd Fidesz–KDNP Momentum MKKP TISZA VDBLMP MH Munkáspárt NP SzolidaritásLP7HP
ATV [4] 2024-06-02Yes check.svgX mark.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgX mark.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgnot invited

Opinion polling

Fieldwork datePolling firmSample
size
Fidesz 2015.svg 2022 logo of the Democratic Coalition (Hungary).svg Flag of the Hungarian Socialist Party.svg Parbeszed - A Zoldek Partja.png Momentum Movement logo.svg VDB Lehet Mas a Politika logo.svg MH ALAP Kutyi nyakkendos teljesalakos 01.png Logo of the Respect and Freedom Party.svg Others/No preferenceLead
4–6 June 2024 Publicus 1,0422423716192011
23–25 May 2024 Medián 1,000292051138245
17–22 May 2024 Medián 1,0003123674121618

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Fidesz–KDNP 227,28528.6910–3
Respect and Freedom Party 216,60927.34New10New
DK–MSZP–Dialogue 131,69616.627–6
VDBLMP – Hungary's Green Party 80,40210.153+3
Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party 62,5417.893+3
Momentum Movement 39,4714.980–4
Our Homeland Movement 30,2083.8100
Hungarian Workers' Party 1,8350.2300
On the People's Side Party 1,3150.17New0New
Hungarian Solidarity Movement–L7–HP9300.12New0New
Total792,292100.0033
Valid votes792,29298.29
Invalid/blank votes13,7431.71
Total votes806,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,333,79560.43
Source: NVI

Results by district

District Fidesz-KDNP TISZA DK–MSZP-Párbeszéd VDBLMP MKKP Momentum MH Munkáspárt NP SzolidaritásL7HP
I. 33.5025.4014.159.359.385.332.660.140.040.06
II. 29.1026.6417.429.739.005.472.460.130.040.02
III. 27.8128.5217.5310.197.334.383.870.190.140.03
IV. 27.2328.4818.939.926.993.844.030.250.290.04
V. 36.1526.0413.578.347.464.793.230.170.120.12
VI. 26.0924.6714.358.547.7615.133.100.190.070.09
VII. 27.4725.3117.469.1510.185.753.360.250.110.95
VIII. 33.6223.2514.378.5410.426.073.150.250.190.14
IX. 25.8228.0613.9910.2313.124.803.430.250.150.16
X. 30.6927.1316.6010.136.284.454.160.340.170.04
XI. 28.0826.7916.3810.408.666.033.360.190.080.02
XII. 30.7423.9911.729.5815.505.412.830.120.040.07
XIII. 20.9930.2521.739.848.435.233.070.280.120.07
XIV. 25.4929.3116.559.708.476.693.470.190.100.03
XV. 30.5626.3117.4210.206.703.434.830.290.220.05
XVI. 32.4028.1713.6810.146.454.474.080.170.120.32
XVII. 31.4929.3013.6710.515.644.594.370.210.180.04
XVIII. 29.3925.3721.4610.525.222.874.580.260.280.06
XIX. 28.8626.3518.7410.116.864.104.370.320.240.05
XX. 31.3927.1915.3210.156.433.404.730.310.290.80
XXI. 27.1727.7515.6513.955.623.965.020.370.440.09
XXII. 31.4026.7713.7410.347.025.744.540.170.150.14
XXIII. 30.5529.9712.8810.935.843.505.420.460.340.11
Total28.6927.3416.6210.157.894.983.810.230.170.12

Party lists

Overview

PartyLength of listSeats won
Fidesz-KDNP 9610
TISZA 1410
DK–MSZP-Párbeszéd 696
VDBLMP 323
MKKP 153
Momentum 310
MH 320
Munkáspárt 170
NP30
SzolidaritásLP7HP 100

Candidates

Fidesz-KDNP TISZA DK–MSZP-Párbeszéd VDBLMP MKKP Momentum MH Munkáspárt NP SzolidaritásL7HP
1. Alexandra Szentkirályi Péter Magyar Gergely Karácsony Dávid Vitézy Krisztina Baranyi Anna Donáth András Grundtner Gyula Thürmer Béla RuttensdorferSándor Székely
2.Botond SáraEszter OrdasSándor SzaniszlóJózsef Gál Gergely Kovács Tamás Soproni Csongor VékonyLászló KerezsiNóra KerékgyártóGyörgy Hunwald
3. László Böröcz Áron Porcher Kata Tüttő Margit SzilágyiZsuzsanna DömeGábor HavasiCsaba BalogTamás FlégerAttila OraveczJolán Hegedűs
4.Franciska Janó-VeilandicsSzilvia Böröck-GémesRichárd BarabásDávid MerkerDávid NagyGábor Kerpel-FroniusTibor PajorGyörgy BarabásDániel Cséplő
5.Piroska SzalaiAnnamária Barna Tibor Déri Anna SüvegZoltán BürgerTünde SzkaliczkiKároly KvacskayPéter GálLászló Nemes
6.Dániel SzécsényiGyörgy BovierAndrás BéresMárton BartaTekla KocsikEszter KabosAndrás BartalGábor BaranyiGéza Vincze
7.Zoltán Havasi András Kulja Dorottya KeszthelyiBorbála HutirayKitti IgnáthDániel BergCsaba BinderAttila GazsóGyörgy Simon
8.Ádám Sinkovics Eszter Lakos Csaba Horváth Can Togay Miklós MendlyDániel RádaiJános CzeglédiZoltán ZilahiÉva Pál
9.Béla Radics Gabriella Gerzsenyi Attila JószaiBalázs KocsisDávid KovácsBálint GergelyAttila MerhaMárk PreyerÁdám Galba-Deák
10.Péter Böjthe Kinga Kollár Zita Bakai-NagyKatalin Szabó-KellnerGyöngyi AbonyiDiána StemlerJózsef JuhászÉva NagyKároly Kál
11.István GyörgyAndrea BujdosóZoltán BodnárBálint DományiZoltán VáradyAndrás DukánZoltán TóthNoémi Terék
12.Tamás ElekesDániel MolnárKároly LukoczkiLászló HeltaiPéter GyőrffyCsaba FarkasPatrik SzecsődiSándor Mocsári
13.Kamilla TóthIstván OrbánGábor NemesOrsolya MegellaiNorbert FeranczAndrea KerekesAnna MarosvölgyiMária Kereszturi
14.Sándor SzarvasBalázs BaloghHanna SólyomfiGergely HornKornél KissMárton PatakiAttila NagyIstván Fodor
15.Demeter SzilágyiGyörgy NagyBalázs ÉdesKrisztina KazinczyÁron IkerAttila KovácsLászló Szabó
16.Andrea GyurákovicsPéter GajdaKrisztián VargaKoppány SzarvasMónika ÁrendásFerenc Végh
17.Péter Kun-GazdaZoltán MustóIzabella FeketeZsófia NaszádosGyörgy ÉblAndrás Fehér
18.Ádám GyepesFerenc CsizmaziaPál NényiZalán PortikLászló Fazekas
19.Károly TakaróMárton KovácsTas TóbiásPatrik LengyelIstván Zahuczki
20.Zoltán DudásKatalin FeketeAttila VidaPéter SzalóSándor Szabó
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40.Anna SzepesfalvyAbd el Rahim Ali
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50.Gergely Kristóf GulyásÁdám Kemény
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Assembly member
Assembly member as Lord Mayor
Won from list, but declined assembly seat

References

  1. "Újra listás szavazás a fővárosban? A Fidesznek kedvezne a fodori fondorlat". telex.hu (in Hungarian). 26 October 2023.
  2. "Fodor Gábor után a Mi Hazánk is visszahozná a listás választási rendszert Budapesten". telex.hu (in Hungarian). 21 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Megszavazta a Fidesz-KDNP: listás választás jön Budapesten újra". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 12 December 2023.
  4. Dániel, Szalay (18 May 2024). "Az ATV bejelentette a fővárosi listavezetők és az EP-listavezetők élő tévévitáinak részleteit | Media1". Media1 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 May 2024.