Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998

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  1994 10 and 24 May 1998 2002  

All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés
194 seats were needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  Viktor Orban 1997.jpg Gyula Horn (2007).jpg
Leader Viktor Orbán Gyula Horn
Party Fidesz MSZP
Last election20 seats209 seats
Seats won148134
Seat changeIncrease2.svg128Decrease2.svg75
Popular vote1,263,5631,446,138
Percentage28.2%32.2%

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Map showing winning/leading parties in each provinces
(Single Member Constituencies)

PM before election

Gyula Horn
MSZP

Elected PM

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May. [1] [2]

Hungary Country in Central Europe

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest. Other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

Contents

Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.

Hungarian Socialist Party political party in Hungary

The Hungarian Socialist Party, known mostly by its acronym MSZP, is a social-democratic political party in Hungary.

Fidesz Hungarian political party

Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Hungary.

Hungarian Justice and Life Party political party

The Hungarian Justice and Life Party is a nationalist political party in Hungary which was founded by István Csurka in 1993.

Results

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998.svg
PartySMCsMMCsNational
seats
Total
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Hungarian Socialist Party 1,332,41229.8541,446,13832.25030134–75
Fidesz–Hungarian Civic Party 1,161,52026.0901,263,56328.24810148+128
Independent Smallholders' Party 594,09913.312617,82113.8221448+22
Alliance of Free Democrats 456,03210.22353,2057.951724–45
Hungarian Justice and Life Party 249,1355.60248,8325.531114+14
Workers' Party 165,4613.70183,0714.10000
Hungarian Democratic Forum 137,6213.117139,9343.10017–21
Christian Democratic People's Party 129,7912.90116,0682.6000–22
Hungarian Democratic People's Party 87,9712.0062,5681.4000New
New Alliance for Hungary23,6590.5026,3300.6000New
Union for Hungary13,5990.309,1490.2000New
Forum of National Minorities11,9280.305,8950.1000New
Hungarian Social Democratic Party 11,8450.305,6890.10000
Entrepreneurs' Party 8,6340.203,9620.1000
Alliance of Independent Civilians1,7980.0000New
Green Party of Hungary 1,7580.00000
Association of Independents9720.0000New
Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics8250.0000New
Social Democratic Party 6690.00000
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 5150.00000
USZM–VP 4630.0000
Women's Party4600.0000New
Hungarian Social Green Party 3280.002,1450.0000New
Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party2900.0000New
Hungarian Welfare Alliance2520.0000New
Hungarian People's Party1840.0000New
Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom1500.0000New
Independents75,9651.711+1
Invalid/blank votes64,10748,405
Total4,532,4431001764,532,775100128823860
Registered voters/turnout8,063,63156.38,063,63156.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p926