Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002

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Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002

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  1998 7 and 21 April 2002 2006  

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

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Peter Medgyessy.jpg Orban Viktor Portrait.jpg GaborKuncze.jpg
Leader Péter Medgyessy Viktor Orbán Gábor Kuncze
Party MSZP Fidesz-MDF SZDSZ
Leader since200217 May 2003June 2001
Last election134 seats, 32.92%165 seats, 32.28%24 seats, 7.57%
Seats won
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 45Increase2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote2,361,9832,306,763313,084
Percentage42.05%41.07%5.57%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.13%Increase2.svg 8.79%Decrease2.svg 2.00%

SMC2002.png

Map showing winning/leading parties in each Single Member Constituency

PM before election

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz

Elected PM

Péter Medgyessy
MSZP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April. [1] [2] Although Fidesz remained the largest party in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats.

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.

Fidesz Hungarian political party

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

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.

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Results

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002.svg
PartySMCsMMCsNational
seats
Total
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Hungarian Socialist Party 2,277,73240.5782,361,98342.16931178+44
Fidesz–Hungarian Civic PartyMDF 2,217,75539.4952,306,76341.16726188+23
Alliance of Free Democrats 380,9826.82313,0845.641319–5
Hungarian Justice and Life Party 257,4554.60245,3164.4000–14
Centre Party-KDNP 182,2563.20219,0293.9000New
Workers' Party 108,7321.90121,5032.20000
Independent Smallholders' Party 67,4011.2042,3380.8000–48
MSZPMSZDP 41,4610.7000
MSZPSZDSZ 27,8920.5101
New Left Party5,5970.103,1980.1000New
Green Party of Hungary 2,2210.00000
Reform Smallholders' Party2,7580.001,0860.0000New
Smallholders' Party, Party of Smallholders' Alliance2,6990.004510.0000New
Hungarian Entrepreneurs' United Party1,2880.003180.0000New
Party of the Hungarian Interest 9190.0000New
Union for Solidarity7930.0000New
Hungarian Pensioners' Party6850.0000New
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 6120.00000
Social Democratic Party 5900.009120.00000
Hungarian Roma Party5890.007450.0000New
Independent Hungarian Democratic Party 5310.00000
Civic Democratic Party against Corruption2610.0000New
Democratic Roma Party1710.0000New
Independents43,2150.800–1
Invalid/blank votes55,86363,897
Total5,680,4581001765,680,623100140703860
Registered voters/turnout8,061,10170.58,061,10170.5
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, p927