Hungarian presidential election, 2000

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Hungarian presidential election, 2000
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Nominee Ferenc Mádl
Party Independent
Electoral vote
243 / 386
President before election

Árpád Göncz
SZDSZ

Elected President

Ferenc Mádl
Independent

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An indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 5–6 June 2000. [1] The only candidate was legal scholar Ferenc Mádl, who was nominated formally by the FKGP, a coalition member of the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán, composing Fidesz, FKGP and MDF. The left-wing (MSZP and SZDSZ) and the far-right (MIÉP) opposition parties did not nominee a candidate. After three rounds, Mádl was elected President of Hungary, taking the office on 4 August in that year.

Hungary Country in Central Europe

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Ferenc Mádl Hungarian politician

Ferenc Mádl was a Hungarian legal scholar, professor and politician, who served as the second President of the third Republic of Hungary, between 4 August 2000 and 5 August 2005. Prior to that he had been minister without portfolio between 1990 and 1993 then Minister of Education between 1993 and 1994 in the conservative cabinets of József Antall and Péter Boross. Mádl ran unsuccessfully for the position of President of Hungary in 1995, defeated by Árpád Göncz. Five years later he was elected President as the candidate of the governing conservative coalition.

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First and second rounds

In the first two rounds, two-thirds majority requirement needed to elect the president, according to the Constitution.

The Hungarian Constitution of 1949 was adopted on 20 August 1949 and heavily amended on 23 October 1989. The document was Hungary's first permanent written constitution, and until its replacement in 2011, the country was the only former Eastern Bloc nation that did not adopt an entirely new constitution after the fall of Communism. The Constitution of Hungary, adopted in 2011, declares the 1949 constitution to be invalid.

Hungarian Presidential elections, 2000
(First round, 5 June 2000) [2]
Candidate Party Votes %
In favor of Ferenc Mádl Independent 251 65.03
Against Mádl 105 27.2
Did not vote 23 5.96
Invalid votes 7 1.81
Total votes 363 94.04
Total seats 386 100.00
    Hungarian Presidential elections, 2000
    (Second round, 6 June 2000) [3]
    Candidate Party Votes %
    In favor of Ferenc Mádl Independent 238 61.66
    Against Mádl 103 26.68
    Did not vote 31 8.03
    Invalid votes 14 3.63
    Total votes 355 91.97
    Total seats 386 100.00

      Results

      Hungarian Presidential elections, 2000
      (Third round, 6 June 2000) [4]
      Candidate Party Votes %
      In favor of Ferenc Mádl Independent 243 62.95
      Against Mádl 96 24.87
      Did not vote 35 9.07
      Invalid votes 12 3.11
      Total votes 351 90.93
      Total seats 386 100.00

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        References

        1. ↑ "A harmadik körben megválasztották államfőnek Mádl Ferencet". Origo.hu. 2000-06-04. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
        2. ↑ Parlament.hu. "First round". Parlament.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
        3. ↑ Parlament.hu. "Second round". Parlament.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
        4. ↑ Parlament.hu. "Third round". Parlament.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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