1998 Hungarian parliamentary election

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1998 Hungarian parliamentary election
Flag of Hungary.svg
  1994 10 May 1998 (first round)
24 May 1998 (second round)
2002  

All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés
194 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.21% (first round)
57.01% (second round)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Pha01 mariavaleriabridge Orban cropped.jpg Gyula Horn (2007).jpg Torgyan Jozsef - 2016 (crop).jpg
Leader Viktor Orbán Gyula Horn József Torgyán
Party Fidesz MSZP FKGP
Leader since18 April 199327 May 19901991
Last election20 seats, 7.02%209 seats, 32.99%26 seats, 8.82%
Seats won
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 128Decrease2.svg 75Increase2.svg 22
1R vote and %956,106 (21.4%)1,332,178 (29.8%)594,023 (13.3%)
2R vote and %1,706,155 (37.8%)1,941,307 (43.0%)275,857 (6.1%)
Party vote1,340,8261,497,231597,820
 % and swing29.48% Increase2.svg22.46 pp 32.92%Decrease2.svg0.07 pp 13.15% Increase2.svg4.33 pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  GaborKuncze.jpg Lezsak Sandor cropped.jpg Istvan Csurka cropped.jpg
Leader Gábor Kuncze Sándor Lezsák István Csurka
Party SZDSZ MDF MIÉP
Leader since [lower-alpha 2] 2 March 199615 July 1993
Last election69 seats, 19.74%38 seats, 11.74%0 seats, 1.59%
Seats won
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 45Decrease2.svg 21Increase2.svg 14
1R vote and %455,910 (10.2%)343,089 (7.7%)249,127 (5.6%)
2R vote and %139,504 (3.1%)356,891 (7.9%)28,608 (0.6%)
Party vote344,352127,118248,901
 % and swing7.57% Decrease2.svg12.17 pp 2.80% Decrease2.svg8.94 pp 5.47% Increase2.svg3.88 pp

1998 Hungarian parliamentary election - Results.svg
Results of the election. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.

Government before election

Horn Government
MSZPSZDSZ

Government after election

First Orbán Government
FideszFKGPMDF

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]

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.

Results

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998.svg
PartyProportionalSMCs (first round)SMCs (second round)Seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNationalTotal+/–
Hungarian Socialist Party 1,497,23132.92501,332,17829.8201,941,30743.045430134–75
Fidesz 1,340,82629.4848956,00821.4011,706,15537.838910148+128
Independent Smallholders' Party 597,82013.1522594,02313.300275,8576.12121448+22
Alliance of Free Democrats 344,3527.575456,00810.210139,5043.0921724–45
Hungarian Justice and Life Party 248,9015.473249,1275.58028,6080.6301114+14
Hungarian Workers' Party 179,6723.950165,4553.70017,7030.390000
Hungarian Democratic Forum 127,1182.800343,0897.680356,8917.9117017–21
Christian Democratic People's Party 104,8922.310129,7872.9001220.00000–22
Hungarian Democratic People's Party 61,0041.34087,9711.9702470.01000New
New Alliance for Hungary22,2200.49023,8910.5301,5020.03000New
Union for Hungary8,7860.19013,5990.3003470.01000New
Forum of National Minorities5,8950.13011,9280.2704730.01000New
Social Democratic Party of Hungary 3,5040.08011,8450.2702130.000000
Hungarian Social Green Party 3,0520.0703280.0102060.000000
Entrepreneurs' Party 2,4090.0508,8740.2001,0540.02000
Alliance of Independent Civilians1,7890.04000New
Green Party of Hungary 1,7580.0401300.00000New
Association of Independents9720.02000New
Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics8250.02000New
Social Democratic Party 6690.010000
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 5150.010000
Women's Party4600.01000New
Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party2900.0102640.01000New
Hungarian Welfare Alliance2520.010760.00000New
Hungarian People's Party1840.00000New
Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom1500.0001690.00000New
Independents75,9651.70039,1540.87101+1
Total4,547,682100.001284,467,940100.0014,509,982100.00175823860
Valid votes4,547,68298.974,467,94098.594,509,98298.74
Invalid/blank votes47,5291.0364,1031.4157,4041.26
Total votes4,595,211100.004,532,043100.004,567,386100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,062,70856.218,016,39756.98
Source: Valasztas, Election Resources

Party list results by county

County [3] MSZP Fidesz FKGP SZDSZ MIÉP Workers' Party MDF KDNP MDNP Others
Bács-Kiskun 27.5128.9920.066.174.583.264.372.420.811.83
Baranya 33.8427.7913.217.964.224.472.912.351.052.21
Békés 29.9725.2420.406.384.015.902.751.850.762.74
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 35.8826.2413.265.564.705.652.313.691.261.45
Budapest 33.1326.548.5711.038.843.863.671.792.55-
Csongrád 28.5731.3515.727.144.584.133.432.011.042.03
Fejér 35.1230.0912.747.014.223.612.691.951.111.46
Győr-Moson-Sopron 30.8734.2911.976.984.592.553.002.851.491.42
Hajdú-Bihar (first round, invalid) [lower-alpha 4] 34.1528.0114.995.896.743.542.712.56-1.40
Hajdú-Bihar (second round, valid) [lower-alpha 4] 39.3540.099.082.915.692.25-0.62--
Heves 34.9623.7612.508.086.076.442.773.551.300.58
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 34.7824.7716.357.273.636.512.051.980.701.97
Komárom-Esztergom 38.8324.9412.619.124.074.282.491.671.120.86
Nógrád 32.1727.2110.805.532.9210.422.574.881.022.47
Pest 29.1327.6715.268.897.823.093.663.191.29-
Somogy 35.4129.9216.445.074.013.302.102.091.210.44
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (first round, invalid) [lower-alpha 4] 33.1924.6119.535.362.703.253.393.450.733.80
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (second round, valid) [lower-alpha 4] 40.3237.5512.673.192.512.24---1.51
Tolna 33.0329.6113.726.683.013.073.554.290.902.13
Vas 27.5735.5114.299.162.622.352.943.511.350.89
Veszprém 28.6935.0313.437.484.143.033.132.291.611.18
Zala 27.2732.2417.657.503.703.152.532.692.001.27
Total (first round, including invalid) [lower-alpha 4] 32.2528.1813.787.885.554.083.122.591.401.19
Total after the second round [lower-alpha 4] 32.9229.4813.157.575.473.952.802.311.341.01

Notes

  1. Including 35 deputies elected as joint Fidesz–MDF candidates.
  2. Kuncze was Prime Minister candidate of the SZDSZ, but was not party leader.
  3. Including 15 deputies elected as joint MDF–Fidesz candidates.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 In the Hungarian parliamentary election system in force between 1990 and 2010, if the number of valid votes cast in the 1st round in a county did not reach 50% of all voters, then the list voting had to be repeated in the 2nd round in that county. The only example of this was in the 1998 parliamentary election, when in the first round in Hajdú-Bihar County and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, the proportion of valid votes in the proportion of all voters did not reach 50%

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