2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

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All 386 seats in the National Assembly
194 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 70.47% (first round)
73.49% (second round)
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Leader Viktor Orbán[lower-alpha 1] Péter Medgyessy[lower-alpha 2] Gábor Kuncze
Party Fidesz–MDF MSZP SZDSZ
Last election 32.28%, 165 seats[lower-alpha 3] 32.92%, 134 seats 7.57%, 24 seats
Seats won 188[lower-alpha 4] 179[lower-alpha 5] 19
Seat change Increase 23 Increase 45 Decrease 5
Popular vote 2,306,763 2,361,997 313,084
Percentage 41.07% 42.05% 5.57%
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Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Prime Minister before election

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz

 Prime Minister after election

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.

Results

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Party list results by county

County[3] MSZP Fidesz-MDF SZDSZ MIÉP Centre Party-KDNP Workers' Party FKGP Others
Bács-Kiskun 35.60 49.84 4.38 3.62 3.13 1.95 1.50 -
Baranya 46.73 38.59 5.08 3.09 3.40 2.46 0.65 -
Békés 42.45 40.98 4.36 3.68 3.52 3.58 1.42 -
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 47.86 37.80 3.52 3.67 3.72 2.68 0.47 0.26
Budapest 44.12 31.58 9.56 6.96 5.72 1.80 0.27 -
Csongrád 40.50 43.16 4.48 3.67 4.59 2.42 1.04 0.14
Fejér 42.20 43.39 4.80 3.36 3.86 1.90 0.49 -
Győr-Moson-Sopron 36.24 51.15 4.10 3.26 3.23 1.50 0.53 -
Hajdú-Bihar 39.54 47.72 3.76 3.25 2.54 1.79 1.26 0.15
Heves 47.24 36.69 4.91 4.43 2.62 3.16 0.66 0.28
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 46.15 37.96 4.41 3.68 2.68 3.74 1.37 -
Komárom-Esztergom 49.33 36.35 5.04 3.10 3.21 2.17 0.56 0.24
Nógrád 43.50 39.13 3.89 3.35 2.57 6.68 0.48 0.41
Pest 40.27 41.04 6.65 5.65 3.95 1.58 0.69 0.17
Somogy 41.47 43.96 3.66 3.36 4.47 1.95 1.12 -
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 42.62 44.99 2.73 2.81 3.45 1.44 1.39 0.58
Tolna 41.02 44.17 5.05 3.93 2.84 2.23 0.77 -
Vas 32.39 53.48 5.41 3.06 3.59 1.22 0.73 0.12
Veszprém 37.00 48.08 5.24 3.35 3.74 1.78 0.49 0.32
Zala 36.47 49.49 4.47 3.76 3.24 1.68 0.90 -
Total 42.05 41.07 5.57 4.37 3.90 2.16 0.75 0.12

Notes

  1. ↑ Orbán became Prime Minister on 6 July 1998. He had previously been leader of Fidesz since 18 April 1993, but resigned partway through his premiership in January 2000, and did not become leader again until 2003.
  2. ↑ Medgyessy was selected as the MSZP's Prime Minister candidate in June 2001, but did not join the party, remaining an independent.
  3. ↑ Combined results for Fidesz (148 seats, 29.48%) and MDF (17 seats, 2.80%).
  4. ↑ Fidesz 179, MDF 9
  5. ↑ Including one deputy elected as a joint MSZP–SZDSZ candidate.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p927
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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