2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

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.

2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

7 and 21 April 2002

All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés
194 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Péter Medgyessy Viktor Orbán Gábor Kuncze
Party MSZP Fidesz-MDF SZDSZ
Leader since 2002 17 May 2003 June 2001
Last election 134 seats, 32.92% 165 seats, 32.28% 24 seats, 7.57%
Seats won
Fidesz 179, MDF 9
Seat change 45 23 5
Popular vote 2,361,983 2,306,763 313,084
Percentage 42.05% 41.07% 5.57%
Swing 6.13% 8.79% 2.00%

Results of the election in all 176 single-member constituencies

Prime Minister before election

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz

Elected Prime Minister

Péter Medgyessy
MSZP

Results

Party SMCs MMCs National
seats
Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
MSZP-SZDSZ–MSZDP Hungarian Socialist Party2,277,73240.5782,361,98342.16931178+44
Alliance of Free Democrats380,9826.82313,0845.641319–5
MSZP–MSZDP41,4610.7000
MSZP–SZDSZ27,8920.5101
Total2,728,06748.5812,675,06747.67344198+40
FideszMDF Fidesz 2,217,75539.4952,306,76341.16726164+16
MDF 24 +7
Hungarian Justice and Life Party257,4554.60245,3164.4000–14
Centre Party-KDNP182,2563.20219,0293.9000New
Workers' Party108,7321.90121,5032.20000
Independent Smallholders' Party67,4011.2042,3380.8000–48
New Left Party5,5970.103,1980.1000New
Green Party of Hungary2,2210.00000
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 Interest9190.0000New
Social Democratic Party5900.009120.00000
Union for Solidarity7930.0000New
Hungarian Pensioners' Party6850.0000New
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party6120.00000
Hungarian Roma Party5890.007450.0000New
Independent Hungarian Democratic Party5310.00000
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

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p927
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