Fidesz–KDNP

Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (Hungarian: Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége) is a right-wing national conservative political alliance of two political parties in Hungary, the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The two parties jointly contested every national election since the 2006 parliamentary election. The Fidesz–KDNP party alliance has governed Hungary since 2010, altogether obtaining a two-thirds majority in each of the 2010, 2014 and 2018 national elections.

Fidesz–KDNP
Co-PresidentsViktor Orbán (Fidesz)
Zsolt Semjén (KDNP)
Founded10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)
IdeologyNational conservatism
Christian democracy
Right-wing populism
Soft euroscepticism
Anti-immigration
Political positionRight-wing
European affiliationEuropean People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
Colours     Orange
National Assembly
133 / 199
European Parliament
13 / 21
County Assemblies
245 / 419

The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005.[2] After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament.[3]

Technically Fidesz and KDNP are a coalition, but many consider that KDNP is actually the satellite party of Fidesz,[4][5] since it has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since 1994 when it barely passed the election threshold of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured,[6][7][8] and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.[9]

Electoral results

National Assembly
Election Votes Seats Rank Government Leader
# % ±pp # +/−
2006 2,272,979 42.03%
164 / 386
 2nd in opposition Viktor Orbán
2010 2,706,292 52.73% 10.70
263 / 386
 99 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán
2014 2,264,486 44.87% 7.86
133 / 199
 130 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán
2018 2,824,206 49.27% 4.40
133 / 199
 0 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán

European Parliament
Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall seats won +/- Notes
2009 1,632,309 56.36% (1st)
14 / 22
2014 1,193,991 51.48% (1st)
12 / 21
 2
2019 1,824,220 52.56% (1st)
13 / 21
 1

Notes
  1. Fidesz is currently suspended from the EPP (since 20 March 2019), while KDNP still has full membership.[1]

See also

References
  1. Bayer, Lili; de La Baume, Maïa (3 September 2019). "European center right suspends Hungarian PM Orbán". Politico. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  2. "A Fidesz országos választmányi ülést, a KDNP országos nagygyűlést tart". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. "Megalakult a Fidesz–KDNP-frakciószövetség". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
  5. Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).
  6. hvg.hu (2010-07-21). "Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága".
  7. Szonda Ipsos polls (2009-07-02). "Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  8. "Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)". 2011-05-13.
  9. hvg.hu (2011-07-18). "Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)".

Sources
  • Vida, István (2011). Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010) [Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)] (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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