Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006
Encyclopedia
The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian
parliamentary elections, as announced by president
László Sólyom
was as follows:
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
's Hungarian Socialist Party
(MSZP) won a plurality of the vote and will continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats
. The election was the only one since the return to democracy were a government was re-elected.
http://www.valasztas.hu/outroot/vdin1/en/l22w.htm
According to the electoral authority, voter turnout was 67.83 percent.
As there were 110 electoral districts where no candidate could win an overall majority
in the first round, a second round run-off was scheduled to take place in these districts on April 23, 2006.
Full information can be found at the website of the Hungarian Parliament http://www.valasztas.hu/.
and Alliance of Free Democrats
) announced their alliance for the second round. The socialists withdrew 3 of their candidates in favour of the liberal one, and the liberals withdrew their remaining 55 candidates (all in 3rd place), and called for support of the socialists. The leaders of the two parties ran a common campaign between the two rounds.
The opposition was not united, however. The Hungarian Democratic Forum
(MDF) which hit the 5% threshold contrary to the polls and expectations made it clear that they will not support Viktor Orbán
's Fidesz
party. Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he resigned from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, but the MDF held to their independency, thus they did not withdraw their 3rd place candidates. However, some MDF candidates did not agree with this, and withdrew in favour of Fidesz.
Medián
Tárki
wins with a plurality of the votes and will therefore continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats
; it also becomes the first re-elected government of Hungary
since the end of the Cold War
. (BBC) (Washington Post) (Washington Post/Reuters)
The election takes place over two days. On the 9th April (1st round), elections took place in every constituency, both single-seat and multi-seat. In order to get elected into a single-seat constituency, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote; in the 2006 elections, the victor received more than 50% of the vote in 66 of the 176 single-seat constituencies. There will be another election in the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies in the 2nd round, in which all but the top three candidates (and every candidate reaching 15%) from the 1st round are excluded. Usually parties form alliances between the two rounds and withdraw many of their 3rd place candidates and call for supporting the allied party so the winning candidate of the 2nd round will receive more than 50% of the vote. However, this process is not automatic, it is grounded by negotiations.
The multi-seat elections also took place during the 1st round. During the 2006 elections, 146 of the 152 seats were filled using proportional representation. The remaining 6 will be added to the national list. Hungary is divided into 20 regions for the multi-seat elections with varying numbers of members per region. For example, Budapest elects 28 MPs. Where a party wins more members in a regional than it technically should (for example, if it wins 2 of the 10 member in a region, but only received 19.5% of the vote), then the surplus votes will be deducted from the total it receives in the 2nd round. Correspondingly, a party which wins fewer members than it should will have the shortfall votes added to its total in the 2nd round.
The 2nd round takes place on the 23rd April. During the 2nd round, the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies will be contested. Furthermore, 58 (plus 6 more not elected from the single-seat constituencies in the first round) extra members will be elected using a national list in order to achieve a more proportional result.
Before the election the parties need to be registered by the National Electoral Office. After registation the parties have the right to collect references. One candidate has to collect 750 references in his/her district. If one party has collected in 2 districts (in Budapest
8, Pest
5 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
3) in a county, then the party has the right to present his regional constituencies, and if the party has 7 regional, county list then he has the right to present the national compensation list.
17 March was the last day when a party could be registered and a list or a candidate could be registered.
On 28 February, 49 parties sought registration, and 45 were registered by the National Electoral Office.
The toplist:
Parties with country list (10):
Parties with only county lists (5):
...
Other parties, and independents with no list:
...
In 2002 there were only 8 national compensation lists.
} Results Online coverage of the elections, with the latest poll results (Index.hu
) A Hungarian newspaper's coverage of the elections (Magyar Nemzet
), Vokscentrum.hu ("Vote centre"), Vision Consulting ("Vision Consulting")
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
parliamentary elections, as announced by president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
László Sólyom
László Sólyom
László Sólyom is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 to 2010. Previously he was President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary from 1990 to 1998....
was as follows:
- first round on April 9, 2006
- second round on April 23, 2006
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian politician. He was the sixth Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009.He was nominated to take that position on 25 August 2004 by the Hungarian Socialist Party , after Péter Medgyessy resigned due to a conflict with the Socialist Party's coalition partner...
's Hungarian Socialist Party
Hungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
(MSZP) won a plurality of the vote and will continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats
Alliance of Free Democrats
The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
. The election was the only one since the return to democracy were a government was re-elected.
Results
These are the results of the 1st round.- Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist PartyThe Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
- In the single-seat constituencies, they received 40.26% of the vote electing 34 members.
- In the multi-member constituencies, they received 43.21% of the vote electing 71 members.
- In total, they received 41.73% of the vote, electing 105 members.
- Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
- Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
- In the single-seat constituencies, they received 42.00% of the vote electing 28 members.
- In the multi-member constituencies, they received 42.03% of the vote electing 69 members.
- In total, they received 42.01% of the vote, electing 97 members.
- Alliance of Free DemocratsAlliance of Free DemocratsThe Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
- In the single-seat constituencies, they received 6.31% of the vote electing 0 members.
- In the multi-member constituencies, they received 6.50% of the vote electing 4 members.
- In total, they received 6.40% of the vote, electing 4 members.
- Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
- In the single-seat constituencies, they received 4.41% of the vote electing 0 members.
- In the multi-member constituencies, they received 5.04% of the vote electing 2 members.
- In total, they received 4.73% of the vote, electing 2 members.
- Other Parties
- The Hungarian Socialist Party-Alliance of Free Democrats worked together in some single-member constituencies, nominating a single candidate. 4 such candidates were elected in this way.
http://www.valasztas.hu/outroot/vdin1/en/l22w.htm
According to the electoral authority, voter turnout was 67.83 percent.
As there were 110 electoral districts where no candidate could win an overall majority
Majority
A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset; i.e. a plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset may consist of less than half the group's population...
in the first round, a second round run-off was scheduled to take place in these districts on April 23, 2006.
Full information can be found at the website of the Hungarian Parliament http://www.valasztas.hu/.
Party negotiations between the two rounds
On April 10 the two parties of the governing coalition (Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
and Alliance of Free Democrats
Alliance of Free Democrats
The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
) announced their alliance for the second round. The socialists withdrew 3 of their candidates in favour of the liberal one, and the liberals withdrew their remaining 55 candidates (all in 3rd place), and called for support of the socialists. The leaders of the two parties ran a common campaign between the two rounds.
The opposition was not united, however. The Hungarian Democratic Forum
Hungarian Democratic Forum
The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
(MDF) which hit the 5% threshold contrary to the polls and expectations made it clear that they will not support Viktor Orbán
Viktor Orbán
Viktor Orbán is a Hungarian populist and conservative politician and current Prime Minister of Hungary...
's Fidesz
Hungarian Civic Union
Hungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
party. Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he resigned from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, but the MDF held to their independency, thus they did not withdraw their 3rd place candidates. However, some MDF candidates did not agree with this, and withdrew in favour of Fidesz.
Polls
Gallup| Party | Percentage in January | +/- | Percentage in February | +/- | Percentage in March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union Hungarian Civic Union Hungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania... |
48% | -6.3% | 41.7% | +2.5% | 44.2% |
| Hungarian Socialist Party Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and... |
42% | +0.1% | 42.1% | +2.6% | 44.7% |
| Alliance of Free Democrats Alliance of Free Democrats The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International... |
3% | +2.8% | 5.8% | -1.2% | 4.6% |
| Hungarian Democratic Forum Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology... |
3% | +1.4% | 4.4% | -0.7% | 3.7% |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Hungary) The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Hungary.At the last legislative elections, on 9 and 23 April 2006, the party won 0.32% of the popular vote and no seats... |
2% | +0.8% | 2.8% | -2.2% | 0.6% |
| Hungarian Communist Workers' Party Hungarian Communist Workers' Party The Hungarian Communist Workers' Party in Hungary was created on December 17 1989, as a successor party of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party . Its chairman is Gyula Thürmer. It has always opposed capitalism, and has never been represented in the Parliament since the 1989 change of regime... |
1% | -0.2% | 0.8% | -0.4% | 0.4% |
| Hungarian Justice and Life Party Hungarian Justice and Life Party The Hungarian Justice and Life Party is a far-right nationalist political party in Hungary led by István Csurka... – Movement for a Better Hungary Movement for a Better Hungary Jobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic... the Third Way |
1% | +0.6% | 1.6% | -0.2% | 1.4% |
| others | 0% | +0.8% | 0.8% | -0.4% | 0.4% |
Medián
Tárki
Major parties
The Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
wins with a plurality of the votes and will therefore continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats
Alliance of Free Democrats
The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
; it also becomes the first re-elected government of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
since the end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. (BBC) (Washington Post) (Washington Post/Reuters)
Election system
The unicameral, 386-member National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party must win at least 5% of the national vote to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly (Országgyűlés) has 386 members, elected for a four year term: 176 members in single-seat constituencies, 152 by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize proportional representation.The election takes place over two days. On the 9th April (1st round), elections took place in every constituency, both single-seat and multi-seat. In order to get elected into a single-seat constituency, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote; in the 2006 elections, the victor received more than 50% of the vote in 66 of the 176 single-seat constituencies. There will be another election in the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies in the 2nd round, in which all but the top three candidates (and every candidate reaching 15%) from the 1st round are excluded. Usually parties form alliances between the two rounds and withdraw many of their 3rd place candidates and call for supporting the allied party so the winning candidate of the 2nd round will receive more than 50% of the vote. However, this process is not automatic, it is grounded by negotiations.
The multi-seat elections also took place during the 1st round. During the 2006 elections, 146 of the 152 seats were filled using proportional representation. The remaining 6 will be added to the national list. Hungary is divided into 20 regions for the multi-seat elections with varying numbers of members per region. For example, Budapest elects 28 MPs. Where a party wins more members in a regional than it technically should (for example, if it wins 2 of the 10 member in a region, but only received 19.5% of the vote), then the surplus votes will be deducted from the total it receives in the 2nd round. Correspondingly, a party which wins fewer members than it should will have the shortfall votes added to its total in the 2nd round.
The 2nd round takes place on the 23rd April. During the 2nd round, the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies will be contested. Furthermore, 58 (plus 6 more not elected from the single-seat constituencies in the first round) extra members will be elected using a national list in order to achieve a more proportional result.
Before the election the parties need to be registered by the National Electoral Office. After registation the parties have the right to collect references. One candidate has to collect 750 references in his/her district. If one party has collected in 2 districts (in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
8, Pest
Pest (county)
Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...
5 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the name of an administrative county in north-eastern Hungary , on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc...
3) in a county, then the party has the right to present his regional constituencies, and if the party has 7 regional, county list then he has the right to present the national compensation list.
17 March was the last day when a party could be registered and a list or a candidate could be registered.
On 28 February, 49 parties sought registration, and 45 were registered by the National Electoral Office.
Candidates in single-seat constituencies
12.Mar. (At 16.35, Central European Time)The toplist:
Parties with country list (10):
- Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
- 176, 176 were registered, all candidates are in common with Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
, and 2 with Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
+ 20 county lists in common with KDNP. - Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
(KDNP) - 176, 176 were registered, all candidates are in common with Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
and 2 with Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
+ 20 county lists in common with Fidesz. - Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist PartyThe Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
- 176, 176 were registered, 10 candidates is common with the Alliance of Free DemocratsAlliance of Free DemocratsThe Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
+ 20 county lists. - Alliance of Free DemocratsAlliance of Free DemocratsThe Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
- 176, 176 were registered, 10 candidates is common with the Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist PartyThe Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
+ + 20 county lists. - Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
- 163, 163 were registered, 1 candidate is common with the Hungarian Pensioners Party, 2 candidates are common with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
and Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
, and 6 candidate is common with the Clamp for our county + 20 county lists - Hungarian Justice and Life PartyHungarian Justice and Life PartyThe Hungarian Justice and Life Party is a far-right nationalist political party in Hungary led by István Csurka...
– Movement for a Better HungaryMovement for a Better HungaryJobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic...
the Third Way alliance of parties - 114, 114 were registered + 20 county lists. - Hungarian Communist Workers' PartyHungarian Communist Workers' PartyThe Hungarian Communist Workers' Party in Hungary was created on December 17 1989, as a successor party of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party . Its chairman is Gyula Thürmer. It has always opposed capitalism, and has never been represented in the Parliament since the 1989 change of regime...
- 52, 52 were registered + 12 county lists. - Hungarian Gipsy Organizations Forum - Gipsy Cramping Party - 29, 29 were registered + 8 county lists.
- Centre PartyCentre Party (Hungary)The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Hungary.At the last legislative elections, on 9 and 23 April 2006, the party won 0.32% of the popular vote and no seats...
- 30, 30 were registered + 8 county lists. - Christian Democratic Party- 27, 27 were registered + 9 county lists.
- Hungarian Countryside and Civic Party - 18, 18 were registered + 7 county lists.
Parties with only county lists (5):
- Party of Greens - 12, 12 were registered + 3 county lists.
- Independent Smallholders, National Unity Party - 8, 8 were registered + 3 county lists.
- Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic PartyIndependent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic PartyThe Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party is a political party in Hungary...
- 7, 7 were registered + 2 county lists. - Workers' Party of Hungary 2006Workers' Party of Hungary 2006The Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 is a political party in Hungary.It was created in mid-November 2005 from the internal opposition of the Hungarian Communist Workers' Party...
- 7, 7 were registered + 2 county lists.
...
Other parties, and independents with no list:
- Clamp for our county - 6, 6 were registered, all candidates are in common with Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
.
...
- Union of Green Democrates - 1, 1 were registered.
National compensation lists
The parties who were able to present a national compensation list are as follows: http://index.hu/politika/belhirek/?main:2006.03.21&259003- Alliance of Free DemocratsAlliance of Free DemocratsThe Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...
- Centre PartyCentre Party (Hungary)The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Hungary.At the last legislative elections, on 9 and 23 April 2006, the party won 0.32% of the popular vote and no seats...
- Christian Democratic Party
- Fidesz – Hungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic UnionHungarian Civic Union may refer to:*Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, a centre-right political party in Hungary*Another name for the Hungarian Civic Party, a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania...
-Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others... - Hungarian Communist Workers' PartyHungarian Communist Workers' PartyThe Hungarian Communist Workers' Party in Hungary was created on December 17 1989, as a successor party of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party . Its chairman is Gyula Thürmer. It has always opposed capitalism, and has never been represented in the Parliament since the 1989 change of regime...
- Hungarian Countryside and Civic Party
- Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
- Hungarian Gipsy Organizations Forum - Gipsy Cramping Party
- Hungarian Justice and Life PartyHungarian Justice and Life PartyThe Hungarian Justice and Life Party is a far-right nationalist political party in Hungary led by István Csurka...
– Movement for a Better HungaryMovement for a Better HungaryJobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic...
the Third Way alliance of parties - Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Socialist PartyThe Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
In 2002 there were only 8 national compensation lists.
External links
, Országos Választási Iroda (National Electoral Office)} Results Online coverage of the elections, with the latest poll results (Index.hu
Index.hu
Index.hu is one of the most popular Hungarian language internet portals. The editor-in-chief and founder of the site was András Nyírő. From 2000 until the 30rd of September 2011 the editor-in-chief was Péter Uj.-Founding:...
) A Hungarian newspaper's coverage of the elections (Magyar Nemzet
Magyar Nemzet
Magyar Nemzet is a major Hungarian newspaper. Its name literally means "Hungarian nation".-History:The original, moderate conservative daily was founded by Sándor Petheő in 1937. It fused with the other conservative daily Napi Magyarország in April 2000.The current newspaper is considered to be...
), Vokscentrum.hu ("Vote centre"), Vision Consulting ("Vision Consulting")