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
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 179 / 386 188 / 386 Fidesz 179, MDF 9 19 / 386 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 Party	2,277,732	40.5	78	2,361,983	42.1	69	31	178	+44
			Alliance of Free Democrats	380,982	6.8	2	313,084	5.6	4	13	19	–5
			MSZP–MSZDP	41,461	0.7	0	–	–	–	0	0	–
			MSZP–SZDSZ	27,892	0.5	1	–	–	–	0	1	–
		Total		2,728,067	48.5	81	2,675,067	47.6	73	44	198	+40
	Fidesz–MDF		Fidesz	2,217,755	39.4	95	2,306,763	41.1	67	26	164	+16
			MDF								24	+7
	Hungarian Justice and Life Party			257,455	4.6	0	245,316	4.4	0	0	0	–14
	Centre Party-KDNP			182,256	3.2	0	219,029	3.9	0	0	0	New
	Workers' Party			108,732	1.9	0	121,503	2.2	0	0	0	0
	Independent Smallholders' Party			67,401	1.2	0	42,338	0.8	0	0	0	–48
	New Left Party			5,597	0.1	0	3,198	0.1	0	0	0	New
	Green Party of Hungary			2,221	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Reform Smallholders' Party			2,758	0.0	0	1,086	0.0	0	0	0	New
	Smallholders' Party, Party of Smallholders' Alliance			2,699	0.0	0	451	0.0	0	0	0	New
	Hungarian Entrepreneurs' United Party			1,288	0.0	0	318	0.0	0	0	0	New
	Party of the Hungarian Interest			919	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party			590	0.0	0	912	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Union for Solidarity			793	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Hungarian Pensioners' Party			685	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party			612	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Hungarian Roma Party			589	0.0	0	745	0.0	0	0	0	New
	Independent Hungarian Democratic Party			531	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Civic Democratic Party against Corruption			261	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Democratic Roma Party			171	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Independents			43,215	0.8	0	–	–	–	–	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes				55,863	–	–	63,897	–	–	–	–	–
Total				5,680,458	100	176	5,680,623	100	140	70	386	0
Registered voters/turnout				8,061,101	70.5	–	8,061,101	70.5	–	–	–	–
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

External links

• National Electoral Office