2014 Budapest mayoral election

2014 Budapest mayoral election

12 Oct 2014
Turnout	43.1%
Candidate István Tarlós Lajos Bokros Party Fidesz–KDNP MoMa Vote 290 675 213 550 Percentage 49.06% 36.04%   Candidate Gábor Staudt Antal Csárdi Party Jobbik LMP Vote 42 093 33 689 Percentage 7.10% 5.69%
Mayor before election István Tarlós Fidesz–KDNP Elected Mayor István Tarlós Fidesz–KDNP

The 2014 Budapest mayoral election was held on 12 October 2014 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. In contrast with previous elections where the Mayor served a 4-year term, the winner of this election served for 5 years.

The election was won by incumbent Mayor, and the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.

Campaign

Originally, the left-wing opposition, which ran united in the parliamentary elections of April, selected Ferenc Falus, a hospital director nominated by the Together (Együtt) party as its candidate. After bad polling, and campaign mistakes (including an Ice Bucket Challenge video), Falus withdrew on 29 September and endorsed minor party candidate and former Minister of Finance Lajos Bokros.

Results

2014 Budapest mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Fidesz–KDNP	István Tarlós	290 675	49.06%	−4.31%
	MoMa	Lajos Bokros	213 550	36.04%	N/A
	Jobbik	Gábor Staudt	42 093	7.10%	−0.17%
	LMP	Antal Csárdi	33 689	5.69%	−4.2%
	Liberals	Zoltán Bodnár	12 461	2.1%	N/A
Total votes			'592 468'	'100.0%'
	Fidesz–KDNP hold