2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

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 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 - Hungarian Civic Union Elected Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy MSZP

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. 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.

Results

Party				SMCs			MMCs			National seats	Total seats	+/–
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color;"|	MSZP-SZDSZ–MSZDP	bgcolor="Template:Hungarian Socialist Party/meta/color"|	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
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Fidesz/meta/color"|	Fidesz–MDF	bgcolor="Template:Fidesz/meta/color"|	Fidesz	2,217,755	39.4	95	2,306,763	41.1	67	26	164	+16
bgcolor="Template:Hungarian Democratic Forum/meta/color"|		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
style="background:Template:Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party/meta/color;"|	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
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	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

External links

• National Electoral Office