Hungary
Date: first round: 25 March
1990; second round: 8 April 1990
Number of registered voters (Eligible to vote, counted when balloting ended): 7,822,764
(first round); 7,603,095 (second round)
Turnout: 65.09 % (first round); 45.51% (second round)
Votes:
- total cast: 5,091,931 (first round); 3,459,798 (second round);
- valid: 4,911,241 [96.45%] in territorial constituencies; 4,958,580 [97.38%] in
single-member constituencies in the first round single-member districts), and 3,409,635
[98.55%] in single-member constituencies in the second round
Party/Grouping |
% list votes |
Regional list seats |
National list seats |
% Votes SMD (second round) |
% Votes SMD (second round) |
Single member seats |
Total Seats |
%Seats |
MDF - Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum) |
24.73 |
40 |
10 |
23.93 |
41.24 |
114 |
164 |
42.49 |
SZDSZ - Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége) |
21.39 |
34 |
23 |
21.73 |
30.68 |
35 |
92 |
23.83 |
FKgP - Independent Small Holders Party (Független Kisgazdapárt) |
11.73 |
16 |
17 |
10.67 |
10.41 |
11 |
44 |
11.4 |
MSZP - Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt) |
10.89 |
14 |
18 |
10.18 |
6.35 |
1 |
33 |
8.55 |
FIDESZ (Federation of Young Democrats) |
8.95 |
8 |
12 |
4.75 |
1.85 |
1 |
21 |
5.44 |
KDNP - Christian Democratic People’s Party (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt) |
6.46 |
8 |
10 |
5.8 |
3.75 |
3 |
21 |
5.44 |
MP [ex-MSZMP] Workers' Party (Munkáspárt) |
3.68 |
0 |
0 |
2.65 |
0.25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MSZDP - Social Democratic Party of Hungary (Magyar Szociáldemokrata Párt) |
3.55 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
0.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ASZ - Agrarian Alliance (Agrárszövetség) |
3.13 |
0 |
0 |
2.81 |
0.64 |
1 |
1 |
0.26 |
VP - Entrepreneurs Party (Vállalkozók Part) |
1.89 |
0 |
0 |
1.68 |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
HVK - Patriotic Elections Coalition (Hazafias Választási Koalíció) |
1.87 |
0 |
0 |
3.16 |
0.82 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MNP - Hungarian People's Party (Magyar Néppárt) |
0.75 |
0 |
0 |
0.78 |
0.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MZP - Green Party of Hungary (Magyaroszági Zöld Párt) |
0.36 |
0 |
0 |
0.39 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NKgP - National Smallholders' Party (Nemzeti Kisgazdapárt) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0.25 |
0.02 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Somogy County Christian Coalition (Somogyi Keresztény Koalíció) |
0.12 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MSzAP - Hungarian Co-operative and Agrarian Party (Magyar Szövetkezeti és Agrárpárt) |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0.12 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SzP - Freedom Party (Szabadság Párt) |
0.06 |
0 |
0 |
0.09 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FMDP - Independent Hungarian Democratic Party (Független Magyar Demokrata Párt) |
0.06 |
0 |
0 |
0.09 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MFP - Hungarian Independence Party (Magyar Függetlenségi Párt) |
0.04 |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FSZDP - Independent Social Democratic Party |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.15 |
0.12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KELET - People of the Orient Party (Kelet Nepe Part) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MDDCP - Hungarian Workers' Democratic Center Party (Magyar Dolgozok Demokratikus Centrum Partja) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MCSZDP - Hungarian Gypsy Social Democratic Party |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NEMZED |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SZKT - Holy Crown Society (Szent Korona Tarsasag) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SZFV - Alliance for Village and Countryside (Szovetseg a Faluert, a Videkert) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.06 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TTSZ - Alliance for the Protection of Nature and Society (Termeszet es Tarsadalomvedok Szovetsege) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
VMP - Hungarian Countryside Party (Videki Magyarorszagert Part) |
- |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Independents |
- |
0 |
0 |
6.91 |
1.94 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Joint candidates* |
- |
0 |
0 |
1.39 |
1.6 |
4 |
4 |
1.04 |
TOTAL |
~100 |
120 |
90 |
100 |
100 |
176 |
386 |
100 |
* the joint candidates elected were respectively candidates of KDNP+FIDESZ+SZDSZ, FIDESZ + SZDSZ, SZDSZ + FIDESZ, ASZ + Federation of Rural Communities (supported by SZDSZ in the second round)
Date: first round: 8 May; second round: 29 May
Party/Grouping |
% list votes |
Regional list seats |
National list seats |
% votes SMD (first round) |
% votes SMD (second round) |
Single member seats |
Total Seats |
% Seats |
MSZP - Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt) |
32.99 |
53 |
7 |
31.27 |
45.34 |
149 |
209 |
54.15 |
SZDSZ - Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége) |
19.74 |
28 |
25 |
18.62 |
28.49 |
16 |
69 |
17.88 |
MDF - Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum) |
11.74 |
18 |
15 |
12.03 |
14.93 |
5 |
38 |
9.84 |
FKgP - Independent Small Holders Party (Független Kisgazdapárt) |
8.82 |
14 |
11 |
7.88 |
5.89 |
1 |
26 |
6.74 |
KDNP - Christian Democratic People’s Party (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt) |
7.03 |
5 |
14 |
7.37 |
2.95 |
3 |
22 |
5.7 |
FIDESZ (Federation of Young Democrats) |
7.02 |
7 |
13 |
7.7 |
0.69 |
0 |
20 |
5.18 |
MP [ex - MSZMP] -Workers' Party (Munkáspárt) |
3.19 |
0 |
0 |
3.28 |
0.15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KP - Republican Party (Köztársaság Párt) |
2.55 |
0 |
0 |
1.93 |
0.23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ASZ - Agrarian Alliance (Agrárszövetség) |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
2.45 |
0.34 |
1 |
1 |
0.26 |
MIEP - Party of Hungarian Justice and Life (Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja) |
1.59 |
0 |
0 |
1.24 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MSZDP - Social Democratic Party of Hungary (Magyar Szociáldemokrata Párt) |
0.95 |
0 |
0 |
0.61 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
EkgP - United Smallholders Party (Egyesült Kisgazdapárt) |
0.82 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
VP - Party of Entrepreneurs (Vállalkozók Párt) |
0.62 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NDSZ - National Alliance of Democrats (Nemzeti Demokrata Szövetség) |
0.52 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MZP - Green Party of Hungary (Magyaroszági Zöld Párt) |
0.16 |
0 |
0 |
0.09 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KFKgP - Compromise Independent Smallholders Party (Kiegyezés Független Kisgazdapárt) |
0.11 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KP - Conservative Party (Konzervatív Párt) |
0.04 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ZA - Green Alternative (Zöld Alternatíva) |
0.02 |
0 |
0 |
0.05 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
PP - Market Party (Piac Párt) |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MSZMP - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkaspart) |
- |
- |
- |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
FMDP - Independent Hungarian Democratic Party (Fuggetlen Magyar Demokrata Part) |
- |
- |
- |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NEM - National Party (Nemzeti Erok Mozgalma) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MTU - Hungarian Nature Pharmacists' Union (?)(Magyar Termeszetgyogyaszok Unioja) |
- |
- |
- |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DP - Democratic Party (Demokrata Part) |
- |
- |
- |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MVSZ - Electoral Coalition for Hungary (Magyarsagert Valasztasi Szovetseg) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MMP - Hungarian Unemployed Party (Magyar Munkanelkuliek Partja) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CSZP - Gypsy Solidarity Party (Ciganyok Szolidaritasi Partja) |
- |
- |
- |
0.06 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEKO - Democratic Coalition (Demokrata Koalicio) |
- |
- |
- |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NYUP - Retiree's Party (Nyugdijasok Partja) |
- |
- |
- |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CSSZ - Family Association Magyar (Csaladi Orszagos Szovetsege) |
- |
- |
- |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TFKP - Historical Independent Smallholders' Party (Tortenelmi Fuggetlen Kisgazdapart) |
- |
- |
- |
0.03 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MEP - Hungarian Welfare Party (Magyar Erdek Partja) |
- |
- |
- |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TMP - Party for a Historical Hungary (Tortenelmi Magyarorszagert Part) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SZDP - Social Democratic Party (Szocialdemokrata Part) |
- |
- |
- |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MANP - Hungarian Mothers' National Party (Magyar Anyak Nemzeti Partja) |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Joint candidate (VP, FIDESZ, SZDSZ, ASZ) |
- |
- |
- |
0.12 |
0.18 |
1 |
1 |
0.26 |
(4) Other joint candidates |
- |
- |
- |
0.3 |
0.35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Independents |
- |
- |
- |
2.26 |
0.47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
100 |
125 |
85 |
100 |
100 |
176 |
386 |
100 |
1998 Parliamentary Elections
Date: first round 10 May;
second round 24 May
Number of registered voters (eligible to vote, counted when balloting ended): 8,062,708
(8,016,397 after the second round)
Votes:
- total cast: 4,536,254 (4,570,386 in the second round);
- valid votes: 4,483,974 [98.84%] in the regional constituencies; 4,467,940 [98.49%] in
the single-member constituencies in the first round, and 4,509,982 [98.68%] in the
single-member constituencies in the second round
Party/Grouping |
% list votes |
Regional list seats |
National list seats |
% votes SMD (first round) |
% votes SMD (second round) |
Single member seats |
Total Seats |
%Seats |
||
MSZP - Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt) |
32.92 |
50 |
30 |
29.82 |
43.45 |
54 |
134 |
34.72 |
||
Fidesz-MPP [ex-FIDESZ] (Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Party) |
29.48 |
48 |
10 |
8.89 |
14.39 |
55 |
113 |
148 |
29.27 |
|
FIidesz-MPP + MDF ( Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Party + Hungarian Democratic Forum -Magyar Demokrata Fórum) |
- |
- |
- |
12.86 |
24.3 |
35 |
50 |
12.95 |
||
FKgP - Independent Small Holders Party (Független Kisgazdapárt) |
13.15 |
22 |
14 |
13.3 |
6.17 |
12 |
48 |
12.44 |
||
SZDSZ - Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége) |
7.57 |
5 |
17 |
10.2 |
3.12 |
2 |
24 |
6.22 |
||
MIEP - Party of Hungarian Justice and Life (Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja) |
5.47 |
3 |
11 |
5.58 |
0.64 |
0 |
14 |
3.63 |
||
MP [ex - MSZMP] Workers' Party (Munkáspárt) |
3.95 |
0 |
0 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MDF - Fidesz-MPP |
- |
- |
- |
4.24 |
6.98 |
15 |
15 |
3.89 |
||
MDF - Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum) |
2.8 |
0 |
0 |
3.08 |
0.51 |
2 |
2 |
0.52 |
||
KDNP - Christian Democratic People’s Party (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt) |
2.31 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MDNP |
1.34 |
0 |
0 |
1.97 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
ÚSZM - New Alliance for Hungary (Új Szövetség) |
0.49 |
0 |
0 |
0.54 |
0.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
EMU - Together for Hungary Union (Együtt Magyarországért Unió) |
0.19 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
NF Forum of National Minorities (Nemzetiségi Fórum) |
0.13 |
0 |
0 |
0.27 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MSZDP - Social Democratic Party of Hungary (Magyar Szociáldemokrata Párt) |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
0.27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MSzZP - Social Green Party of Hungary |
0.07 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
VP - Party of Entrepreneurs (Vállalkozók Párt) |
0.05 |
0 |
0 |
0.19 |
0.02 |
0 |
0 |
0 | ||
FPSZ* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0.04 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
Greens (ZÖLDEK)* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0.04 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
Independents United (FÜGG.KÖZÖ)* |
- | - | 0 |
. |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
||
TÁRS.-I K* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0.02 |
. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
SZDP - Social Democratic Party (Szocialdemokrata Part)* |
- | - | 0 |
. |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
||
MSZMP - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (Magyar Szocialiszta Munkaspart)* |
- | - | 0 |
. |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
||
Women's Party (Nok Partja)* |
- | - | 0 |
. |
0.01 |
. |
0 |
0 |
||
MCDP* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MNSZ* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
MANÉP - Hungarian Mothers National Party (Magyar Anyak Nemzeti Partja)* |
- | - | 0 |
. |
0 |
. |
0 |
0 |
||
F.É.P.* |
- | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
Independents |
- | - |
- |
39154 |
1.7 |
1 |
1 |
0.26 |
||
TOTAL |
~100 |
128 |
82 |
100 |
100 |
176 |
386 |
100 |
||
* Parties that had candidates only in SMD.
| SOURCES: - Magyar Közlöny (Official Gazette), 1990. május 13, 1994. június 28, 1998. június4 - Tóka, Gábor 1999. "Parties and Social Divisions: A Common East Central European Pattern?" in A Society Transformed? Hungary in Time-Space Perspective, ed. by Rudolf Andorka, Tamás Kolosi, Richard Rose and György Vukovich. Budapest: Central European University Press |
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