1998 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May.[1][2]
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 56.21% (first round) 57.01% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Results of the election. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg.webp)
.jpg.webp)
Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.
Results
 | ||||||||||
| Party | SMCs | MMCs | National seats |
Total seats |
+/– | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Hungarian Socialist Party | 1,332,412 | 29.8 | 54 | 1,446,138 | 32.2 | 50 | 30 | 134 | –75 | |
| Fidesz | 1,161,520 | 26.0 | 90 | 1,263,563 | 28.2 | 48 | 10 | 148 | +128 | |
| Independent Smallholders' Party | 594,099 | 13.3 | 12 | 617,821 | 13.8 | 22 | 14 | 48 | +22 | |
| Alliance of Free Democrats | 456,032 | 10.2 | 2 | 353,205 | 7.9 | 5 | 17 | 24 | –45 | |
| Hungarian Justice and Life Party | 249,135 | 5.6 | 0 | 248,832 | 5.5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +14 | |
| Hungarian Workers' Party | 165,461 | 3.7 | 0 | 183,071 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Democratic Forum | 137,621 | 3.1 | 17 | 139,934 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | –21 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 129,791 | 2.9 | 0 | 116,068 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –22 | |
| Hungarian Democratic People's Party | 87,971 | 2.0 | 0 | 62,568 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| New Alliance for Hungary | 23,659 | 0.5 | 0 | 26,330 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Union for Hungary | 13,599 | 0.3 | 0 | 9,149 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Forum of National Minorities | 11,928 | 0.3 | 0 | 5,895 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian Social Democratic Party | 11,845 | 0.3 | 0 | 5,689 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Entrepreneurs' Party | 8,634 | 0.2 | 0 | 3,962 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Alliance of Independent Civilians | 1,798 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Green Party of Hungary | 1,758 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Association of Independents | 972 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics | 825 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party | 669 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party | 515 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| USZM–VP | 463 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Women's Party | 460 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian Social Green Party | 328 | 0.0 | 0 | 2,145 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party | 290 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian Welfare Alliance | 252 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian People's Party | 184 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom | 150 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 75,965 | 1.7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | +1 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 64,107 | – | – | 48,405 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 4,532,443 | 100 | 176 | 4,532,775 | 100 | 128 | 82 | 386 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,063,631 | 56.3 | – | 8,063,631 | 56.3 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||||||
Notes
- Including 35 deputies elected as joint Fidesz–MDF candidates.
- Kuncze was Prime Minister candidate of the SZDSZ, but was not party leader.
- Including 15 deputies elected as joint MDF–Fidesz candidates.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p926
External links
| Parliamentary elections | |
|---|---|
| European elections | |
| Local elections | |
| Referendums | |
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.