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 April 2002 (first round)
21 April 2002 (second round)
All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés
194 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout70.53% (first round)
73.51% (second round)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viktor Orbán Péter Medgyessy Gábor Kuncze
Party Fidesz-MDF MSZP SZDSZ
Leader since 6 July 1998[lower-alpha 1] June 2001[lower-alpha 2] 1 July 2001
Last election 165 seats, 32.28%[lower-alpha 3] 134 seats, 32.92% 24 seats, 7.57%
Seats won
Fidesz 179, MDF 9		 [lower-alpha 4]
Seat change 23 45 5
1R vote and % 2,217,755 (39.4%) 2,277,737 (40.5%) 380,982 (6.8%)
2R vote and % 2,196,540 (50.0%) 2,011,845 (45.8%) 126,966 (2.9%)
Party vote 2,306,763 2,361,983 313,084
 % and swing 41.07% 8.79 pp 42.05% 6.13 pp 5.57% 2.00 pp
Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Prime Minister before election

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union

 Prime Minister after election

Péter Medgyessy
MSZP

Results
Party SMCs MMCs National
seats		 Total
seats		 +/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
MSZP-SZDSZ–MSZDP Hungarian Socialist Party2,277,73240.5782,361,98342.16931178+44
Alliance of Free Democrats380,9826.82313,0845.641319–5
MSZP–MSZDP41,4610.70–––00–
MSZP–SZDSZ27,8920.51–––01–
Total2,728,06748.5812,675,06747.67344198+40
Fidesz–MDF Fidesz 2,217,75539.4952,306,76341.16726164+16
MDF 24 +7
Hungarian Justice and Life Party257,4554.60245,3164.4000–14
Centre Party-KDNP182,2563.20219,0293.9000New
Workers' Party108,7321.90121,5032.20000
Independent Smallholders' Party67,4011.2042,3380.8000–48
New Left Party5,5970.103,1980.1000New
Green Party of Hungary2,2210.00–––000
Reform Smallholders' Party2,7580.001,0860.0000New
Smallholders' Party, Party of Smallholders' Alliance2,6990.004510.0000New
Hungarian Entrepreneurs' United Party1,2880.003180.0000New
Party of the Hungarian Interest9190.00–––00New
Social Democratic Party5900.009120.00000
Union for Solidarity7930.00–––00New
Hungarian Pensioners' Party6850.00–––00New
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party6120.00–––000
Hungarian Roma Party5890.007450.0000New
Independent Hungarian Democratic Party5310.00–––000
Civic Democratic Party against Corruption2610.00–––00New
Democratic Roma Party1710.00–––00New
Independents43,2150.80––––0–1
Invalid/blank votes55,863––63,897–––––
Total5,680,4581001765,680,623100140703860
Registered voters/turnout8,061,10170.5–8,061,10170.5––––
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

Notes
  1. Orbán became Prime Minister on 6 July 1998. He had previously been leader of Fidesz since 18 April 1993, but resigned partway through his premiership in January 2000, and did not become leader again until 2003.
  2. Medgyessy was selected as the MSZP's Prime Minister candidate in June 2001, but did not join the party, remaining an independent.
  3. Combined results for Fidesz (148 seats, 29.48%) and MDF (17 seats, 2.80%).
  4. Including one deputy elected as a joint MSZP–SZDSZ candidate.
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