Fidesz–KDNP

Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (Hungarian: Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége), is a right-wing national conservative political alliance of two political parties in Hungary, the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The two parties jointly contested every national election since the 2006 parliamentary election. The Fidesz–KDNP party alliance has governed Hungary since 2010, altogether obtaining a two-thirds majority in each of the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 national elections.

Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance
Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség
Co-PresidentsViktor Orbán (Fidesz)
Zsolt Semjén (KDNP)
Founded10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)
IdeologyNational conservatism
Christian right
Right-wing populism
Anti-immigration
Political positionRight-wing[1] to far-right[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
Colours  Orange
National Assembly
135 / 199
European Parliament
13 / 21
County Assemblies
245 / 381

History

The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005.[11] After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament.[12]

Technically Fidesz and KDNP are a coalition, but many consider KDNP to actually be a satellite party of Fidesz,[13][14] since it has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since 1994 when it barely passed the election threshold of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured,[15][16][17] and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.[18]

On March 3, 2021, the Fidesz left the European People's Party Parliamentary Group, while KDNP is still a member of it.

Electoral results

National Assembly
Election Votes Seats Rank Government Leader
#  % ±pp # +/−
2006 2,272,979 42.03% New
164 / 386
 2nd in opposition Viktor Orbán
2010 2,706,292 52.73% 10.70
263 / 386
 99 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán
2014 2,264,780 44.87% 7.86
133 / 199
 130 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán
2018 2,824,551 49.27% 4.40
133 / 199
 0 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán
2022 3,060,706 54.13% 4.86
135 / 199
 2 1st Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority Viktor Orbán

European Parliament
Election year # of overall votes  % of overall vote # of overall seats won +/- Notes
2009 1,632,309 56.36% (1st)
14 / 22
2014 1,193,991 51.48% (1st)
12 / 21
 2
2019 1,824,220 52.56% (1st)
13 / 21
 1

Notes
  1. Fidesz was suspended from the EPP (since 20 March 2019), while KDNP still has full membership. Fidesz left the party in 2021.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Sex tapes, scandals in Hungary's local election campaign". abc news. 11 October 2019. Borkai is running for re-election as mayor of the northwestern city of Gyor, representing Orban's right-wing Fidesz party. Another leaked sex video featured an opposition politician, Tamas Wittinghoff, the mayor of a town near Budapest.
  3. Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír (2010). Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared. Ashgate. p. 115.
  4. Kingsley, Patrick (16 December 2018). "Opposition in Hungary Demonstrates Against Orban, in Rare Display of Dissent". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. Novak, Benjamin; Kingsley, Patrick (12 December 2018). "Hungary Creates New Court System, Cementing Leader's Control of Judiciary". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. Schaeffer, Carol (28 May 2017). "How Hungary Became a Haven for the Alt-Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. Kuper, Simon (September 11, 2019). "Why rightwing populism has radicalised". Financial Times.
  8. Kondor, Katherine (January 30, 2019). "The Hungarian paradigm shift: how right-wing are Fidesz supporters?". openDemocracy.
  9. Stone, Jon (September 30, 2019). "Hungarian opposition party says its meetings in parliament were bugged". The Independent. Hungarian politics is dominated by Viktor Orban's far-right Fidesz party, which is supported by a largely partisan pro-government media that marginalises opposition voices.
  10. Bayer, Lili; de La Baume, Maïa (3 September 2019). "European center right suspends Hungarian PM Orbán". Politico. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  11. "A Fidesz országos választmányi ülést, a KDNP országos nagygyűlést tart". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  12. "Megalakult a Fidesz–KDNP-frakciószövetség". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  13. Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
  14. Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).
  15. hvg.hu (2010-07-21). "Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága".
  16. Szonda Ipsos polls (2009-07-02). "Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  17. "Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)". 2011-05-13.
  18. hvg.hu (2011-07-18). "Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)".

Sources
  • Vida, István (2011). Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010) [Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)] (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.
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