Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998
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] Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, 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 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–Hungarian Civic Party | 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 |
| 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 |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p926
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