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]
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All 386 seats in the National Assembly 194 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 56.21% (first round) 56.98% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the election. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Proportional | SMCs (first round) | SMCs (second round) | Seats | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | National | Total | +/– | ||||
Hungarian Socialist Party | 1,497,231 | 32.92 | 50 | 1,332,178 | 29.82 | 0 | 1,941,307 | 43.04 | 54 | 30 | 134 | –75 | |||
Fidesz | 1,340,826 | 29.48 | 48 | 956,008 | 21.40 | 1 | 1,706,155 | 37.83 | 89 | 10 | 148 | +128 | |||
Independent Smallholders' Party | 597,820 | 13.15 | 22 | 594,023 | 13.30 | 0 | 275,857 | 6.12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | +22 | |||
Alliance of Free Democrats | 344,352 | 7.57 | 5 | 456,008 | 10.21 | 0 | 139,504 | 3.09 | 2 | 17 | 24 | –45 | |||
Hungarian Justice and Life Party | 248,901 | 5.47 | 3 | 249,127 | 5.58 | 0 | 28,608 | 0.63 | 0 | 11 | 14 | +14 | |||
Hungarian Workers' Party | 179,672 | 3.95 | 0 | 165,455 | 3.70 | 0 | 17,703 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hungarian Democratic Forum | 127,118 | 2.80 | 0 | 343,089 | 7.68 | 0 | 356,891 | 7.91 | 17 | 0 | 17 | –21 | |||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 104,892 | 2.31 | 0 | 129,787 | 2.90 | 0 | 122 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –22 | |||
Hungarian Democratic People's Party | 61,004 | 1.34 | 0 | 87,971 | 1.97 | 0 | 247 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
New Alliance for Hungary | 22,220 | 0.49 | 0 | 23,891 | 0.53 | 0 | 1,502 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Union for Hungary | 8,786 | 0.19 | 0 | 13,599 | 0.30 | 0 | 347 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Forum of National Minorities | 5,895 | 0.13 | 0 | 11,928 | 0.27 | 0 | 473 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 3,504 | 0.08 | 0 | 11,845 | 0.27 | 0 | 213 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hungarian Social Green Party | 3,052 | 0.07 | 0 | 328 | 0.01 | 0 | 206 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Entrepreneurs' Party | 2,409 | 0.05 | 0 | 8,874 | 0.20 | 0 | 1,054 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
Alliance of Independent Civilians | 1,789 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Green Party of Hungary | 1,758 | 0.04 | 0 | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Association of Independents | 972 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics | 825 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Social Democratic Party | 669 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party | 515 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Women's Party | 460 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party | 290 | 0.01 | 0 | 264 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Hungarian Welfare Alliance | 252 | 0.01 | 0 | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Hungarian People's Party | 184 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | 169 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Independents | 75,965 | 1.70 | 0 | 39,154 | 0.87 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
Total | 4,547,682 | 100.00 | 128 | 4,467,940 | 100.00 | 1 | 4,509,982 | 100.00 | 175 | 82 | 386 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 4,547,682 | 98.97 | 4,467,940 | 98.59 | 4,509,982 | 98.74 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 47,529 | 1.03 | 64,103 | 1.41 | 57,404 | 1.26 | |||||||||
Total votes | 4,595,211 | 100.00 | 4,532,043 | 100.00 | 4,567,386 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,062,708 | 56.21 | 8,016,397 | 56.98 | |||||||||||
Source: Valasztas, Election Resources |
Party list results by county
In the Hungarian parliamentary election system in force between 1990 and 2010, if the number of valid votes cast in the 1st round in a county did not reach 50% of all voters, then the list voting had to be repeated in the 2nd round in that county. The only example of this was in the 1998 parliamentary election, when in the first round in Hajdú-Bihar County and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, the proportion of valid votes in the proportion of all voters did not reach 50%.
County[3] | MSZP | Fidesz | FKGP | SZDSZ | MIÉP | Workers' Party | MDF | KDNP | MDNP | Others |
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Bács-Kiskun | 27.51 | 28.99 | 20.06 | 6.17 | 4.58 | 3.26 | 4.37 | 2.42 | 0.81 | 1.83 |
Baranya | 33.84 | 27.79 | 13.21 | 7.96 | 4.22 | 4.47 | 2.91 | 2.35 | 1.05 | 2.21 |
Békés | 29.97 | 25.24 | 20.40 | 6.38 | 4.01 | 5.90 | 2.75 | 1.85 | 0.76 | 2.74 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 35.88 | 26.24 | 13.26 | 5.56 | 4.70 | 5.65 | 2.31 | 3.69 | 1.26 | 1.45 |
Budapest | 33.13 | 26.54 | 8.57 | 11.03 | 8.84 | 3.86 | 3.67 | 1.79 | 2.55 | - |
Csongrád | 28.57 | 31.35 | 15.72 | 7.14 | 4.58 | 4.13 | 3.43 | 2.01 | 1.04 | 2.03 |
Fejér | 35.12 | 30.09 | 12.74 | 7.01 | 4.22 | 3.61 | 2.69 | 1.95 | 1.11 | 1.46 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 30.87 | 34.29 | 11.97 | 6.98 | 4.59 | 2.55 | 3.00 | 2.85 | 1.49 | 1.42 |
Hajdú-Bihar (1st round, invalid) | 34.15 | 28.01 | 14.99 | 5.89 | 6.74 | 3.54 | 2.71 | 2.56 | - | 1.40 |
Hajdú-Bihar (2nd round, valid) | 39.35 | 40.09 | 9.08 | 2.91 | 5.69 | 2.25 | - | 0.62 | - | - |
Heves | 34.96 | 23.76 | 12.50 | 8.08 | 6.07 | 6.44 | 2.77 | 3.55 | 1.30 | 0.58 |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 34.78 | 24.77 | 16.35 | 7.27 | 3.63 | 6.51 | 2.05 | 1.98 | 0.70 | 1.97 |
Komárom-Esztergom | 38.83 | 24.94 | 12.61 | 9.12 | 4.07 | 4.28 | 2.49 | 1.67 | 1.12 | 0.86 |
Nógrád | 32.17 | 27.21 | 10.80 | 5.53 | 2.92 | 10.42 | 2.57 | 4.88 | 1.02 | 2.47 |
Pest | 29.13 | 27.67 | 15.26 | 8.89 | 7.82 | 3.09 | 3.66 | 3.19 | 1.29 | - |
Somogy | 35.41 | 29.92 | 16.44 | 5.07 | 4.01 | 3.30 | 2.10 | 2.09 | 1.21 | 0.44 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (1st round, invalid) | 33.19 | 24.61 | 19.53 | 5.36 | 2.70 | 3.25 | 3.39 | 3.45 | 0.73 | 3.80 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (2nd round, valid) | 40.32 | 37.55 | 12.67 | 3.19 | 2.51 | 2.24 | - | - | - | 1.51 |
Tolna | 33.03 | 29.61 | 13.72 | 6.68 | 3.01 | 3.07 | 3.55 | 4.29 | 0.90 | 2.13 |
Vas | 27.57 | 35.51 | 14.29 | 9.16 | 2.62 | 2.35 | 2.94 | 3.51 | 1.35 | 0.89 |
Veszprém | 28.69 | 35.03 | 13.43 | 7.48 | 4.14 | 3.03 | 3.13 | 2.29 | 1.61 | 1.18 |
Zala | 27.27 | 32.24 | 17.65 | 7.50 | 3.70 | 3.15 | 2.53 | 2.69 | 2.00 | 1.27 |
Total (after the 1st round, including the 1st round invalid votes from Hajdú-Bihar County and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) | 32.25 | 28.18 | 13.78 | 7.88 | 5.55 | 4.08 | 3.12 | 2.59 | 1.40 | 1.19 |
Total (after the 2nd round, including the 2nd round valid votes from Hajdú-Bihar County and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) | 32.92 | 29.48 | 13.15 | 7.57 | 5.47 | 3.95 | 2.80 | 2.31 | 1.34 | 1.01 |
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
- "Választás '98".