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 HUNGARY

Legislative elections: National Assembly, 4-year term, 5% threshold, mixed member proportional representation system (176 FPTP/TRS + 210 PR)
           · President: Pál Schmitt (FIDESZ) · Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán (FIDESZ) · Government: FIDESZ, KDNP

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Magyar Polgári Szövetség (FIDESZ)
Hungarian Civic Union
National conservatism
 
EPP, CDI, IDU
1988
52,7% 227 42,0% 141
Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt (KDNP)
Christian Democratic People's Party
Christian democracy; Social conservatism, National conservatism EPP
1989
(hist. 1943)
36 23
Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP)
Hungarian Socialist Party
Social democracy; Third Way
 
PES, SI
1989
19,3% 59 43,2% 190
Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom (JOBBIK)
Movement for a Better Hungary
(2006: MIEP-JOBBIK)
Nationalism; Far-right politics
 
AENM
2003
16,7% 47 2,2% -
Lehet Más a Politika (LMP)
Politics Can Be Different
Green politics; Social liberalism
 
EGP, GG
2009
7,5% 16 - -
Magyar Demokrata Fórum (MDF)
Hungarian Democratic Forum
Liberal conservatism
 
AECR
1987
2,7% - 5,0% 11
Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (SZDSZ)
Union of Free Democrats
(affiliated to MDF in 2010)
Liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1988
- - 6,5% 20
Independents - -  - 1 - 1
Others - -  1,1% 1,1% -
Total - -  - 386 - 386
Turnout 64,4% 67,8%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: National Election Office (http://www.valasztas.hu). Archive: Elections 1945-2002.