Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998

10 and 24 May 1998
All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Viktor Orbán Gyula Horn Party Fidesz MSZP Last election 20 seats 209 seats Seats won 148 134 Seat change 128 75 Popular vote 1,161,520 1,332,412 Percentage 28.2% 29.8%
250px Map showing winning/leading parties in each provinces (Single Member Constituencies)
PM before election Gyula Horn MSZP Elected PM Viktor Orbán Fidesz

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. 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

External links

• National Electoral Office