| Election Name: | 2014 Budapest Assembly election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Budapest Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Budapest Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 33 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 12 Oct 2014 |
| 1Blank: | Popular vote |
| 2Blank: | Percentage |
| Leader1: | István Tarlós |
| Party1: | Fidesz–KDNP |
| Last Election1: | 17 seats |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| 1Data1: | 277,873 |
| Leader2: | Csaba Horváth |
| Party2: | Hungarian Socialist Party |
| Last Election2: | 10 seats |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| 1Data2: | 118,693 |
| Colour3: | FED500 |
| Leader3: | Gergely Karácsony |
| Party3: | Együtt–PM |
| Last Election3: | New party |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| 1Data3: | 56,506 |
| Leader4: | Erzsébet Gy. Németh |
| Party4: | Democratic Coalition (Hungary) |
| Last Election4: | New party |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| 1Data4: | 49,918 |
| Leader5: | Marcell Tokody |
| Party5: | Jobbik |
| Last Election5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| 1Data5: | 40,590 |
| Leader6: | Antal Csárdi |
| Party6: | Politics Can Be Different |
| Last Election6: | 3 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| 1Data6: | 32,059 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 2014 Budapest Assembly election was held on 12 October 2014, concurring with other local elections in Hungary. Voters elected the Mayor of Budapest, and the mayors of the 23 districts directly, while 9 seats in the assembly were distributed proportionally, taking into account votes cast for losing district mayoral candidates. This was the first election held under these rules, previously all seats (except for the Mayor) were elected with a party-list method.
Regarding the Budapest Assembly election, the Fidesz-dominated National Assembly amended the electoral law in June 2014 after an announcement by Fidesz politicians Lajos Kósa and Antal Rogán, half a year before the local elections took place. The amendment, according to analysts, was formed according to the current interests of the ruling party, since it forced cooperation between rival opposition parties (MSZP, DK and Together–PM) in order to win district mayoral positions (and thus Budapest Assembly seats).[1] Only parties with at least 12 mayoral candidates could submit a compensation list. According to the Political Capital analysis think tank, this meant that the three largest opposition parties would have had to give up 7 districts, where all three of them run their own underdog candidate against the plausible Fidesz winner, while in the remaining 16 districts they cooperate and distribute among themselves in a ratio of 5–5–6. The Political Capital and the opposition parties criticized the Fidesz government, for amending the electoral law according to the current political situation months before the election, thereby reducing legal certainty and violating the ruling party's own adopted Constitution.[2]
The final result of the election (see below) finally justified the criticism. Index.hu calculated that under the old electoral system (party-list proportional rules) the Fidesz would have had only 16 mandates (15 + the mayor) instead of the 20 it won, therefore, the government party majority would not have been behind Mayor István Tarlós that way in the 33-member General Assembly of Budapest.[3]
See main article: 2014 Budapest mayoral election. Incumbent Mayor István Tarlós was reelected with 49.06% of the votes.
| District | Elected mayor | Party | Number of votes for winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 914[4] | ||||
| 18 733[5] | ||||
| 23 615[6] | ||||
| 18 276[7] | ||||
| Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi | 5 621[8] | |||
| Zsófia Hassay | 5 686[9] | |||
| Zsolt Vattamány | 7 089[10] | |||
| 10 674[11] | ||||
| 7 954[12] | ||||
| Róbert Kovács | 10 585[13] | |||
| Tamás Hoffmann | 25 777[14] | |||
| 13 893[15] | ||||
| 28 140[16] | ||||
| 18 126[17] | ||||
| 11 294[18] | ||||
| 16 064[19] | ||||
| 18 887[20] | ||||
| 15 202[21] | ||||
| Péter Gajda | 13 858[22] | |||
| Ákos Szabados | 10 564[23] | |||
| Lénárd Borbély | 12 158[24] | |||
| Ferenc Karsay | 8 964[25] | |||
| Ferenc Geiger | 3 061[26] |
Compensation seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.
| Party | Votes for losing candidates | Additional seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 131 | 3 | ||
| 52 781 | 2 | ||
| 40 590 | 1 | ||
| 38 624 | 1 | ||
| 38 380 | 1 | ||
| 32 059 | 1 |