Election Name: | 2014 Budapest mayoral election |
Country: | Hungary |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2010 Budapest mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2019 Budapest mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Election Date: | 12 October 2014 |
Turnout: | 43.1% |
Mayor | |
1Blank: | Vote |
2Blank: | Percentage |
Candidate1: | István Tarlós |
Party1: | Fidesz–KDNP |
1Data1: | 290 675 |
2Data1: | 49.06% |
Candidate2: | Lajos Bokros |
Party2: | Modern Hungary Movement |
1Data2: | 213 550 |
2Data2: | 36.04% |
Candidate4: | Gábor Staudt |
Party4: | Jobbik |
1Data4: | 42 093 |
2Data4: | 7.10% |
Candidate5: | Antal Csárdi |
Party5: | Politics Can Be Different |
1Data5: | 33 689 |
2Data5: | 5.69% |
Before Election: | István Tarlós |
Before Party: | Fidesz–KDNP |
After Election: | István Tarlós |
After Party: | Fidesz–KDNP |
The 2014 Budapest mayoral election was held on 12 October 2014 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. In contrast with previous elections where the Mayor served a 4-year term, the winner of this election served for 5 years.
The election was won by incumbent Mayor, and the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.
Originally, the left-wing opposition, which ran united in the parliamentary elections of April, selected Ferenc Falus, a hospital director nominated by the Together (Együtt) party as its candidate. After bad polling, and campaign mistakes (including an Ice Bucket Challenge video),[1] Falus withdrew on 29 September and endorsed minor party candidate and former Minister of Finance Lajos Bokros.