Election Name: | 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Country: | Hungary |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Seats For Election: | All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats were needed for a majority |
Election Date: | 7 April 2002 (first round) 21 April 2002 (second round) |
Turnout: | 70.53% (first round) 73.51% (second round) |
1Blank: | and % |
2Blank: | and % |
3Blank: | Party vote |
4Blank: | % and swing |
Leader1: | Viktor Orbán |
Party1: | Fidesz-MDF |
Leader Since1: | 6 July 1998 |
Colour1: | FF6A00 |
Last Election1: | 165 seats, 32.28% |
Seats1: | Fidesz 179, MDF 9 |
Seat Change1: | 23 |
1Data1: | 2,217,755 (39.4%) |
2Data1: | 2,196,540 (50.0%) |
3Data1: | 2,306,763 |
4Data1: | 41.07% 8.79 pp |
Leader2: | Péter Medgyessy |
Party2: | Hungarian Socialist Party |
Leader Since2: | June 2001 |
Last Election2: | 134 seats, 32.92% |
Seat Change2: | 45 |
1Data2: | 2,277,737 (40.5%) |
2Data2: | 2,011,845 (45.8%) |
3Data2: | 2,361,983 |
4Data2: | 42.05% 6.13 pp |
Leader3: | Gábor Kuncze |
Party3: | Alliance of Free Democrats |
Leader Since3: | 1 July 2001 |
Last Election3: | 24 seats, 7.57% |
Seat Change3: | 5 |
1Data3: | 380,982 (6.8%) |
2Data3: | 126,966 (2.9%) |
3Data3: | 313,084 |
4Data3: | 5.57% 2.00 pp |
Map Size: | 350px |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | First Orbán Government |
Before Party: | Fidesz–FKGP–MDF |
After Election: | Medgyessy Government |
After Party: | MSZP–SZDSZ |
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April.[1] [2] Although Fidesz remained the largest party in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats.
County[3] | MSZP | Fidesz-MDF | SZDSZ | MIÉP | Centre Party-KDNP | Workers' Party | FKGP | Others | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bács-Kiskun | 35.60 | 49.84 | 4.38 | 3.62 | 3.13 | 1.95 | 1.50 | - | |
Baranya | 46.73 | 38.59 | 5.08 | 3.09 | 3.40 | 2.46 | 0.65 | - | |
Békés | 42.45 | 40.98 | 4.36 | 3.68 | 3.52 | 3.58 | 1.42 | - | |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 47.86 | 37.80 | 3.52 | 3.67 | 3.72 | 2.68 | 0.47 | 0.26 | |
Budapest | 44.12 | 31.58 | 9.56 | 6.96 | 5.72 | 1.80 | 0.27 | - | |
Csongrád | 40.50 | 43.16 | 4.48 | 3.67 | 4.59 | 2.42 | 1.04 | 0.14 | |
Fejér | 42.20 | 43.39 | 4.80 | 3.36 | 3.86 | 1.90 | 0.49 | - | |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 36.24 | 51.15 | 4.10 | 3.26 | 3.23 | 1.50 | 0.53 | - | |
Hajdú-Bihar | 39.54 | 47.72 | 3.76 | 3.25 | 2.54 | 1.79 | 1.26 | 0.15 | |
Heves | 47.24 | 36.69 | 4.91 | 4.43 | 2.62 | 3.16 | 0.66 | 0.28 | |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 46.15 | 37.96 | 4.41 | 3.68 | 2.68 | 3.74 | 1.37 | - | |
Komárom-Esztergom | 49.33 | 36.35 | 5.04 | 3.10 | 3.21 | 2.17 | 0.56 | 0.24 | |
Nógrád | 43.50 | 39.13 | 3.89 | 3.35 | 2.57 | 6.68 | 0.48 | 0.41 | |
Pest | 40.27 | 41.04 | 6.65 | 5.65 | 3.95 | 1.58 | 0.69 | 0.17 | |
Somogy | 41.47 | 43.96 | 3.66 | 3.36 | 4.47 | 1.95 | 1.12 | - | |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 42.62 | 44.99 | 2.73 | 2.81 | 3.45 | 1.44 | 1.39 | 0.58 | |
Tolna | 41.02 | 44.17 | 5.05 | 3.93 | 2.84 | 2.23 | 0.77 | - | |
Vas | 32.39 | 53.48 | 5.41 | 3.06 | 3.59 | 1.22 | 0.73 | 0.12 | |
Veszprém | 37.00 | 48.08 | 5.24 | 3.35 | 3.74 | 1.78 | 0.49 | 0.32 | |
Zala | 36.47 | 49.49 | 4.47 | 3.76 | 3.24 | 1.68 | 0.90 | - | |
Total | 42.05 | 41.07 | 5.57 | 4.37 | 3.90 | 2.16 | 0.75 | 0.12 |