2010 Hungarian parliamentary election

none Hungary parliamentary 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election 2006 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election 2014 All 386 seats in the National Assembly 194 Members elected 11 April 2010 (first round)25 April 2010 (second round) 64.38% (first round)46.66% (second round) 1R vote First round in the single-member constituencies and % 2R vote Second round in the single-member constituencies and % Party vote % and swing 180x180px Viktor Orbán 17 May 2003As Fidesz leader. Fidesz Fidesz–KDNP FF6A00 164 seats, 42.03% 263 99 2,732,965 (53.4%) 620,232 (53.8%) 2,706,292 52.73% 10.70 pp 180x180px Attila Mesterházy 12 December 2009Mesterházy was selected as the MSZP's Prime Minister candidate on 12 December 2009, but was not leader of the party until 10 July 2010. Hungarian Socialist Party 59 190 seats, 43.21% 131 1,088,374 (21.3%) 326,361 (28.3%) 990,428 19.30% 23.91 pp 180x180px Gábor Vona 25 November 2006 Jobbik 0 seats, 2.20%As part of MIÉP–Jobbik a Harmadik Út. 47 47 836,774 (16.4%) 141,415 (12.3%) 855,436 16.67% 14.47 pp 180x180px András Schiffer Schiffer was the lead candidate for LMP, but the party was led by a collective board until 24 March 2013. Politics Can Be Different Did not exist 16 New party 259,220 (5.1%) 43,437 (3.8%) 383,876 7.48% New 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election - Vote Strength.svg 350px Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left. Government Government after election Bajnai Government MSZP Second Orbán Government Fidesz–KDNP Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to elect the members of the National Assembly.http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305196,hungary-to-hold-general-election-on-april-11.html Earth Times: Hungary to hold general election on April 11 Earthtimes.org 19 January 2018 14 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914191601/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305196,hungary-to-hold-general-election-on-april-11.html dead They were the sixth free elections since the end of the communist era. 386 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies.http://www.valasztas.hu/hu/parval2010/349/349_1_2.html Országos Választási Iroda - 2010 Országgyűlési Választások 2010-01-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20100128101958/http://www.valasztas.hu/hu/parval2010/349/349_1_2.html 2010-01-28 dead Electoral law in Hungary requires candidates to gather 500 signatures from citizens supporting their candidacy. In the first round of the elections, the conservative party Fidesz won an absolute majority of seats, enough to form a government on its own. In the second round, the alliance of Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) won enough additional seats to achieve a two-thirds majority required to modify major laws and the country's constitution. They were the last elections in this country before the electoral system was completely changed, beginning 16 years of Fidesz government. After their first victory in 2010, the Fidesz government led by Viktor Orbán created a dominant party and economic system called System of National Cooperation, and Hungary was gradually reclassified by Freedom House from a democracy to a transitional or hybrid regime.Hungary https://freedomhouse.org/country/hungary/nations-transit/2020 2020 Freedom House en 2020-05-06 Background Fidesz's landslide victory was a result of massive dissatisfaction with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which had been in government since 2002, exacerbated by the 2008 financial crisis. One event that provoked an especially strong backlash was the revelation that the MSZP's Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009, had admitted in a private speech to party members that he had lied to the general public during the previous election campaign to help his party win re-election. The Őszöd speech, as it came to be called, surfaced in the press during the autumn of 2006 and resulted in nationwide protests. Electoral system Of the 386 seats in the National Assembly, 176 were elected from single member constituencies, 146 from multi-member constituencies and a further 64 from "compensatory" national seats. Opinion polls The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) and Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) entered a limited electoral cooperation agreement after polls suggested that they would be unlikely to make it into parliament independently.http://www.politics.hu/20100129/mdf-szdsz-plan-election-cooperation-in-budapest MDF, SZDSZ plan election cooperation in Budapest Politics.Hu 2010-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110810093953/http://www.politics.hu/20100129/mdf-szdsz-plan-election-cooperation-in-budapest/ 2011-08-10 dead In March 2010, polls also indicated that parliament after the election would likely be dominated by Fidesz, polling at 53–67% that month, followed by either the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party at 12–22% or newcomer Jobbik (Movement for a Better Hungary) at 11–18%.http://www.politics.hu/20100225/fidesz-still-forecast-to-win-twothirds-majority-at-elections Fidesz still forecast to win two-thirds majority at elections Politics.Hu 2010-02-25 2010-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110810094027/http://www.politics.hu/20100225/fidesz-still-forecast-to-win-twothirds-majority-at-elections/ 2011-08-10 dead http://www.politics.hu/20100225/new-poll-reveals-fidesz-leading-firmly-voter-activity-rising New poll reveals Fidesz leading firmly, voter activity rising Politics.Hu 2010-02-25 2010-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110810094103/http://www.politics.hu/20100225/new-poll-reveals-fidesz-leading-firmly-voter-activity-rising/ 2011-08-10 dead Opinion polling for the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election.chart Opinion polling for the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election.tab 800px Election Party preferences in percentage (What percentage of eligible voters would have voted for the party)AgencyDateFidesz–KDNPMSZPJobbikMDFLMPSZDSZKDNPOtherMediánhttp://median.hu/object.281a5fd3-8f69-4b17-ae3b-74d995c63107.ivy A pártok támogatottsága novemberben Median.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413212458/http://www.median.hu/object.281a5fd3-8f69-4b17-ae3b-74d995c63107.ivy 13 April 2010 dead25 November 2009661910211n/a1Tárkihttp://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20091125.html TÁRKI - Sajtóközlemények Tarki.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20091128143719/http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20091125.html 28 November 2009 dead25 November 20096817111112n/aSzázadvég-Forsensehttp://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/stabil-fideszfoleny-245.html Századvég-Forsense Szazadveg.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100302014117/http://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/stabil-fideszfoleny-245.html 2 March 2010 dead dmy-all26 November 2009592012331n/a3Tárkihttp://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20091216.html TÁRKI - Sajtóközlemények Tarki.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20091219172146/http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20091216.html 19 December 2009 dead16 December 2009631912131n/an/aSzázadvég-Forsensehttp://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/novekvo-valasztoi-bizalmat-kap-karacsonyra-a-fidesz-251.html Századvég-Forsense Szazadveg.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20110311022844/http://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/novekvo-valasztoi-bizalmat-kap-karacsonyra-a-fidesz-251.html 11 March 2011 dead dmy-all21 December 200964179320n/a4Mediánhttp://median.hu/object.463e6624-f1f3-483e-92fd-95674555adef.ivy Szűkülő olló Median.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413084816/http://www.median.hu/object.463e6624-f1f3-483e-92fd-95674555adef.ivy 13 April 2010 dead25 December 200961239211n/a3Szonda Ipsoshttp://nol.hu/archivum/lanyha_valasztasi_kedv Az MSZP-t sújtja a lanyha választási kedv Angyal Gábor 17 January 2010 Nol.hu 19 January 201817 January 20106321122n/a101Forsensehttp://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100121-forsense-az-mszp-ket-szazalekkal-elozi-meg-a-jobbikot.html Forsense: Az MSZP alig előzi meg a Jobbikot Origo.hu 21 January 2010 19 January 201821 January 201059171553n/an/an/aMediánhttp://median.hu/object.14cb8fb1-c0cb-4a2d-ac16-d28c6eac81a9.ivy Trendetlenség Median.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413202327/http://www.median.hu/object.14cb8fb1-c0cb-4a2d-ac16-d28c6eac81a9.ivy 13 April 2010 dead21 January 2010651910310n/a2Századvég-Kódhttp://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/a-baloldali-szavazok-sem-hisznek-mesterhazynak-255.html Századvég-Kód Szazadveg.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402082203/http://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/a-baloldali-szavazok-sem-hisznek-mesterhazynak-255.html 2 April 2010 dead dmy-all26 January 20105923104211n/aTárkihttp://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2010/kitekint/20100127.html TÁRKI - Sajtóközlemények Tarki.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100130193250/http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2010/kitekint/20100127.html 30 January 2010 dead27 January 2010622211311n/an/aSzonda Ipsoshttp://nol.hu/belfold/20100212-a_fidesz_rontott__de_folenyesen_vezet A Fidesz rontott, a Jobbik történelmi csúcson 12 February 2010 Nol.hu 19 January 201812 February 201058221421103Századvég-Kódhttp://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/valtozatlan-eroviszonyok-262.html Századvég-Kód Szazadveg.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100325133543/http://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/valtozatlan-eroviszonyok-262.html 25 March 2010 dead dmy-all18 February 2010582310531 - -Forsensehttp://www.forsense.hu/?page=cikk&source=publiclife&id=157&p=1 Forsense » Fenyegető környezeti problémák Forsense.hu 19 January 201822 February 2010591814250n/a1Mediánhttp://hvg.hu/hvgfriss/2010.08/201008_partok_es_politikusok_nepszerusege Nő a szavazókedv, erősödik a Jobbik 24 February 2010 Hvg.hu 19 January 2018 27 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100227032522/http://hvg.hu/hvgfriss/2010.08/201008_partok_es_politikusok_nepszerusege dead24 February 201063181521n/an/a1Tárkihttp://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2010/kitekint/20100303.html TÁRKI - Sajtóközlemények Tarki.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100306154832/http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2010/kitekint/20100303.html 6 March 2010 dead3 March 201061221123n/an/a1Szonda Ipsoshttp://www.hirado.hu/Hirek/2010/03/11/06/Szonda_eloretort_a_Jobbik_.aspx Szonda Ipsos Hirado.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100416053857/http://www.hirado.hu/Hirek/2010/03/11/06/Szonda_eloretort_a_Jobbik_.aspx 16 April 2010 dead dmy-all11 March 201057201713101Nézőpont Intézet January 201814 March 201053121222n/an/a0Mediánhttp://median.hu/object.6a10c497-0745-481b-bd3e-3edb828db91f.ivy Mindnyájuknak el kell menni... Median.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413081051/http://www.median.hu/object.6a10c497-0745-481b-bd3e-3edb828db91f.ivy 13 April 2010 dead17 March 201057211812n/an/a1Szonda Ipsoshttp://www.mr1-kossuth.hu/hirek/elen-a-fidesz-fej-fej-mellett-az-mszp-es-a-jobbik-bejuthat-az-lmp.html Kossuth Mr1-kossuth.hu 19 January 201818 March 201064121335n/an/a3Galluphttp://www.gallup.hu/Gallup/release/valasztas_100325.htm Analytics and Advice - Solve your organization's most pressing problems - Gallup Gallup.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329120737/http://www.gallup.hu/Gallup/release/valasztas_100325.htm 29 March 2010 dead25 March 201067151414n/an/a0Századvég-Kódhttp://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/novekvo-valasztasi-kedv-270.html Századvég-Kód Szazadveg.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401100456/http://www.szazadveg.hu/kutatas/aktualis/novekvo-valasztasi-kedv-270.html 1 April 2010 dead dmy-all29 March 201059161733n/an/an/a Controversies The European Parliament elections of 2009 in Hungary saw the rise of right-wing and far-right parties. This trend was covered negatively by some foreign media outlets that feared the rise of intolerance and xenophobia in the country.Taras Raymond https://books.google.com/books?id=PZVvAAAAQBAJ&dq=2009+european+parliament+elections+in+hungary+far+right+xenophobia&pg=PA101 Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe 2012-06-30 Edinburgh University Press 978-0-7486-5489-5 en In addition, Fidesz Member of Parliament Oszkár Molnár was accused of antisemitism after saying "I love Hungary, I love Hungarians, and I prefer Hungarian interests to global financial capital, or Jewish capital, if you like, which wants to devour the whole world, but especially Hungary." He later said that it was only a response to a speech by President of Israel Shimon Peres when he spoke of Israel's investments abroad, saying that "Israeli businessmen are investing all around the world, enjoying unparalleled success, earning economic independence. We're buying up Manhattan, Poland, Hungary and Romania."2007-11-15 Shimon Peres and the true Hungarians https://m.hvg.hu/english/20071115_shimon_peresz_buying_up_hungary https://web.archive.org/web/20250324233045/https://m.hvg.hu/english/20071115_shimon_peresz_buying_up_hungary 2025-03-24 2025-08-10 hvg.hu huhttps://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1100939.html Israel aims to colonize Hungary with Jews, says extreme right - Haaretz - Israel News 2010-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100418185151/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1100939.html 2010-04-18 dead Jobbik leader Gábor Vona, also stirred up controversy with allegations of chauvinism by saying "Hungary is for Hungarians" and must be defended against "foreign speculators".September 2010 Molnár also claimed that the language of instruction in Jerusalem schools was Hungarian and they were "learning the language of their future homeland". His party at the time, Fidesz, did not denounce his statement but simply said it was "embarrassing". Adding that he would not even consider ousting Molnar from his party or parliamentary faction, as the remark "did not violate the party's bylaws".https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121973.html Hungarian MP: Jews want to take over the world - Haaretz - Israel News 2010-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100212084439/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1121973.html 2010-02-12 dead Molnár also claimed that pregnant Roma women deliberately try to induce birth defects so they can give birth to "fools to receive higher family subsidies. I have checked this and it’s true; they hit their bellies with a rubber hammer so that they’ll give birth to handicapped kids." In 2011, he denounced Roma women at the Hungarian police authorities.http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20100111-harom-napon-belul-dont-az-ugyeszseg-molnar-oszkar-feljelenteserol.html Magzatkárosítás miatt feljelentést tett Molnár Oszkár Origo.hu 11 January 2010 19 January 2018 Foreign interference Former Jobbik MEP Krisztina Morvai wrote an open letter to Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the United States Ambassador to Hungary, alleging foreign interference after the ambassador visited the headquarters of three major parties but not that of Jobbik.Krisztina Morvai's letter to the American ambassador to Hungary http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/04/krisztina-morvais-letter-to-the-american-ambassador-to-hungary.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120308111309/http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2010/04/krisztina-morvais-letter-to-the-american-ambassador-to-hungary.html 8 March 2012 19 January 2018 Esbalogh.typepad.com dmy-all Results left|200px|thumb|2010 Hungarian parliamentary election, first round: First-placed candidates by parties in the single-seat constituencies:██ = majority won by Fidesz–KDNP (119)██ = plurality, Fidesz–KDNP (56)██ = plurality, MSZP (1) right|200px|thumb|2010 Hungarian parliamentary election, first round: second-place candidates by parties in the single-seat constituencies██ = MSZP (112)██ = Jobbik (60)██ = Somogyért Szövetség (1)██ = Fidesz-KDNP (1)██ = independent candidate (2) File:Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010.svg Proportional SMCs (first round) SMCs (second round) National Total +/– Fidesz–KDNP 2706292 87 2732965 119 620232 53 3 262 +99 Hungarian Socialist Party 990428 28 1088374 0 326361 2 29 59 –131 Jobbik 855436 26 836774 0 141415 0 21 47 +47 Politics Can Be Different 383876 5 259220 0 43437 0 11 16 +16 Hungarian Democratic Forum 136895 0 72768 0 0 0 –11 Civil Movement 45863 0 34938 0 0 0 New Hungarian Workers' Party 5606 0 5668 0 0 0 0 Social Democratic Party of Hungary 4117 0 3156 0 0 0 New Unity Party 2732 0 3422 0 0 0 New Hungarian Justice and Life Party 1286 0 2345 0 0 0 0 Hungarian Democratic Forum–Alliance of Free Democrats 12652 0 0 0 – Fidesz–KDNP–Entrepreneurs' Party 10661 0 8796 1 0 1 – Association for Somogy 7470 0 0 0 –1 Hungarian Democratic Forum–Összefogás Megyénkért 4052 0 0 0 – Torgyán-Kisgazda-Koalíció 3079 0 0 0 New Green Left 1425 0 0 0 New #97D550 Magyarok Egymásért Szövetsége 1027 0 0 0 New Forum of Hungarian Gypsy Organizations Roma Co-operation Party 491 0 0 0 0 Independent Smallholders Party 381 0 0 0 0 Independents 33702 0 12452 1 – 1 +1 0 37908 55428 7118 0 8034394 8034394 2486111 National Election Office, Election Resources Party list results by county thumb|right|300px|Results by county: Fidesz: #ff964d 40–50% #ff8026 50–60% #ff6a00 60–70% Countyhttp://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv10/outroot/vdin1/hu/tvker.htm Területi választókerületi eredményekhttp://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv10/outroot/vdin1/hu/l403.htm A pártok területi listáinak eredményei országos összesítésben Fidesz–KDNP MSZP Jobbik LMP MDF Others Fidesz Jobbik Politics Can Be Different Hungarian Democratic Forum Bács-Kiskun60.45 14.62 15.70 5.58 2.23 1.43 Baranya54.53 21.07 12.68 8.90 2.83 – Békés53.20 18.45 19.21 5.21 2.05 1.89 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén45.87 18.90 27.20 4.20 1.84 1.98 Budapest46.32 25.33 10.84 12.81 4.70 – Csongrád50.72 20.38 15.93 7.66 2.57 2.75 Fejér54.16 17.91 16.20 6.96 2.69 2.07 Győr-Moson-Sopron59.68 16.87 12.57 6.32 2.95 1.60 Hajdú-Bihar57.92 14.04 18.86 5.05 2.34 1.78 Heves45.78 21.02 24.97 6.04 2.19 – Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok49.42 17.88 24.01 5.65 2.13 0.91 Komárom-Esztergom51.31 23.39 13.76 8.37 3.17 – Nógrád51.84 20.39 20.82 5.57 – 1.37 Pest52.90 17.58 16.52 8.35 2.75 1.89 Somogy59.63 19.74 14.23 6.39 – – Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg53.84 14.84 23.64 2.86 1.81 3.01 Tolna58.68 17.88 15.44 5.45 2.54 – Vas62.77 16.96 12.09 6.37 – 1.81 Veszprém56.79 18.81 14.66 7.15 2.59 – Zala57.21 16.85 16.91 5.80 2.65 0.58 Total52.73 19.30 16.67 7.48 2.67 1.16 Turnout All times are CEST. + Round 1http://www.valasztas.hu/en/parval2010/306/306_0_index.html Informative Data on the Number and Proportion of Those Turning out at the Parliamentary Elections Valasztas.hu 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175609/http://www.valasztas.hu/en/parval2010/306/306_0_index.html 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all 7:00 9:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:30 Overall 1.61% 10.23% 24.78% 35.88% 46.78% 59.28% 64.36% + Round 2 7:00 9:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:30 Overall 1.36% 8.50% 19.37% 27.11% 33.54% 41.89% 46.52% Post-election controversies Four Jobbik MPs—Gábor Staudt, Gergő Balla, Zsolt Endrésik and Péter Schön—were removed from their committees because they had failed a vetting procedure that asked whether any MP's maintain contact with groups that engage in "activities that deny the basic principles of a state governed by the rule of law." Staudt, a co-founder of the Magyar Gárda Society—that was banned in 2007—had been on the national security committee, while the other three were on the defence and law enforcement committees. Staudt reacted in saying he found the result to be unconstitutional, and that he would file a criminal report with the interior minister against Defence of the Constitution Office director general László Balajti. The four would, however, continue to be MPs.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/64539 Four Hungarian Jobbik MPs Fail Security Test - Xpatloop.com - Expat Life In Budapest, Hungary - Current affairs Xpatloop.com 19 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180119121127/http://www.xpatloop.com/news/64539 19 January 2018 dead References Notes External links NSD - European Election Database - Hungary https://web.archive.org/web/20140622175410/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/hungary 2014-06-22 Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Hungary Parliamentary