2006 Hungarian parliamentary election

April 2022 none 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election Hungary parliamentary no 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election 2002 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election 2010 All 386 seats to the National Assembly 194 seats were needed for a majority 9 April 2006 (first round)23 April 2006 (second round) 67.83% (first round)64.39% (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 Ferenc Gyurcsány Hungarian Socialist Party 29 September 2004Gyurcsány became Prime Minister on 29 September 2004, but was not leader of the MSZP until 2007. 178 seats, 42.05% 190 12Including four deputies elected as joint MSZP–SZDSZ candidates. 2,175,312 (40.3%) 1,510,360 (46.6%) 2,336,705 43.21% 1.16 pp 180x180px Viktor Orbán Fidesz Fidesz–KDNP 17 May 2003As Fidesz leader. FF6A00 164 seats, 41.07%alliance As part of Fidesz–MDF alliance. 164 2,269,241 (42%) 1,511,426 (46.7%) 2,272,979 42.03% 0.96 ppfidesz-mdf Contested the previous election as part of the Fidesz–MDF alliance. 180x180px Gábor Kuncze Alliance of Free Democrats 1 July 2001 20 seats, 5.57% 20 Including two deputies elected as joint SZDSZ–MSZP candidates. 340,746 (6.3%) 64,501 (2%) 351,612 6.5% 0.93 pp Dávid_Ibolya_(2).jpg 240 130 180 0 40 Ibolya Dávid Hungarian Democratic Forum 30 January 1999 24 seats, 41.07%alliance 11 13 238,566 (4.4%) 16,364 (0.5%) 272,831 5.04% 36.03 ppfidesz-mdf 2006 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 First Gyurcsány Government MSZP–SZDSZ Second Gyurcsány Government MSZP–SZDSZ Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 9 April 2006, with a second round of voting in 110 of the 176 single-member constituencies on 23 April.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p 900 978-3-8329-5609-7Nohlen & Stöver, p 928 The Hungarian Socialist Party emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly with 186 of the 386 seats, and continued the coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats. It marked the first time a government had been re-elected since the end of Communist rule.Hungary Socialists win new term BBC News, 26 April 2006 This was the last national election in Hungary until 2026 not won by Fidesz–KDNP, and the last to date in which the victorious party did not win a two-thirds supermajority in parliament. Electoral system The unicameral National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party had to win at least 5% of the national vote (based on the total of regional list votes) to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly had 386 members, elected for a four-year term in a mixed system: 176 members in single-seat constituencies by a modified two-round system, 152 in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize semi-proportional representation. The election took over two days. On 9 April elections took place in every constituency, both single-seat and multi-seat. In order to get elected into a single-seat constituency, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote; in the 2006 elections, the victor received more than 50% of the vote in 66 of the 176 single-seat constituencies. There was another election in the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies in the 2nd round, in which all but the top three candidates (and every candidate reaching 15%) from the 1st round are excluded. Usually parties formed alliances between the two rounds and withdraw many of their 3rd place candidates and call for supporting the allied party so the winning candidate of the 2nd round will receive more than 50% of the vote. However, this process was not automatic, but grounded by negotiations. The multi-seat elections also took place during the first round of voting. 146 of the 152 seats were filled using closed-list proportional representationApril 2022. The remaining 6 were added to the national list calculationApril 2022. The country was divided into 20 regions for the multi-seat elections with varying numbers of members per region. Where a party won more members in a region than it merited, the surplus votes were deducted from the total it received in the second roundApril 2022. Correspondingly, a party that received fewer seats than it merited had the shortfall votes added to its total in the second roundApril 2022. A further 58 (plus 6 more not elected from the multi-seat constituencies in the first round) extra members were elected using a national list, which voter could not vote for directly, but indirectly through constituency and regional votes, in order to achieve a more proportional result. Nomination Before the election the parties needed to be registered by the National Electoral Office. After registration the parties had the right to collect references. Each candidate had to collect 750 references in their district. If one party collected the required number in two districts (in Budapest 8, Pest 5 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 3) in a county, then it could present a list in regional constituencies. If a party had at least seven regional lists, it could present a national compensation list. 17 March was the last day when a party could be registered and a list or a candidate could be registered. By 28 February, 49 parties had sought registration, and 45 were registered by the National Electoral Office. Campaign On 10 April the two parties of the governing coalition Hungarian Socialist Party and Alliance of Free Democrats (MSZP–SZDSZ) announced their alliance for the second round. The Socialist Party withdrew three of their candidates in favour of the Alliance one, and the Alliance withdrew their remaining 55 candidates (all of which had finished third), and called on its voters to support the Socialists. The leaders of the two parties ran a common campaign between the two rounds. The opposition was not united. The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) which hit the 5% threshold contrary to the polls and expectations made it clear that they would not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he resigned from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, Péter Ákos Bod, but the MDF held on to their independency; thus they did not withdraw their 3rd place candidates. However, some MDF candidates did not agree with this, and withdrew in favour of Fidesz. Opinion polling PartyJanuary+/- February+/- MarchFidesz–KDNP48% -6.3%41.7% +2.5%44.2%Hungarian Socialist Party42% +0.1%42.1% +2.6%44.7%Alliance of Free Democrats3% +2.8%5.8% -1.2%4.6%Hungarian Democratic Forum3% +1.4%4.4% -0.7%3.7%Centre Party2% +0.8%2.8% -2.2%0.6%Hungarian Communist Workers' Party1% -0.2%0.8% -0.4%0.4%MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties1% +0.6%1.6% -0.2%1.4%Others0% +0.8%0.8% -0.4%0.4%Source: Gallup Results File:Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006.svg Proportional SMCs (first round) SMCs (second round) National Total +/– Hungarian Socialist Party 2336705 71 2175312 34 1510360 64 17 186 +8 Fidesz–KDNP 2272979 69 2269241 28 1511426 40 27 164 –15 Alliance of Free Democrats 351612 4 340746 0 64501 3 11 18 –1 Hungarian Democratic Forum 272831 2 238566 0 16364 0 9 11 +2 MIÉP–Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties 119007 0 92798 0 231 0 0 0 0 #167427 Hungarian Workers' Party 21955 0 16379 0 0 0 0 Centre Party 17431 0 14126 0 0 0 0 Forum of Gypsy Organisations–Party of Roma Solidarity 4459 0 7165 0 0 0 New Party of Greens 2870 0 4678 0 0 0 New Hungarian Countryside and Civic Party 2789 0 2716 0 0 0 New Christian Democratic Party – Solidarity of Christian Social Centre 2362 0 2906 0 0 0 New Party of Independent Smallholders and National Unity 889 0 742 0 0 0 New Independent Smallholders Party 838 0 2030 0 0 0 0 Alliance of Hungarians for One Another 767 0 904 0 0 0 New Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 556 0 1489 0 0 0 New Hungarian Socialist Party–Alliance of Free Democrats 154619 4 72802 2 0 6 +5 Fidesz–KDNP–MDF 34109 0 33029 0 0 0 – MDF–Solidarity for Szabolcs County 13672 0 3640 0 0 0 – Association for Somogy 9457 0 13801 1 0 1 New Human Chain for Hungary 2002 0 0 0 New Hungarian Pensioners Party–MDF 1166 0 0 0 – Hungarian Pensioners Party 505 0 0 0 0 Social Democratic Party 118 0 0 0 0 Alliance of Green Democrats 95 0 0 0 New #00FF7F Létalap 80 0 0 0 New Independents 18054 0 13598 0 – 0 0 47302 51402 16992 0 8046129 8046129 5059002 Valasztas, Election Resources Party list results by county Countyhttps://static.valasztas.hu/parval2006/hu/09/9_0.html 2006. évi Országgyűlési Képviselő Választás – Eredmények MSZP Fidesz-KDNP SZDSZ MDF MIÉP-Jobbik Munkáspárt Centrum Others Bács-Kiskun 37.0949.79 4.93 5.12 1.88 – 0.67 0.51 Baranya48.32 38.31 5.70 5.10 1.28 0.41 – 0.88 Békés43.73 42.96 4.47 4.85 1.63 1.07 0.86 0.43 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén50.94 38.18 3.87 3.83 2.30 – 0.67 0.21 Budapest43.78 35.11 12.28 5.30 2.90 0.62 – – Csongrád44.16 41.83 5.29 4.87 1.62 0.79 0.80 0.63 Fejér43.18 42.74 5.92 5.48 1.89 0.65 – 0.13 Győr-Moson-Sopron 37.6249.00 4.92 5.62 1.92 0.54 – 0.37 Hajdú-Bihar 39.7247.70 3.95 5.38 2.04 – 0.59 0.62 Heves49.19 37.16 5.13 4.44 3.00 – – 1.09 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok47.00 39.74 4.83 4.95 2.07 1.31 – 0.11 Komárom-Esztergom49.09 37.98 6.26 4.45 1.50 0.72 – – Nógrád44.41 41.06 4.29 4.70 2.16 1.58 0.66 1.13 Pest 41.3442.06 7.43 5.21 2.95 – 1.03 – Somogy 42.7446.74 4.04 4.17 1.64 0.68 – – Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg45.47 44.45 3.29 4.16 1.65 – 0.35 0.62 Tolna 40.5146.62 4.59 5.96 1.83 – – 0.48 Vas 35.6550.84 5.70 5.78 1.82 – – 0.21 Veszprém 39.8446.71 5.59 5.54 1.71 0.60 – – Zala 37.2649.67 5.08 5.82 2.05 – – 0.12 Total43.21 42.03 6.50 5.04 2.20 0.41 0.32 0.29 See also 2006 protests in Hungary 2006 Hungarian local elections References Notes External links Országos Választási Iroda National Electoral Office Online coverage of the elections, with the latest poll results Index.hu hu Hungary Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Parliamentary election Hungary Category:2006 elections in Hungary