2014 Hungarian parliamentary election

none March 2014 Hungary parliamentary 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election 2010 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election 2018 All 199 seats in the National Assembly 100 elected members 2014 04 06 yes 61.73% ( 2.65 pp) Constituency vote % Party vote % and swing 180x180px Viktor Orbán FF6A00 Fidesz Fidesz–KDNP 17 May 2003As Fidesz leader. 263 seats, 52.73% 133 2,165,342 44.11% 2,264,780 44.87% 7.86 pp 180x180px Attila Mesterházy C71585 MSZP Összefogás 14 January 2014Mesterházy was selected as Unity's Prime Minister candidate on 14 January 2014. He had also served as leader of the MSZP since 10 July 2010. 59 seats, 19.30%MSZP only. 38 1,317,879 26.85% 1,290,806 25.57% 6.27 pp 180x180px Gábor Vona Jobbik 25 November 2006 47 seats, 16.67% 23 1,000,637 20.39% 1,020,476 20.22% 3.55 pp 180x180px András Schiffer Politics Can Be Different 24 March 2013Schiffer was the lead candidate for the party. He had also served as co-president of the LMP since 24 March 2013. 16 seats, 7.48% 5 244,191 4.97% 269,414 5.34% 2.14 pp 2014 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 Second Orbán Government Fidesz–KDNP Third Orbán Government Fidesz–KDNP List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 6 April 2014.18 January 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140118/ader-sets-date-of-2014-election-for-april-6/ Áder sets date of 2014 election for April 6 18 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220541/http://www.politics.hu/20140118/ader-sets-date-of-2014-election-for-april-6/ 1 February 2014 dead dmy-all This parliamentary election was the 7th since the 1990 first multi-party election. The result was a victory for the Fidesz–KDNP alliance, preserving its two-thirds majority, with Viktor Orbán remaining Prime Minister.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26908404 Hungary election: PM Viktor Orban heads for victory bbc 6 April 2014 It was the first election under the new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on 1 January 2012. The new electoral law also entered into force that day. For the first time since Hungary's transition to democracy, the election had a single round. The voters elected 199 MPs instead of the previous 386 lawmakers.Az országgyűlési képviselők választásáról szóló 2011. évi CCIII. törvény. In.: Magyar Közlöny. 2011. évi, 165. sz., 41095-41099. p. http://mno.hu/belfold/eletbe-lep-az-uj-valasztojogi-torveny-1040139 Életbe lép az új választójogi törvény Magyar Nemzet 29 December 2011 2 January 2012 hu https://web.archive.org/web/20120513052826/http://mno.hu/belfold/eletbe-lep-az-uj-valasztojogi-torveny-1040139 13 May 2012 dead dmy-all Background In the 2010 parliamentary elections Fidesz-KDNP won a landslide victory, with Viktor Orbán being elected prime minister. As a result of this election, his government was able to alter the National Constitution, as he garnered a two-thirds majority.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21748878 Q&A Hungary's Controversial Constitutional Changes bbc 11 March 2013 The government was able to write a constitutional article that favored traditional marriages, as well as one that lowered the number of MPs elected from 386 to 199.https://www.valasztasirendszer.hu/wp-content/uploads/PC_New_Electoral_System_In_The_Home_Stretch_20130723.pdf New Electoral System in the Home Stretch valasztasirendszer Orbán and his government remained relatively popular in the months leading to the election. This was largely because of high GDP growth, increased industrial output, and a growth in the tourism sector.https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21620246-criticised-abroad-viktor-orban-going-strength-strength-home-orban-unstoppable?zid=309&ah=80dcf288b8561b012f603b9fd9577f0e Orban the Unstoppable The Economist 27 September 2014 New constitution and electoral law In 2010 a new government led by Fidesz–KDNP initiated a drafting process for a new constitution."Hungary's new constitution drafted by next March, says Fidesz official" https://web.archive.org/web/20120311111235/http://www.politics.hu/20100802/hungarys-new-constitution-drafted-by-next-march-says-fidesz-official/ 11 March 2012 , politics.hu, 2 August 2010; accessed 18 August 2010hu "Bihari szerint mindig lehet jobb" ("According to Bihari, One May Always Do Better"), FN.hu, 7 August 2010; accessed 18 August 2010 On 18 April 2011, parliament approved the constitution on a 262–44 vote, with Fidesz and their Christian Democrat coalition partners in favor and Jobbik opposed. The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and Politics Can Be Different (LMP), citing the ruling party's unwillingness to compromise on issues and their inability to change the outcome, boycotted both the drafting process and the vote.Zoltán Simon, "Hungary First to Write a Constitution on IPad, Lawmaker Says", Bloomberg, 4 March 2011; accessed 25 April 2011"Hungary's parliament passes controversial new constitution", Deutsche Welle, 18 April 2011; accessed 25 April 2011 On 25 April, President Pál Schmitt signed the document into law, and it entered into force on the first day of 2012."Hungarian president signs new constitution despite human rights concerns", Deutsche Welle, 25 April 2011; accessed 25 April 2011 The enactment came halfway through Hungary's six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union.Judy Dempsey, "Hungarian Parliament Approves New Constitution", The New York Times, 18 April 2011; accessed 25 April 2011 A new electoral law was also passed on 23 December 2011. The Fidesz and its coalition partner Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) unilaterally approved the new bill, using their two-thirds majority, ignoring the left-wing opposition's (MSZP and LMP) protests, while Jobbik voted against it. The NGO Political Capital noted in its analysis that the newly-adopted law "shifts the election system towards the majoritarian principle", which may be the cause of possible future "disproportional" outcomes in favour of individual parliamentary seats, resulting an emergence of voting method like first-past-the-post voting (FPTP). Nevertheless, Political Capital also emphasized that this tendency "however [can] not be interpreted as an injury to democracy."Political Capital The new electoral law in Hungary: in-depth analysis https://www.valasztasirendszer.hu/wp-content/uploads/PC_ElectoralSystem_120106.pdf 3 January 2012 17 January 2014 Voter registration plan On 26 November 2012, Fidesz used its supermajority to pass legislation revising eligibility for voting. Accordingly, the citizens, who had to right to vote, should have been involved in a pre-registration process no later than 15 days before polling day "in order to spare politically indifferent citizens from the election campaign", as Fidesz officials said. According to critics, this process would have made it harder to vote the party out of power, while also threatened free suffrage with the determination of the time limit.Marton Dornbach, Open Access Archivangelism, 30 November 2012 http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/964-Beyond-the-Problem-of-Access-Democracy-Closing-in-Hungary.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210921112400/http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/964-Beyond-the-Problem-of-Access-Democracy-Closing-in-Hungary.html 21 September 2021 Four members of the Democratic Coalition (DK), including its leader, former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, had participated in a week-long hunger strike, protesting against the proposed voter registration plan, while President János Áder, who took the office after the resignation of Schmitt and himself was also a Fidesz member, sent the bill to the Constitutional Court.http://www.politics.hu/20120910/former-pm-gyurcsany-on-week-long-hunger-strike-over-fidesz-voter-registration-plan/ Former PM Gyurcsány on week-long hunger strike over Fidesz voter registration plan 2 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030930/http://www.politics.hu/20120910/former-pm-gyurcsany-on-week-long-hunger-strike-over-fidesz-voter-registration-plan/ 3 October 2017 dead On 3 January 2013, the Court ruled that the law curtailed voting rights to an "unjustifiable degree", due to the fact that the requirement for voters to register prior to going to the polls applies to every voter. The court also argued the limitation of campaign advertisings into the public broadcasting (Magyar Televízió and its partners), the proposed bans of political advertisements on cinemas during the campaign as well as prohibition of opinion polls in the last six days of the campaign "threatens" the freedom of speech in Hungary, in addition to its unconstitutional nature.BBC Hungary top court voids election law in blow to Orban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20909038 4 January 2013 4 January 2013 After the court's decision the head of the Fidesz parliamentary group, Antal Rogán, announced his party "would drop the proposal" and they will not introduce it for the 2014 parliamentary election, despite the fact that some party members had considered just before the court's ruling that is possible that constitutional amendments can take place in order to pass the bill.Budapest Business Journal Gov't backs off on voter registration after Constitutional Court ruling https://www.bbj.hu/politics/govt-backs-off-on-voter-registration-after-constitutional-court-ruling_64514 7 January 2013 17 January 2014 Party splits after 2010 election Party affiliation in the National Assembly Affiliation Members 14 May 2010 5 May 2014Fidesz 227 223Hungarian Socialist Party 59 47Jobbik 47 43Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) 36 34Politics Can Be Different 16 7Democratic Coalition (Hungary) – 10Dialogue for Hungary – 8   Independent 1 9 Total number of seats386381 After the 2010 local elections, held on 3 October, Katalin Szili, former Speaker of the National Assembly founded the Social Union party and became its first chairperson. As a result, she quit the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and the party's parliamentary group, continuing her work as a formally independent MP.Szili Katalin kilépett az MSZP-frakcióból In October 2011, a group of members of the MSZP around former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány left the party and founded the Democratic Coalition (DK) after one year of tension and disagreement. Ten members of the parliament, including Gyurcsány, also left the MSZP parliamentary group and became independent MPs. Gyurcsány said the cause of secession was that the MSZP "had failed in its efforts to transform itself". His former Socialist colleagues strongly condemned his step, as Gyurcsány signed a statement not to quit the party, swearing allegiance to the new party leadership just one week before leaving. At the introduction of his new movement, Gyurcsány called the new constitution as "illegitimate", and charged that all branches of power such as the Constitutional Court, Chief Prosecutor Péter Polt and other units of the judicial system "exclusively serve Viktor Orbán".http://www.politics.hu/20111022/gyurcsany-announces-departure-from-socialists-formation-of-new-western-civic-center-left-party/ Gyurcsány announces departure from Socialists, formation of new "Western, civic center-left" party 2 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214223120/http://www.politics.hu/20111022/gyurcsany-announces-departure-from-socialists-formation-of-new-western-civic-center-left-party/ 14 February 2015 dead dmy-all Since its establishment and 2010 national election, LMP was kept under pressure (for instance, on the occasion of by-elections) by the Hungarian Socialist Party to achieve some kind of electoral compromise and cooperation against Viktor Orbán's government. The leadership of the LMP positioned the party to the centre, and, as a newcomer, rejected both Fidesz and MSZP's politics. Prominent party member András Schiffer also criticized the previous Socialist cabinets, blaming Gyurcsány's "disastrous governance" for Fidesz winning a two-thirds majority in 2010.https://index.hu/belfold/2011/11/25/nem_lesz_mszp-jobbik_koalicio/ Schiffer nem csókolózott Mesterházyval 15 October 2014 25 November 2011 Index hu However prominent politicians in LMP were divided on the issue of cooperation.http://nol.hu/belfold/20110712-javaslat_alkotmanykorrekcios_szovetsegre Belföld: 'Saját fegyverével kell felszámolni a Fidesz rendszerét' - NOL.hu Szalay Tamás Lajos 12 July 2011 NOL.hu 14 February 2015 During the party's congress in November 2012, LMP decided not to join Together 2014, the planned electoral alliance of opposition parties and movements led by Gordon Bajnai. As a result, Benedek Jávor, a proponent of the agreement, resigned from his position of parliamentary group leader.18 November 2012 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20121118_LMP_Bajnai_kongresszus_Javor_Schiffer Beintett Bajnainak az LMP, lemondott Jávor Benedek 18 November 2012 Jávor and his supporters (including Tímea Szabó and Gergely Karácsony) founded a platform within the party, called "Dialogue for Hungary" on 26 November 2012. The platform argued in favour of conclusion of an electoral agreement with Bajnai's movement in order to replace "Orbán's regime".27 November 2012 http://www.politics.hu/20121126/lmp-fails-to-elect-new-parliamentary-group-leader-as-split-in-party-continues/ LMP fails to elect new parliamentary group leader as split in party continues 26 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004432/http://www.politics.hu/20121126/lmp-fails-to-elect-new-parliamentary-group-leader-as-split-in-party-continues/ 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all In January 2013, the LMP's congress rejected again the electoral cooperation with other opposition parties, including Together 2014.8 February 2013 http://www.politics.hu/20130127/lmp-rejects-proposals-for-new-strategy-at-party-congress/ LMP rejects proposals for new strategy at party congress 27 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150336/http://www.politics.hu/20130127/lmp-rejects-proposals-for-new-strategy-at-party-congress/ 27 September 2013 dead dmy-all As a result, members of the party's "Dialogue for Hungary" platform left LMP to form a new political organization. Benedek Jávor announced the eight leaving MPs would not resign from their parliamentary seats, while seven parliamentarians (Schiffer's supporters) remained in the party.8 February 2013 http://www.politics.hu/20130128/lmp-splits-over-cooperation-with-together-2014-caucus-to-remain-intact/ LMP splits over cooperation with Together 2014; caucus may remain intact 28 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092643/http://www.politics.hu/20130128/lmp-splits-over-cooperation-with-together-2014-caucus-to-remain-intact/ 2 February 2014 dead dmy-all The leaving MPs founded the Dialogue for Hungary as an officially registered party in March 2013.8 February 2013 http://www.politics.hu/20130204/lmp-rebels-to-establish-dialogue-for-hungary-as-a-full-fledged-party/ LMP rebels to establish Dialogue for Hungary as a full-fledged party 4 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150414/http://www.politics.hu/20130204/lmp-rebels-to-establish-dialogue-for-hungary-as-a-full-fledged-party/ 27 September 2013 dead dmy-all On 8 March 2013, the PM established an electoral coalition with the Together, which was formed as a political party on that day.9 March 2013 http://www.politics.hu/20130309/former-pm-bajnais-political-movement-officially-forms-political-party/ Former PM Bajnai's political movement officially forms political party 9 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092645/http://www.politics.hu/20130309/former-pm-bajnais-political-movement-officially-forms-political-party/ 2 February 2014 dead dmy-all In January 2013, two independent MPs who were elected from the Jobbik's national list but were expelled or resigned from the party earlier (Zsolt Endrésik and Ernő Rozgonyi) announced that they would henceforth represent the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) in the National Assembly. MIÉP had parliamentary representation the last time in 2002.http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2013/01/23/ex-jobbik-mps-stick-to-right-with-miep/ Ex-Jobbik MPs stick to right with MIÉP 2 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309180353/http://budapesttimes.hu/2013/01/23/ex-jobbik-mps-stick-to-right-with-miep/ 9 March 2016 dead http://www.politics.hu/20130123/justice-and-life-party-revival-may-dent-jobbiks-chances-in-2014/ Justice and Life Party revival may dent Jobbik's chances in 2014 2 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030625/http://www.politics.hu/20130123/justice-and-life-party-revival-may-dent-jobbiks-chances-in-2014/ 3 October 2017 dead Opposition cooperation negotiations Gordon Bajnai, who served as Prime Minister between 2009 and 2010, preceding Orbán, announced his return to politics on 23 October 2012, during the anti-government demonstration of the One Million for Press Freedom (Milla) non-governmental organization.http://www.politics.hu/20121009/bajnai-said-to-announce-return-to-politics-on-october-23/ "Bajnai said to announce return to politics on October 23" 3 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100137/http://www.politics.hu/20121009/bajnai-said-to-announce-return-to-politics-on-october-23/ 24 September 2015 dead dmy-all On the protest, he called for an anti-Orbán coalition so as to form a supermajority in Parliament with the help of which the changes done by Orbán's ruling party, Fidesz could be undone. In his speech, Bajnai repeatedly used a variant of the term ("We may fail on our own, but together, we shall prove victorious!"),Gordon Bajnai's speech as published on the home page of his organization https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131232/http://www.hazaeshaladas.hu/ftp/speech_of_mr_gordon_bajnai_-_23_october_2012.pdf 16 January 2014 when he proclaimed his support for such a "cooperation between hopeful left-wingers, disappointed rightwingers, politically abandoned free-thinkers and committed Greens" that his organization along with two other civilian body named Together 2014 as a reference to the date of the next general elections in Hungary.BBC News - Mass rallies mark 1956 Hungary uprising In December 2012, Bajnai announced that he intends to become a Member of Parliament in the 2014 national election.http://www.politics.hu/20121217/bajnai-says-plans-to-run-for-parliament-in-car-accident-in-budapest/ Bajnai says plans to run for Parliament; in car accident in Budapest 3 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150214231711/http://www.politics.hu/20121217/bajnai-says-plans-to-run-for-parliament-in-car-accident-in-budapest/ 14 February 2015 dead dmy-all Medián polled 22 then 16 percent for the first time to the Together movement among the "certain" voters in their two November surveys. Several scholars criticized the Medián's questioning method which was different from previous ones, suspecting a political intent behind the surveys.18 October 2017 http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20121107_median_bajnaiek_lehetnek_a_legnagyobb_ellenzeki_ero Medián: Bajnaiék lehetnek a legnagyobb ellenzéki erő 7 November 2012 According to plans, Together 2014 would have been an umbrella organization of centre-left parties, similar to the Olive Tree in Italy which established against Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition in 1995. However LMP had rejected the cooperation in November 2012Az LMP nemet mondott Bajnaiéknak – Index, 2012-11-18 and January 2013,Szétszakadt az LMP – Index, 2013-01-27 and the Socialists led by Attila Mesterházy gradually took over the initiative. Consequently, the Together movement transformed itself into party on 8 March 2013, as only parties could take part in the election according to the rules.Párttá alakult az Együtt 2014 - közismert arcok a vezetőségben https://web.archive.org/web/20141021193827/http://www.hirado.hu/Hirek/2013/03/08/11/Partta_alakult_az_Egyutt_2014__kozismert_arcok.aspx 21 October 2014 – Híradó.hu, 2013-03-08 On the same day, the Dialogue for Hungary, which was founded by deserters from the LMP, has established an electoral coalition with the Together. 2013 agreement In late August 2013, Socialist and Together party leaders agreed to nominate joint individual candidates in each constituency, but would register separate national lists for the upcoming parliamentary election. To avoid the escalation of personal conflicts of interest, they decided not to appoint a joint candidate for the position of Prime Minister; it was announced that party leader, whose party would become the strongest government force following the election, will automatically gain the office. Socialist leader Attila Mesterházy told public television M1 that the electoral alliance between the MSZP and the E14–PM on fielding a single centre-left candidate in each individual constituency provides the right basis for success. Mesterházy and Bajnai agreed MSZP will field candidates in 75 out of all the country's 106 individual constituencies and the E14–PM in the remaining 31.26 February 2018 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20130829_Megallapodtak_nem_lesz_kozos_ellenzeki_mi Se Bajnai, se Mesterházy nem lesz miniszterelnök-jelölt 29 August 2013 The agreement was sharply criticised by the Democratic Coalition, which was excluded from the cooperation. Gyurcsány called it as a "failure" and said that party leaders Mesterházy and Bajnai "spoofed themselves, us and, finally, the democratic Hungary".26 February 2018 https://mno.hu/belfold/gyurcsany-gyerekek-ez-nem-jott-ossze-1181183 Gyurcsány: Gyerekek, ez nem jött össze 29 August 2013 Fidesz spokesman Péter Hoppál said this agreement showed that the opposition parties were unable to learn from their own past mistakes. "They were fired by the majority of voters [in 2010] not because they were leftists but because they placed their personal ambitions above the interests of the country", he added.26 February 2018 http://www.mon.hu/fidesz-a-bukott-baloldal-szavatossaga-jart-le/2347630 Fidesz: a bukott baloldal szavatossága járt le 29 August 2013 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103550/http://www.mon.hu/fidesz-a-bukott-baloldal-szavatossaga-jart-le/2347630 dead In September 2013, the Socialist Party declined to sign an election deal with the Democratic Coalition and Gábor Fodor's Hungarian Liberal Party because "both parties presented excessive expectations compared to their social support", according to Attila Mesterházy. The party chairman told a forum held at the party HQ, broadcast by left-wing commercial news channel ATV, that in order to win next year's election, the Socialists need to win over uncertain voters. The party board declared that running with Gyurcsány, one of the most unpopular politicians, would keep uncertain voters away, he added. In response, Gyurcsány said the MSZP had proposed cooperation in four instead of nine constituencies, all of which were impossible to win. In addition they offered every 25th place on their party list and would have banned Gyurcsány himself from running either individually or on a list. Another request was that DK should not present a platform of its own, while nominating its candidates to the MSZP national list. The party could not accept these conditions, the politician said.26 February 2018 http://www.atv.hu/belfold/20130910-gyurcsany-ferenc-szemelyeben-nem-tudtak-megegyezni-az-ellenzekiek Gyurcsány Ferencet és három párttársát nem akarta listán látni az MSZP 10 September 2013 2014 agreement Unity (Hungary) Gordon Bajnai said on 6 January 2014, he plans to hold talks with Socialist Party on expanding and further developing an agreement between the opposition parties. "We must give back faith in victory to all those that want a change of government. We believe that this requires the closest cooperation, with the possibility of a joint list, between opposition forces with considerable public support. In order to achieve this, each participant must make sacrifices," the party said in a statement sent to MTI, quoting a recent television interview with Bajnai. This meant creating an opportunity to include DK in the electoral cooperation made the last year.14 March 2018 https://mno.hu/belfold/gyurcsanyt-megis-beveszik-balliberalis-osszefogasba-1203750 Gyurcsányt mégis beveszik a balliberális összefogásba? 6 January 2014 Following that the two parties began negotiations to expand their electoral agreement; "we should make every possible effort to oust Fidesz from power, and reach an agreement that would help canvas undecided voters", said Viktor Szigetvári, co-leader of the Together 2014. "There should be a single left-wing candidate in each of the 106 constituencies, and no vote cast on an opposition candidate should go lost", he added.8 January 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140107/socialists-e-pm-discuss-expanding-electoral-agreement/ Socialists, E-PM discuss expanding electoral agreement 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108191624/http://www.politics.hu/20140107/socialists-e-pm-discuss-expanding-electoral-agreement/ 8 January 2014 dead The Socialist Party and the Together concluded an agreement on 8 January 2014 in order to set a joint list for the upcoming parliamentary election. Accordingly, MSZP acquired the right to nominate the common prime minister, likely to be Attila Mesterházy, who has previously expressed his intention to run for the office. Mesterházy announced they will propose to join the Democratic Coalition and he said the agreement could succeed. Ferenc Gyurcsány welcomed the agreement and said DK is ready to begin tripartite negotiations immediately. Gyurcsány also announced on Facebook that he would interrupt his freedom abroad and travel home immediately. These took place already the next day.https://magyarnemzet.hu/archivum/belfold-archivum/gyurcsany-mar-robbantja-az-osszefogast-4093455/ Gyurcsány már robbantja az összefogást 2021-04-03 2014-01-09 Magyar Nemzet Hungarian Because of Gyurcsány's involvement, Péter Juhász, the leader of the Milla (a component of the Together alliance) offered his resignation and stepped down from his party's national list (but remained an individual candidate in Belváros-Lipótváros).https://mno.hu/belfold/felajanlotta-lemondasat-juhasz-peter-1204461 Felajánlotta lemondását Juhász Péter 2018-03-22 2014-01-09 Magyar Nemzet Hungarian Fidesz spokeswoman Gabriella Selmeczi called the left-wing party list "completely irrelevant" for the election, because "they are all the same old people, with no new face among them." She said that "they are the same people who have already ruined Hungary once." The radical nationalist Jobbik said the agreement between the Socialists and Together–PM demonstrated the "rebirth of the coalition of lies." In the current situation, Hungarian voters can only choose between the politicians who destroyed Hungary in the past 24 years (i.e. Fidesz and left-wing opposition) or Jobbik that will bring a change, spokeswoman Dóra Dúró said. "When replacing Orbán's government, Jobbik will not bring Gyurcsány back to power", she added. The minor opposition LMP party will not enter any electoral alliance with political forces that used to be in power, party co-leader András Schiffer emphasized. He added, the green party insists on its original position and offers an alternative to those who wished the Gyurcsány and Bajnai governments "would go to hell" in 2010 and also to those who are now fed up with the "regime of national cynicism." (i.e. the Orbán government).9 January 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140108/socialists-to-delegate-pm-candidate-for-opposition-alliance/ Socialists to delegate PM candidate for opposition alliance 8 January 2014 On 14 January 2014, the left-wing opposition parties agreed to submit a joint list for the spring general election, party leaders announced during a press conference. Accordingly, the national list was headed by MSZP party chairman Attila Mesterházy, who also became candidate of the electoral cooperation for the position of prime minister. In the national list, Mesterházy was followed by two former prime ministers, Gordon Bajnai, informal leader of the Together–Dialogue alliance and Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the Democratic Coalition (DK). Gábor Fodor, leader of the minor extra-parliamentary Hungarian Liberal Party was put to the fourth place, while co-chair of the Together–Dialogue alliance Tímea Szabó came to the fifth place on the joint list of the five opposition parties. Under the agreement, the Socialists were able to nominate their candidates in 71 individual constituencies, while the Together–PM altogether 22 and DK 13.14 January 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140114/opposition-leaders-agree-on-joint-list-for-general-election/ Opposition leaders agree on joint list for general election 14 January 2014 Antal Rogán, leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group, said the result of the agreement is that the Hungarian left has been unable to nominate "a real prime minister candidate" or "present any new face," according to MTI.14 January 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140114/quotable-antal-rogan-on-the-opposition-coalition/ Quotable: Antal Rogan on the opposition coalition 14 January 2014 Party Leader Ideology Candidates Constituency (106) Party-list (60) Hungarian Socialist Party Attila Mesterházy Social democracy 71 42 Together 2014–Dialogue for Hungary Gordon BajnaiBenedek Jávor Social liberalismGreen liberalism 22 9 Democratic Coalition Ferenc Gyurcsány Social liberalism 13 6 Hungarian Liberal Party Gábor Fodor Liberalism 0 3 Electoral system Electoral system of Hungary The electoral laws were changed in 2012. The following significant changes have been issued in the electoral system: One round system, which replaced the pre-existing two-round system (and this eliminated the possibility of the candidates stepping back in favor of each other between the two rounds).Szigeti, Péter A magyar választási rendszer átalakítása – összehasonlító perspektívában – https://www.valasztasirendszer.hu/wp-content/uploads/SzigetiPeter_AMagyarValasztasiRendszerAtalakitasa_131009.pdf 3 April 2021 No 50%, nor 25% turnout is necessary. (formerly 50% turnout was needed for the first round and 25% for the second round) 199 seats (decreased from 386, so the number of seats is 51.6% of the original) 106 constituency seats (decreased from 176, increased from 45.6% to 53.3% of all seats) 93 party-list seats, including minority-list seats (decreased from the 210 regional (county) and national list seats which were merged, decreased from 54.4% to 46.7% of all seats) 5% threshold still exists in the case of party-list, and 10% in the case of two parties' joint list, 15% in the case of three or more parties' joint list. Minorities will be able to form a minority-list, in the elections they only need to reach the 5% threshold out of all minority votes, and not out of all party-list votes, which – practically – makes it possible to send only few minority representatives (maybe only one) to the National Assembly (for about 1% of all votes, minorities can send MPs to the National Assembly) Every citizen has two votes – one to vote for a constituency candidate and one to vote for a party list. The 106 constituency seats are distributed by a one-round plurality system, meaning simply, that the candidate receiving most votes gets elected (compared to the previous two-round majority-plurality system). The distribution of 93 party-list seats is based both on the results of the party and constituency votes. To total of the votes for party-lists, some constituency-votes are added. This happens in two ways: First, votes that were cast for all constituency candidates that didn’t get elected are added to the respective parties of those candidates. Second, part of the votes for the victorious constituency candidates is transferred to their parties. Number of transferred votes equals to Number of votes won by the winning candidate minus number of votes won by the second candidate minus one. The logic behind the formula is to transfer all the votes that the winning candidate didn’t actually need to secure election. E.g. if the first candidate receives 15 000 votes and the second 5 000, the winner would have won even if he received 9 999 fewer votes, than he actually did. These votes are thus added to the party total for distribution of nation-wide party list seats. Based on these votes totals, the seats are than distributed among parties by d’Hondt formula. Minorities that do not reach the 5% threshold (out of all minority-list votes, not out of all votes) or do not get at least one seat, can send a minority spokesman to the National Assembly from 2014, who has the right only to speak but not to vote. Obtaining one seat out of 93 is much more difficult for minorities than reaching the 5% threshold for minority votes because a seat represents slightly more than 1% of all party and minority lists (while 5% of minority votes are expected to be much less than 1% of all votes, as the number of minority voters is well below 20%). This minority spokesperson solution gives minorities the opportunity to speak in Parliament, even if they are unable to obtain about 1% of all votes. In practice, the German and Roma minorities have a chance to obtain MPs (according to the latest census), and the other 13 minorities will have a minority spokesperson, guaranteeing their representation in parliament. The right to vote is first extended to Hungarian citizens who do not have a permanent residence in Hungary (i.e. mostly the Hungarian diaspora in the neighboring countries); however, they can only vote for the national list of Hungarian parties, so they do not have a chance to vote in individual constituencies. Campaign The election campaign officially began on 15 February 2014, 50 days prior to election according to the law.19 February 2014 https://www.hirado.hu/2014/02/15/hivatalosan-is-megkezdodott-a-kampany/?source=hirkereso Hivatalosan is megkezdődött a kampány 15 February 2014 Activists from both Fidesz and Unity collected at least 500 signatures in support of their candidates in all 106 constituencies on 17 February.28 March 2024 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20140218_Az_Osszefogas_bejelentese_megelozte_a_Fid Az Összefogás megelőzte a Fideszt 18 February 2014 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) proposed sending only a very limited observer mission to 6 April, day of the election. "It is important that the new election rules already include the regulations formulated by international observers, which guarantee the participation of observers in the entire voting process", the pro-government Centre for Fundamental Rights (hu Alapjogokért Központ) said on 2 March 2014. The OSCE has various types of observer mission that it can launch, and it has opted for the most limited one, the statement added.8 March 2014 https://www.delmagyar.hu/orszag-vilag/2014/02/alapjogokert-kozpont-az-ebesz-szerint-nem-problematikus-a-valasztasi-rendszer Alapjogokért Központ: az EBESZ szerint "nem problematikus" a választási rendszer 21 February 2014 In their interim report on 25 March, OSCE highlighted concerns about media freedom in Hungary. It said that the selection process for members of the new Media Council watchdog was "of major concern" as it is currently "politically homogeneous", while the impartiality of the Magyar Távirati Iroda (MTI) and state television Magyar Televízió is questionable, and the most watched commercial channels either have a good relationship with the government or only broadcast entertainment programs.28 March 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/03/26/ebesz_jelentes/ Az EBESZ döbbenetes leleplezése 26 March 2014 Unity leader Attila Mesterházy challenged Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on 15 March 2014 to a televised debate to the date 5 April, a day before the election.28 March 2024 https://mszp.hu/hir/mesterhazy_tevevitara_hivja_orbant Mesterházy tévévitára hívja Orbánt 15 March 2014 However, Fidesz dismissed Mesterházy's call on 16 March, as they "do not see an opportunity for a television debate, because the Left does not have a candidate suitable for government". In its statement, the ruling party said that the left-wing parties cannot offer "a real alternative", and so "conditions for a debate have not been met".28 March 2024 https://24.hu/belfold/2014/03/16/nemet-mondott-a-fidesz-a-miniszterelnoki-vitara/ Nemet mondott a Fidesz a miniszterelnöki vitára 16 March 2014 On the same day, LMP co-chair András Schiffer also challenged the leaders of the national lists of the parliamentary parties to an election debate. Schiffer said he wanted to discuss job creation, reducing corruption and diminishing Hungary's dependencies.28 March 2024 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20140316_Schiffer_kihivta_Orbant_Mesterhazyt_es_Vo Schiffer is megpróbálja kihívni Orbánt 16 March 2014 Fidesz–KDNP From the middle of January 2014, the primary campaign theme of the governing coalition was the reduction of utility costs. Fidesz politician Máté Kocsis announced on 4 January that the party will organize 119 local forums with the participation of around 30 of their politicians to emphasize the issue. Kocsis said "at the forums, they call on people to defend what the government has achieved, even if it means becoming activists of the Fidesz–KDNP campaign", noting that "the left-wing parties are preparing to erase the achievements of previous public service providers, namely the price reductions".28 March 2024 https://sikerado.hu/magyarorszagon/orszag-haza/ujabb_rezsiforumokra_hivja_tamogatoit_a_fidesz/ Újabb rezsifórumokra hívja támogatóit a Fidesz 4 January 2014 Zsolt Gréczy, the spokesperson of the Democratic Coalition objected to the use of the term "Hungarian Team" in the invitation letters to the forums to describe the activists defending the utility reduction.28 March 2024 https://24.hu/belfold/2014/01/04/kirekesztve-eri-magat-a-dk-a-magyar-csapatbol/ Kirekesztve érzi magát a DK a magyar csapatból 4 January 2014 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a letter to those residents who previously supported the utility reduction with their signatures. He wrote: "we need to come together to further reduce residential overhead." [...] "Foreign public service companies – with domestic and international political connections – are trying to settle costs by cutting costs in order to use next year's elections to assert their interests. If we want to protect our mutually achieved results, then we have to unite again." Fidesz decided to submit a bill to the Parliament on the reduction of household utilities in three steps in 2014, as announced by Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán in Budapest on 25 January. Accordingly, gas prices will be reduced by 6.5 percent from 1 April, electricity prices by 5.7 percent from 1 September, and district heat prices by 3.3 percent from 1 October 2014.28 March 2024 https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20140125/rogan-bejelentette-az-ujabb-rezsicsokkentes-reszleteit-194490 Rogán bejelentette az újabb rezsicsökkentés részleteit 25 January 2014 The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) sent a pamphlet in January 2014 to every Hungarian household with rundown of the eight years of the MSZP–SZDSZ governments and the "Gyurcsány coalition's seven major sins". They also told the press that the CÖF would hold a "peace march" on 29 March to demonstrate for national values, sovereignty, the institution of the family and democracy.2 April 2024 https://24.hu/belfold/2014/01/29/4-millio-kisokos-gyurcsanyek-7-fobunerol/ 4 millió kisokos Gyurcsányék 7 főbűnéről 29 January 2014 Viktor Orbán told parliament ahead of the start of the spring session on 3 February 2014 that "the most important tasks for 2014 are to protect the government's scheme to cut household utility bills and press further ahead with them". He said "the Brussels multinationals, banks and bureaucrats are planning a new attack against Hungarian families but we won't accept this injustice or the double-standards, and will not allow policies serving their greediness and extra profits". Orbán insisted Hungary is now in a better position than four years ago and its performance is constantly improving. The budget deficit has consistently stayed below 3 percent of GDP, and, for the first time since the change in regime, both the trade balance and current-account balance is improving. Inflation has hit a 40-year low. He added the government has set the "ambitious but not impossible" aim that a third of Hungary's exports should be directed to non-European markets in 2018.2 April 2014 https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/OGYNaplo-orszaggyulesi-naplo-1990-2022-4/20102014-2227AC/2014-evi-tavaszi-ulesszak-2BC149/2014-februar-3-339-szam-2BC14A/napirenden-kivuli-felszolalok-2BC22C/orban-viktor-2BC22F/ Országgyűlési Napló 2010–2014, 339. sz. 3 February 2014 On 8 February 2014, the party's steering board has approved the governing parties' national list of election candidates, headed by Prime Minister and party leader Viktor Orbán. He was followed on the list by leader of the KDNP Zsolt Semjén, Speaker of the National Assembly László Kövér, and First Officer Márta Mátrai. Presenting the 150-member list, Lajos Kósa told a press conference that it is not ruled out that the alliance will again win two-thirds support in the spring election. News portal Index.hu emphasized that only one woman was nominated for the first thirty places on the list.9 February 2014 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/02/08/megvan_a_fidesz-kdnp_listaja/ Megvan a Fidesz-KDNP választási listája 8 February 2014 The ruling party took over the slogan "Hungary performs better" from the government and adapted it for the campaign posters.10 February 2014 https://www.origo.hu/itthon/20140207-200-ezret-fizetett-a-fidesz-a-magyarorszag-jobban-teljesit-szlogenert.html 400 ezret fizetett a Fidesz a Magyarország jobban teljesít szlogenért 9 February 2014 On 16 February, Orbán said in his regular annunal review speech to hundreds of party members and supporters that "we know very well that today there are two paths ahead of us, we must choose between two options, two ideologies and two forces. The future or the past. It's very simple: building the future, or a restoration of post-communism."19 February 2014 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-hungary-orban-20140216,0,593276.story Hungary's PM Orban sets out stakes for April vote Chicago Tribune 16 February 2014 Zsolt Nyitrai, Fidesz's public relations director announced Viktor Orbán, members of the cabinet and MP candidates will start a road show on 10 March 2014 that will take them all around the country in the four weeks till the general election. Fidesz–KDNP's giant election posters went through a renewal from 10 March and focused on four topics: job protection and workplace creation, the defense of the value of pensions, the continuation of utilities price cuts and keeping a "family-friendly system of subsidies". Nyitrai said Fidesz candidates have received 2 million signatures so far.2 April 2024 https://hirado.hu/2014/03/06/mar-19-millio-alairast-gyujtott-a-fidesz-kdnp/ Már 1,9 millió aláírást gyűjtött a Fidesz-KDNP 6 March 2014 A pro-government "peace march" held on 29 March 2014, approximately 500,000 people marched into the Heroes' Square, where Fidesz held a campaign rally.2 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/03/29/ov_bekemenet/ Orbán: Rajtunk van az isten áldása 29 March 2014 Joseph Daul, the President of the European People's Party (EPP), and István Pásztor, the head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) also attended the event and voiced support for Orbán. The Prime Minister asked Hungarians for "another four years" in his speech. He said his government had restructured and modernized Hungary, "building a dependable, fast, intrepid race car from a run-down, sputtering jalopy with flats." He added, in 2010 "we showed that history can be written with unity, not only with violence, blood and arms," adding that the second chapter of this "magnificent story" was to follow. Unity The center-left opposition forces have decided to campaign under a single name and have plumped for "Unity" (hu Összefogás) on 23 January 2014. On the ballot paper, as they announced, all their party names (MSZP, E14, DK, Liberals and PM) and logos will appear, but they will cooperate in campaigning with a single image. Consequently the parties did not establish a single election party.2 April 2024 https://24.hu/belfold/2014/01/23/osszefogas-lett-az-ellenzeki-osszefogas/ Összefogás lett az ellenzéki összefogás 23 January 2014 The main opposition MSZP elected party leader Attila Mesterházy on 25 January 2014 as the prime minister-candidate of the Unity electoral alliance. He received 99.7 percent support and the party unanimously approved the alliance of five opposition parties signed earlier.6 April 2024 https://168.hu/itthon/mesterhazy-az-osszefogas-miniszterelnok-jeloltje-40411 Mesterházy az összefogás miniszterelnök-jelöltje 25 January 2014 During a subsequent campaign march, Mesterházy told that only their Unity coalition is able to overthrow the Viktor Orbán cabinet, so everyone who wants a change should support it in the upcoming election. He said the Fidesz-led government should be ousted because its policies are unacceptable in a democracy, irresponsible for the economy and damaging to society. Hungarians must decide whether they want a modern, European republic or "the restoration of the [interwar] Horthy era," he said. Mesterházy described the "Orbán-Putin pact" on the planned upgrade of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant as a project that demonstrates all the faults of the Fidesz. What has happened to Paks is typical of what goes on throughout the country, which involves one person making decisions behind everyone's back in a way that would be inconceivable in a democratic country based on the rule of law, he added. He promised that once they enter government, they will review the deal with Russia and the expansion of the power station will be decided upon only after "asking people's opinion." Mesterházy also described the planned memorial dedicated to the victims of the German occupation of Hungary's as a "falsification of history".6 April 2024 https://www.vg.hu/vilaggazdasag/2014/01/tizenharomezren-az-mszp-nagygyulesen-mesterhazy-nem-igert-kanaant Tizenháromezren az MSZP-nagygyűlésén, Mesterházy nem ígért Kánaánt 25 January 2014 On 2 February 2014, Unity gathered for a demonstration in Budapest to protest against the planned upgrade of nuclear power plant in Paks. Gordon Bajnai referred to Hungary's upcoming general election and said that voters will "select a future" on 6 April. "We can choose between becoming a post-Soviet country, 'Orbanistan', or we can vote for an independent and democratic European constitutional state, a 'normal' Hungary, he said. Ferenc Gyurcsány told "we reject that the prime minister, who happens to be called Viktor Orbán, should behave like a baron and decide over our life," and called Orbán a "liar, traitor".6 April 2024 https://infostart.hu/belfold/2014/02/02/gyurcsany-es-bajnai-is-felszolalt-az-ellenzeki-demonstracion-612760/amp Gyurcsány és Bajnai is felszólalt az ellenzéki demonstráción 2 February 2014 The left-wing alliance changed its name from "Összefogás" to "Kormányváltás" (Change of Government), Socialist campaign chief manager Zsolt Molnár told ATV on 6 March 2014. He said, everyone has come to realize that opposition unity has been brought about, so it is no longer worth using that slogan in the final lap of the campaign. The Unity Party, led by former mayor of Monok Zsolt Szepessy, sued the party alliance of Unity because of "name, slogan and trademark theft" on 10 February 2014. According to Viktor Szigetvári, campaign chief of Together party, the use of the word "Unity" is not prohibited, and they planned not to campaign with this name in the last weeks anyway.6 April 2024 https://www.origo.hu/itthon/2014/03/kormanyvaltasra-csereli-a-nevet-a-baloldali-osszefogas Kormányváltásra cseréli a nevét a baloldali Összefogás 6 March 2014 The Unity Party was also able to set up its national list, thus the left-wing opposition said it would have disrupted the voters.7 March 2014 http://www.klubradio.hu/cikk.php?id=16&cid=170350 Rosszul járt az Összefogás a szavazólapon 5 March 2014 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233142/http://www.klubradio.hu/cikk.php?id=16&cid=170350 dead On 30 March 2014, about 80,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest. The demonstration was held in place of the 15 March event, which was canceled because of the weather. Gyurcsány said "we will send Orbán to where he belongs, to the dustbin of history and politics", adding that Hungary is belonging to the Western culture for 1,000 years, not the east.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/03/30/bepotolja_marcius_15-ot_az_ellenzek/ Mesterházy lebolsevikozta Orbánt 30 March 2014 Mesterházy described Orbán's government as a composition of "feudal", "Horthyist" and "Bolshevik" elements. Co-leader of PM Tímea Szabó said that Orbán must be defeated in the upcoming election unless Hungary "will become a Russian colony once and for all". Gordon Bajnai emphasized the outcome of the election will be decided by how many people stay away from voting.8 April 2024 https://dailynewshungary.com/election-2014-left-alliance-supporters-demonstrate-in-budapest/ Election 2014 – Left alliance supporters demonstrate in Budapest 30 March 2014 Jobbik thumb|right|A giant poster at top of an apartment in Gyöngyös, hometown of Gábor Vona In November 2013, the party leader Gábor Vona, expressed optimism about the election saying that the party planned "no less than election victory in 2014". He argued that Jobbik candidates had been faring well in local elections and that opinion surveys had showed that Jobbik was the most popular party among voters aged under 35.6 April 2024 https://szegedma.hu/kozelet/2013/11/vona-gabor-nem-tuzheto-ki-kisebb-cel-mint-a-gyozelem Vona Gábor: nem tűzhető ki kisebb cél, mint a győzelem 18 November 2013 Vona told around 2,000 invited participants at the party's "state of the nation" event on 18 January 2014 in Budapest that Jobbik was ready to govern Hungary. He said the radical nationalist party wants to overthrow the entire 24 year-period since the change of regime not only the current government at the spring general election. The party has prepared its election program dubbed "We'll say it, we'll solve it," which focuses on guaranteeing people a livelihood, safety and order. Vona said his party would initiate a referendum on protecting Hungarian land and on amending Hungary's European Union accession treaty.6 April 2024 https://24.hu/belfold/2014/01/18/vona-az-egesz-elmult-24-evet-kell-levaltani/ Vona: az egész elmúlt 24 évet kell leváltani 18 January 2014 On 26 January 2014, Vona held a rally in London's Hyde Park after hundreds of British anti-fascist demonstrators had prevented Jobbik supporters from accessing a location where he originally planned to speak near Holborn tube station.27 January 2014 https://metro.co.uk/2014/01/26/far-right-event-moved-to-hyde-park-after-activists-prevent-supporters-from-leaving-tube-station-4278143/ Far-right event moved to Hyde Park after activists prevent supporters from leaving Tube station 26 January 2014 He promised jobs at home to Hungarians living and working in London if his party enters power at the April parliamentary election. He told around 150 people that Jobbik's programme is based on guaranteeing Hungarians a livelihood, maintaining peace and order and calling everyone to account for past deeds. Jobbik has not and will not submit bills that differentiate between citizens based on their ethnicity, he added. Vona sharply criticized the election law for preventing Hungarians living abroad from voting by mail at the parliamentary election.6 April 2024 https://www.delmagyar.hu/orszag-vilag/2014/01/vona-gabor-londonban-tartott-gyulest Vona Gábor Londonban tartott gyűlést 26 January 2014 Jobbik held its campaign launch event in Miskolc on 15 February 2014. Vona told some 4,000 people that if Jobbik wins power, "order will be certainly established within four years". Commenting on "Hungarian–Roma coexistence," he said Jobbik divides society into honorable and dishonorable people and it is not Jobbik's fault that the Roma are "represented more" in the latter group. Spokesperson Dóra Dúró said VAT on basic child care products will be reduced to 5 percent if the party enters government and parents with two or more children will be granted significant tax cuts.6 April 2024 https://mandiner.hu/hirek/2014/02/aki-valtozast-akar-az-jobbikos-vona-szerint Aki változást akar, az jobbikos Vona szerint 15 February 2014 Gábor Vona said on 1 March 2014, Jobbik "will not form a coalition with anyone, no matter what the outcome of the parliamentary election". He told unlike Jobbik, neither ruling Fidesz, nor the main opposition Socialists had come forward with an election manifesto. "This demonstrates that the parties that have won voter trust more than once in the past now expect this to happen again without putting forward a programme", he said.6 April 2024 https://mandiner.hu/belfold/2014/03/vona-nem-lepunk-koaliciora Vona: Nem lépünk koalícióra 1 March 2014 LMP András Schiffer said on 25 January 2014, LMP will field candidates in all 106 individual constituencies at the April general election and the party has the highest number or 22 female candidates. Schiffer said at the two-day party congress that the governing Fidesz gave the wrong answer to the crisis in Hungary. Fidesz strengthened and took to extremes the wrong direction that Hungary chose during its post-communist transformation, he added.6 April 2024 https://www.origo.hu/itthon/2014/01/jeloltallito-kongresszust-tartott-az-lmp 22 női jelölttel vág neki a választásnak az LMP 25 January 2014 Schiffer leads the national list of the LMP in the parliamentary election, said second place Bernadett Szél on 26 January 2014. Since the LMP is preparing to remain an opposition party, it will not nominate a candidate for prime minister, Schiffer said at a press conference during the break of the two-day party congress. When asked about the election chances, the party co-leader expressed his hope that the LMP could get even ten percent of the votes.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/01/26/szel_bernadett_lenne_a_miniszterelnokjelolt/ Szél Bernadett lenne a miniszterelnökjelölt 26 January 2014 According to LMP, Paks expansion proposal is "dangerous" because it involves a "blank cheque" approval and lacks concrete details. Bernadett Szél said LMP essentially disagrees with the "Orbán–Putin pact" and also considers the proposal problematic for procedural reasons. On the day of the vote on the law (6 February 2014), Szél and Katalin Ertsey let off a siren using a megaphone while Schiffer, held up a banner with the slogan "Hungary for sale". Another MP Szilvia Lengyel held a banner up with "We refuse to be a Russian colony" emblazoned on it. As a result Parliament fined the four lawmakers 804,000 Ft (2,600 €).6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/02/06/szirenazas_a_paksi_vegszavazas_alatt/ Szirénázás a paksi végszavazás ellen 6 February 2014 Schiffer told in February 2014, LMP is "asking for authorization to deliver a green turn" after the election and create crisis-proof jobs, primarily in the most disadvantaged regions of the country. He said "the party wants to break away from the politics practiced by ruling Fidesz and the "pseudo-left", because politics of the past 25 years has produced a crisis instead of jobs and Hungarian society suffers from an extended crisis of employment.6 April 2024 https://hirado.hu/2014/02/14/schiffer-zold-fordulatra-keszul-az-lmp/ Schiffer: Zöld fordulatra készül az LMP 14 February 2014 Others Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), founded and led by former Minister of Finance and MEP Lajos Bokros, decided not to participate in the upcoming parliamentary election, because "they do not want to weaken the cooperation of left-wing parties [Unity] with separate candidates." Bokros criticized and resented that his party were excluded from the alliance.18 January 2014 http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20140117_bokros_lajos_vagyunk_mi_olyan_sulyosak_mint_fodorek Vagyunk mi olyan súlyosak, mint Fodorék 18 January 2014 On 30 January 2014, Bokros announced that his party would support the opposition alliance on the condition that the parties agree to enact fair election laws and restore the constitutional rule of law once in power. He said that MoMa will start negotiations with the Unity parties before the spring elections.31 January 2014 http://budapestbeacon.com/politics/lajos-bokros-alliance-needed-to-restore-constitutional-rule-of-law/ Lajos Bokros: Alliance needed to restore constitutional rule of law 31 January 2014 6 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240406120750/http://budapestbeacon.com/politics/lajos-bokros-alliance-needed-to-restore-constitutional-rule-of-law/ dead MoMa entered into an agreement with Unity on 19 February 2014 under which Bokros' party would support Unity externally but would not run on the alliance's party list or field individual candidates.6 April 2024 https://infostart.hu/belfold/2014/02/19/bokros-lajos-partja-kivulrol-tamogatja-az-osszefogast-616620 Bokros Lajos pártja kívülről támogatja az Összefogást 19 February 2014 In October 2013, Katalin Szili and her party, the Social Union (SZU) formed an alliance with 11 other parties and civil groups (including Centre Party) under the name Community for Social Justice People's Party (KTI). The new organization seeks to "give a chance to those people who cannot choose from existing parties, including Hungary's nearly 4 million poor whom nobody cares for," Szili said. She also told "there was a tremendous need for a political alternative organised on a democratic and national basis. All political forces are at war with each other, leaving the problems of the impoverished masses unresolved."6 April 2024 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20131017_Szili_Katalin_partja_vitorlat_bontott Szili Katalin pártja vitorlát bontott 17 October 2013 On 31 January 2014, the social-democratic and left-wing nationalist 4K! – Fourth Republic! presented its national list for the 2014 election. President András Istvánffy said the "4K! will be the only real new organization in the election, which is not failed politicians' attempt to return to the government."9 February 2014 http://negyedikkoztarsasag.hu/blog/2014/01/31/Orszagos_lista NINCSENEK CELEBJEINK: KÖZGAZDÁSZ, JOGÁSZ ÉS AUTÓBUSZ-VEZETŐ A 4K! LISTÁJÁN 31 January 2014 On 8 February 2014, Istvánffy announced the party's election program with the title of "New Social Contract". The program includes the legalization of cannabis, removal of MPs' immunity, re-introduction of multi-rate tax system and concept of social housing system.9 February 2014 http://negyedikkoztarsasag.hu/blog/2014/02/08/4K_valasztasi_program "NE VÁLJUNK SZÖRNYETEGEKKÉ" – BEMUTATTUK VÁLASZTÁSI PROGRAMUNKAT! 8 February 2014 Hungarian Social Democrats' Party (Szocdemek) "offers a true, authentic left-wing alternative and seeks to mobilise those who would otherwise stay away from the general election," party leader Andor Schmuck told MTI in January 2014. Asked about his party's absence from the joint list of Unity, Schmuck said that none of the participating parties had given a positive response to the Social Democrats' 15-point proposal for protecting pensioners.5 April 2024 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20140206_Shmuck_szocialdemokrata_Osszefogas "Ezer százalék, hogy elindulunk önállóan" – Schmuck Andor tehet keresztbe az Összefogásnak 7 February 2014 Gábor Kuncze, leader of the Liberal Civil Union (SZPE) decided to participate in the parliamentary election as an individual candidate of the Democratic Coalition (a member party of the Unity) in Szigetszentmiklós constituency.12 February 2014 http://www.hir24.hu/belfold/2014/01/16/kuncze-gyurcsany-hivasara-indul-a-valasztason/ Kuncze Gyurcsány hívására indul a választáson 16 January 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221154441/http://www.hir24.hu/belfold/2014/01/16/kuncze-gyurcsany-hivasara-indul-a-valasztason/ dead Another ex-SZDSZ member Klára Ungár, the chairperson of the Free People for Hungary – Liberal Party (SZEMA), however, canceled the agreement with E14–PM in January 2014, when Bajnai's party entered into an alliance with MSZP, DK and Liberals and formed Unity.12 February 2014 http://www.hir24.hu/belfold/2014/01/14/ungar-klara-partja-otthagyja-az-ellenzeki-osszefogast/ Ungár Klára pártja otthagyja az ellenzéki összefogást 14 January 2014 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221154436/http://www.hir24.hu/belfold/2014/01/14/ungar-klara-partja-otthagyja-az-ellenzeki-osszefogast/ dead The legal successor of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), the Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ) formed in April 2011 and describes itself as conservative and should be placed right of centre on the political spectrum. They called Bokros upon to give up his seat in the European Parliament, though he refused. JESZ held its campaign launch event on 9 February 2014, where leader Zsolt Makay announced 40% wage increase over four years.2 March 2014 http://index.hu/belfold/2014/02/09/kato_nenivel_tamad_a_jesz-mdf_szovetseg/ Feltámadott, és Kató nénivel rajtolt az MDF 9 February 2014 Controversies Criticism of the electoral system Mónika Lamperth (MSZP) said the election bill, proposed by János Lázár in October 2011, served no other purpose than to cement Fidesz's power and she called for the bill's withdrawal. She said had the new district map been used in the 2010 election, Fidesz–KDNP would have secured more than 76 percent of seats in parliament (See: Gerrymandering). Jobbik agreed that the law was "tailored to suit Fidesz's needs." They called the new boundary delimitation of constituencies "serious election rigging and manipulation."6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2011/10/10/lazar_bemutatta_a_valasztojogi_reformot/ Lázár bemutatta a választójogi reformot 10 October 2011 The fact is formerly it took as twice as many votes to gain a seat in some election districts as in some others.Hornyák, József http://www.vg.hu/kozelet/vg_online/kozelet_-_belfold/090112_capital_255559 Fellebbez a Political Capital a választókerületi aránytalanságok miatt | Közélet | Világgazdaság Online Vg.hu 12 January 2009 18 November 2012 The opposition criticized the schema that while ethnic Hungarians residing in neighbouring countries are allowed to vote by mail, those employed abroad are unable to do the same. Gergely Karácsony (E14–PM) said that the idea of introducing internet-based vote in the long run should also be considered.6 April 2024 https://mandiner.hu/belfold/2013/08/egyutt-pm-a-kulfoldon-dolgozo-magyarok-is-szavazhassanak-levelben Együtt‒PM: A külföldön dolgozó magyarok is szavazhassanak levélben! 9 August 2013 Earlier, Karácsony also said that the election campaign financing is tailored to the advantage of Fidesz. He said that it does not solve the region's key problems and does not make campaign financing transparent by, say, opening campaign accounts. He added that it is in the interest of the governing parties that as many candidates as possible run in the elections, in order to create "artificial supply", thereby diluting the voting blocs. The state provides 1 million HUF in budget support to individual candidates in constituencies, and a maximum of almost 600 million HUF to parties that have candidates in all constituencies.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2013/04/09/aderhez_fordultak_a_valasztasi_torveny_miatt/ Áderhez fordultak a választási törvény miatt 9 April 2013 According to the critics, new electoral law had opened the way for the presence of so-called "bogus" or "business parties" whose sole purpose is acquisition of public campaign funds. Heti Válasz reported in February 2014, the two most suspicious "business parties", the New Dimension Party (ÚDP) and the New Hungary Party (ÚMP), are linked to the former MSZP politicians, János Zuschlag (recently released from prison) and Péter Táncsics. These two parties are definitely connected to each other through the person of Táncsics. Both parties were registered at his address in Kőszeg. The two organizations managed to get a lot of signatures and were able to set up national lists. Investigative journalists (e.g. 444.hu) reported that in many cases the small parties changed and copied signatures from each other, and as a result, they collected the required number of approvals before Fidesz.12 March 2014 https://hungarianspectrum.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/janos-zuschlag-and-the-bogus-parties-what-is-fidesz-doing/ János Zuschlag and the bogus parties: What is Fidesz doing? 11 March 2014 Another method is illustrated by the case of Together 2014 Party. Initially Bajnai's movement would have been an umbrella organization of opposition parties and not a single party, as a result György Tiner (former MSZDP member) appropriated the name and has registered his new party, ahead of Gordon Bajnai's team. American constitutionalist Kim Lane Scheppele wrote "Fidesz politicians refuse to admit that their generosity toward smaller parties served the purpose of confusing voters and weakening the opposition. They proudly point to the democratic nature of the procedure. But the fact that the threshold of parliamentary representation was not lowered from the existing 5% reveals Fidesz's real goal. They didn't want to give small parties a chance to share power with them in parliament. They simply wanted to use them."12 March 2014 https://hungarianspectrum.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/another-election-trick-bogus-parties-kim-scheppeles-hungary-an-election-in-question-part-5%E2%80%B3/ Kim Lane Scheppele: Another election trick: Bogus parties; Kim Scheppele's "Hungary, An Election in Question, Part 5″ 8 March 2014 The Gypsy Party of Hungary (MCP) protested against the registration of the Roma as a minority at the National Roma Self-government headquarters (ORÖ) in January 2014. The Hungarian Electoral Law requires that voters applying for the autumn minority elections indicate on the registration forms whether they wish to vote on the list of their minority or on the list of the political party in the parliamentary election. It follows that if a Roma is registered as a minority voter, he loses the opportunity to vote for the party list. József Radics, a key member of the MCP, said that they gathered, but crossed out the invalidation of the registration forms instead of signing them, because "they see themselves as Hungarians first and foremost" and they do not want their only choice to vote for a list that is exclusively ORÖ.6 April 2024 https://mandiner.hu/belfold/2014/01/mcp-nem-csak-ciganyokra-akarunk-szavazni MCP: Nem csak cigányokra akarunk szavazni! 10 January 2014 Alleged frauds The Unity has repeatedly fiercely criticized the preparedness of the National Election Office (NVI). On 18 February 2014, it was said that local election offices in many constituencies had not received official voter notification. According to them, the delay is "unacceptable" and it is a "shameful failure" that the voters did not receive the election notices by the official deadline of February 17.6 April 2024 https://nepszava.hu/1011184_osszefogas-tobb-helyen-nem-kaptak-meg-a-nevjegyzekbe-veteli-ertesitot-a-valasztok Összefogás: több helyen nem kapták meg a névjegyzékbe vételi értesítőt a választók 18 January 2014 They also accused Fidesz of illegally campaigning in name of the election office, when an online video with the name of NVI encouraged the Hungarian citizens living beyond the border to cast their vote in the election.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/02/07/orban_a_valasztasi_iroda_videojaban/ Nem a választási irodáé az Orbán-Böjte-videó 7 February 2014 NVI rejected the call by the opposition Socialists to investigate the video. They told MTI "the video was not made by the NVI; it did not order it and has not been involved in the making of it, and had been unaware of it."6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/02/12/a_valasztasi_iroda_nem_csinal_ugyet_az_orban_bojte-videobol/?token=e1aa9cc12463c85210ae823f48cf97ee A választási iroda nem csinál ügyet az Orbán–Böjte-videóból 12 February 2014 On 20 February, Unity told they "no longer trust" the electoral administration system and the preparedness of its staff. Csaba Molnár (DK) said that the electoral agencies had committed a series of mistakes, which he added raised a suspicion of deliberation. As examples, he said that Hungarians in the United States had been given the wrong date, and those living in the United Kingdom the wrong place for the vote, while many in Hungary had not received their election notices in time. Problems with the electronic system have also surfaced, which was denied by NVI head Ilona Pálffy.6 April 2024 https://infostart.hu/belfold/2014/02/20/palffy-ilona-nincs-gond-a-valasztasi-informatikai-halozattal-616870 Pálffy Ilona: Nincs gond a választási informatikai hálózattal 20 February 2014 On 9 March 2014, Viktor Szigetvári (E14–PM) alleged Fidesz had committed election fraud by circumventing rules on campaign advertising. He told new rules allow commercial broadcasters to air advertisements for political parties only free of charge, thus Hungary's biggest commercial TV channels had abandoned the practice. But while RTL Klub decided that it would not air government ads if it did not broadcast ads for political parties, TV2 decided against airing ads for political parties but is still accommodating government ads, he said. Another Unity politician Róbert Braun earlier alleged that the sale of TV2 to the station's managing director and financial director was a "nefarious and corrupt business." He said it was suspected that the buyers intended to pay off the loan they used to make the acquisition with revenue from state advertising. A spokesman for the channel dismissed the allegations.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/03/11/tv2_rezsi/ Az NVB dönti el, csalt-e a Fidesz és a TV2 11 March 2014 On 18 March, the Curia, Hungary's supreme court, ruled that TV2 broke the election law by airing government information advert. TV2 said it respected the Curia's decision but did not agree with its judgement that the broadcast of the government's "advert for social purposes" had broken the law. The broadcaster argued that it was not legally obliged to check the contents of ads for social purposes.6 April 2024 https://index.hu/belfold/2014/03/18/kuria_nem_kampanyolhat_a_tv2-n_a_kormany/ Kúria: Nem kampányolhat a TV2-n a kormány 18 March 2014 Political scandals The online edition of daily Magyar Nemzet said that Mesterházy made comments in his 25 January speech about Lőrinc Mészáros, the mayor of Felcsút, calling him "Orbán's procurator, who has multiplied his company's revenues five times over the past three years and today ranks as the 88th richest Hungarian". As Mesterházy described Mészáros' as "a serious achievement that deserves a university professor's post," the online report said participants shouted the word "rope," suggesting that the mayor would deserve that instead. It added that instead of distancing himself from the slogan, Mesterházy continued his address as saying that "I believe there is going to be not a professor's podium, but the other thing we have just heard." Máté Kocsis accused Mesterházy of lying when he denied what happened and called on the opposition leader to admit the truth and extend an apology to Hungarians.6 April 2024 https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold-archivum/2014/01/mesterhazy-es-a-kotel-tagadnak-terelnek-es-fenyegetnek Mesterházy és a kötél: tagadnak, terelnek és fenyegetnek 28 January 2014 Magyar Nemzet reported on 4 February 2014, Gábor Simon, deputy chairman of MSZP has undeclared assets (€770,000 ) held in an Austrian bank account. The paper added that Simon's earlier asset declarations did not contain these amounts and there is no indication of their origin. After initiative of the MSZP, Simon suspended his party membership and all positions he held within the party.6 April 2024 https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold-archivum/2014/02/simon-gabor-szazmillioi Simon Gábor százmilliói 4 February 2014 Simon said the source of money, which was related to his own personal affairs, had no origin in public life and no political aspect, however his new asset declaration had failed to answer questions. Fidesz member Antal Rogán told that the only logical explanation for why Simon "failed to find the right box in the form where his funds had to be listed" is that the "mysterious millions held in Austria are not his money, but funds he kept for the Socialist Party." Bernadett Budai, the MSZP's spokesperson said her party or other political organisations have neither means nor authority to investigate in connection with Simon's assets.6 April 2024 https://hirtv.hu/ahirtvhirei/rogan-amit-simon-gabor-csinalt-az-a-ketszinuseg-teteje-1213334 Rogán: Amit Simon Gábor csinált, az a kétszínűség teteje 28 February 2014 Simon was arrested on charges of forgery on 10 March 2014, when another assumed crimes were revealed.6 April 2024 https://nepszava.hu/1013587_elozetesbe-kerult-simon-gabor Előzetesbe került Simon Gábor 12 March 2014 Nézőpont pollster reported voter support of Unity fell from 24 percent in January to 18 percent in February, likely dented by the Simon corruption case. Heti Világgazdaság wrote Fidesz has two more confusing and suspicious case to weaken the Unity's positions.https://hvg.hu/itthon/20140220_Ket_ujabb_Simonuggyel_akarja_szetloni_az Két újabb Simon-üggyel akarja szétlőni az MSZP-t a Fidesz 20 February 2014 12 March 2014 HVG Hungarian In late February 2014, Ministry of the Interior published two redacted secret-service reports into Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech in Balatonőszöd in May 2006, which caused serious riots in autumn 2006. Accordingly, they raise the possibility that some Socialist politicians and Gyurcsány himself were behind the leak. Gyurcsány accused minister Sándor Pintér of manipulating the evidence, and, "worse, of lying". Mesterházy called on the government to stop using the secret services for campaign purposes, and to bring the entire report into the open instead of a "distorted" version of it. Fidesz MP Máté Kocsis told a news conference that Gyurcsány had "lied about his lies speech". Later Gyurcsány claimed that Fidesz had prepared the riots that started in September 2006. He noted that excerpts released from secret service reports indicate that a recording of his speech ended up in Fidesz hands shortly before it was leaked to the media.6 April 2024 https://hirado.hu/2014/02/27/jovo-csutortokon-targyal-a-nemzetbiztonsagi-bizottsag-az-oszodi-beszed-kiszivarogtatasarol/ Jövő csütörtökön tárgyal a nemzetbiztonsági bizottság az őszödi beszéd kiszivárogtatásáról 27 February 2014 On 6 March 2014, János Zuschlag, a former Socialist MP who was recently released from prison for graft after six years, claimed in a new book that he was paid off by MSZP party leaders in 2006 to not run for parliament after resigning in 2004 over a Holocaust joke at an official commemoration. Later he was given a prison sentence of six years by a county court for siphoning off state funds totalling around 75 million forints (EUR 242,000) and channeling them into the Socialist party's youth organisations. Zuschlag told Napi Gazdaság that then-youth minister Gyurcsány and then-state secretary Mesterházy had known about misdeeds in his office. The opposition Socialist Party and Democratic Coalition both denied the accusations as false. Zsolt Gréczy, a spokesman for the DK, told MTI that "a criminal" had been interviewed by the head of a research institute close to the Fidesz, Gábor G. Fodor, which was a "strange" attempt at credibility. Gabriella Selmeczi said Fidesz "awaits answers to the questions raised in the Zuschlag interview".6 April 2024 https://hvg.hu/itthon/20140307_Zuschlag_Gyurcsany_mindenaron_szabadulni Zuschlag: "Gyurcsány mindenáron szabadulni akart tőlem" 7 March 2014 Candidates Registered parties Abbreviation Party name Native name – The Homeland Not For Sale Movement Party A Haza Nem Eladó Mozgalom Párt A Válasz The Answer Party A Válasz Párt AQP Aquila Party Aquila Párt Centrum Centre Party Centrum Párt DK Democratic Coalition Demokratikus Koalíció E14 Together – Party for a New Era Együtt – A Korszakváltók Pártja Egyiksem Solution: NEITHER! Civil Control Party Megoldás: EGYIKSEM! Civilkontroll párt Együtt 2014 Together 2014 Party Együtt 2014 Párt Élőlánc Human Chain for Hungary Élőlánc Magyarországért ÉMP Party for Livable Hungary Élhető Magyarországért Párt EP Party of Dissatisfied People Elégedetlenek Pártja ÉPÉSZ Political Interest Reconciliation Association of Value-creating People – Centre Party Értékteremtők Politikai Érdekvédelmi Szövetsége – A Közép Pártja EU.ROM Democratic Party for the Welfare of European Roma Christians Európai Roma Keresztények Jobblétéért Demokratikus Párt European Left Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006 Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség FKGP Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party Független Kisgazda-, Földmunkás- és Polgári Párt FP New Independent Party Új Független Párt Greens Party of Greens Zöldek Pártja HATMAP Party of Cross-border Hungarians Határon túli Magyarok Pártja HMP Hungarian Party of Reconstruction Helyreállítás Magyarországi Pártja Idealists Alliance of Hungarian Idealists Magyar Idealisták Szövetsége JESZ Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom Jólét és Szabadság Demokrata Közösség Jobbik Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom – Pirate Party Kalózpárt KDNP Christian Democratic People's Party Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt – Smallholders' Party Kisgazdapárt KMSZ Alliance of Christian Hungarians Keresztény Magyarok Szövetsége KTI Community for Social Justice People's Party Közösség a Társadalmi Igazságosságért Néppárt LMP Politics Can Be Different Lehet Más a Politika MACSEP Hungarian Action Party Magyar Cselekvő Párt MAJP Party of Hungary's Future Magyarország Jövője Párt MAMA Hungarians for Hungary Party Magyarok Magyarországért Párt MCF MCF Romani Alliance Party MCF Roma Összefogás Párt MCP Gypsy Party of Hungary Magyarországi Cigánypárt MDU Hungarian Democratic Union Magyar Demokratikus Unió – For Renewal of Hungary Magyarország Megújulásáért MGP Hungarian Economy Party Magyar Gazdaság Párt MIÉP Hungarian Justice and Life Party Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja MKSZU Hungarian Christian Social Union Magyar Keresztény Szociális Unió MLP Hungarian Liberal Party Magyar Liberális Párt MMRÖP Renewed Hungarian Romani Alliance Party Megújult Magyarországi Roma Összefogás Párt MNP Hungarian National Party Magyar Nemzeti Párt MNRP Hungarian National Order Party Magyar Nemzeti Rend Párt MRPP Hungarian Republican Political Party Magyar Republikánus Politikai Párt MSZDP Hungarian Social Democratic Party Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt MSZP Hungarian Socialist Party Magyar Szocialista Párt – Hungarian Workers' Party Magyar Munkáspárt – Party for National Interest Nemzeti Érdekért Párt – National Revolutionary Party Nemzeti Forradalmi Párt NÉP National Value Party Nemzeti Értékelvű Párt NOP Party on People's Side Nép Oldali Párt ÖP Unity Party Összefogás Párt PM Dialogue for Hungary Párbeszéd Magyarországért Realist Party Hungarian Realist Unity and Peace Party Magyar Realista Egység és Béke Párt – Order, Freedom, Welfare Party Rend, Szabadság, Jólét Párt SEM Party for a Fit and Healthy Hungary Sportos és Egészséges Magyarországért Párt SMS Alliance of Mária Seres Seres Mária Szövetségesei Social Democrats Hungarian Social Democrats' Party Magyar Szociáldemokraták Pártja SZAVA Party of Free Voters Szabad Választók Pártja SZDP Social Democratic Party Szociáldemokrata Párt SZAVA Party of Free Voters Szabad Választók Pártja SZEM–Women's Party In Alliance, Together for Hungary Szövetségben, Együtt Magyarországért SZMP Party of Free Hungarians Szabad Magyarok Pártja Társ. Party Social Contract Party Társadalmi Szerződés Párt TBP Social Peace Party Társadalmi Béke Párt TEMPO Party for Hungary with Clean Energy Tiszta Energiával Magyarországért Párt ÚDP New Dimension Party Új Dimenzió Párt ÚGP New Generations' Party Új Generációk Pártja ÚMP New Hungary Party Új Magyarország Párt VSZ Entrepreneurs' Alliance for the Reforms Vállalkozók Szövetsége a Reformokért ZCP Green Centre Party Zöld Centrum Párt ZM Green Movement Zöld Mozgalom 4K! 4K! – Fourth Republic! Negyedik Köztársaság Párt Individual candidates The National Election Office announced that a total of 2,304 candidates submitted the required number of nominations for the parliamentary election by the 3 p.m. deadline on 4 March.4 March 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140304/monday-deadline-sees-2300-candidates-registered-for-general-election/ Monday deadline sees 2,300 candidates registered for general election 4 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150111090648/http://www.politics.hu/20140304/monday-deadline-sees-2300-candidates-registered-for-general-election/ 11 January 2015 dead The candidacy of 1,531 people was accepted after completion of the registration process. The following table contains a selected list of numbers of individual candidates by county representation and party affiliation: Individual candidateshttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j22b1.html Nyilvántartásba vett jelöltet, listát állító jelölőszervezetek (Egyéni jelöltek száma) 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office huhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j1a.html Országos jelölt és lista állítási statisztika a nyilvántartásba vett jelöltekről, listákról 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu County Seats Fidesz-KDNPhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24jJ1081.html FIDESZ–KDNP által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu Unityhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24jJ1082.html MSZP–EGYÜTT–DK–PM–MLP által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu Jobbikhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1015.html JOBBIK által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu LMPhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1023.html LMP által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu SDhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1007.html Szociáldemokraták által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu JESZhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1060.html Soc Dems által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu SMShttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1000.html SMS által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office huHNEMhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1019.html HNEM által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu ÖPhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1043.html ÖP által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu KTIhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1054.html KTI által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu FKGPhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1005.html FKGP által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu MPhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/SZ/j24pJ1051.html Munkáspárt által állított nyilvántartásba vett jelöltek és listák 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 National Election Office hu Budapest18181818181215837955Baranya4444444343431Bács-Kiskun6666653312601Békés4444431344103Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén7777775476276Csongrád4444420140231Fejér5555554311522Győr-Moson-Sopron5555545302102Hajdú-Bihar6666666544110Heves3333330223220Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok4444444442144Komárom-Esztergom3333303023211Nógrád2222222221222Pest12121212121010998651Somogy4444434442341Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg6666666666443Tolna3333320230220Vas3333313211220Veszprém4444424033100Zala3333312321130All1061061061061068281676659575033 National lists Under the new election law, parties which ran individual candidates in at least 27 constituencies in Budapest and at least nine counties had the opportunity to set up a national list. On 21 February 2014, the National Election Committee (NVB) registered at firstFebruary 2017 the joint list of the governing Fidesz–KDNP party alliance, led by PM Viktor Orbán and KDNP president Zsolt Semjén.28 February 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140223/fidesz-christian-democrats-national-list-first-to-be-registered-for-april-election/ Fidesz-Christian Democrats national list first to be registered for April election 23 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302044834/http://www.politics.hu/20140223/fidesz-christian-democrats-national-list-first-to-be-registered-for-april-election/ 2 March 2014 dead Eighteen national party lists were registered up to 8 March 2014, when the National Election Office (NVI) approved the following 14 organizations (parties and electoral alliances), in addition to the parliamentary parties (Fidesz–KDNP, Unity, Jobbik and LMP), which had already successfully registered: Homeland Not For Sale Movement Party (HNEM), the communist Hungarian Workers' Party, Party for a Fit and Healthy Hungary (SEM), Andor Schmuck's Social Democratic Civic Party (Soc Dems), the former long-time parliamentary party Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKGP), former House Speaker and Socialist party member Katalin Szili's Community for Social Justice People's Party (KTI), Gypsy Party of Hungary (MCP), Party of Greens (Greens), New Dimension Party (ÚDP), New Hungary Party (ÚMP), Together 2014 Party, Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ), Unity Party (ÖP) and Alliance of Mária Seres (SMS).8 March 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140308/eighteen-national-party-lists-registered/ Eighteen national party lists registered 8 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308213241/http://www.politics.hu/20140308/eighteen-national-party-lists-registered/ 8 March 2014 dead The following table contains only the incumbent parliamentary parties' national lists (first 20 members), which won mandates in the election: Party (national) listshttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j41o.html Országos listák 27 February 2014 27 February 2014 National Election Office hu Fidesz-KDNP (279)https://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j28o11.html FIDESZ–KDNP országos listája 21 February 2014 21 February 2014 National Election Office hu Unity (198)https://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j28o13.html MSZP-EGYÜTT-DK-PM-MLP országos listája 25 February 2014 25 February 2014 National Election Office hu Jobbik (203)https://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j28o18.html JOBBIK országos listája 1 March 2014 1 March 2014 National Election Office hu LMP (132)https://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/vertaj/hu/j28o20.html LMP országos listája 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 National Election Office hu1. Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) 2. Zsolt Semjén (KDNP) 3. László Kövér (Fidesz) 4. Márta Mátrai (Fidesz) 5. Mihály Varga (Fidesz) 6. Lajos Kósa (Fidesz) 7. János Lázár (Fidesz) 8. Antal Rogán (Fidesz) 9. Tibor Navracsics (Fidesz) 10. Péter Harrach (KDNP) 11. Sándor Lezsák (Fidesz) 12. István Jakab (Fidesz) 13. Balázs Győrffy (Fidesz) 14. Béla Turi-Kovács (Fidesz) 15. Kristóf Szatmáry (Fidesz) 16. Péter Ágh (Fidesz) 17. Flórián Farkas (Fidesz) 18. Sándor Fazekas (Fidesz) 19. Zoltán Balog (Fidesz) 20. Csaba Hende (Fidesz)1. Attila Mesterházy (MSZP) 2. Gordon Bajnai (E14) 3. Ferenc Gyurcsány (DK) 4. Gábor Fodor (MLP) 5. Tímea Szabó (PM) 6. László Botka (MSZP) 7. József Tóbiás (MSZP) 8. Nándor Gúr (MSZP) 9. Tamás Harangozó (MSZP) 10. Zsolt Molnár (MSZP) 11. Zoltán Lukács (MSZP) 12. István Hiller (MSZP) 13. Ágnes Kunhalmi (MSZP) 14. Árpád Velez (MSZP) 15. László Szakács (MSZP) 16. Péter Kónya (E14) 17. Lajos Korózs (MSZP) 18. Zsolt Legény (MSZP) 19. Csaba Molnár (DK) 20. Ildikó Bangó-Borbély (MSZP)1. Gábor Vona 2. Zoltán Balczó 3. János Volner 4. Dóra Dúró 5. Tamás Sneider 6. Dániel Z. Kárpát 7. Márton Gyöngyösi 8. Csaba Gyüre 9. Gergely Farkas 10. Enikő Hegedűs 11. Előd Novák 12. Ádám Mirkóczki 13. György Szilágyi 14. István Apáti 15. István Szávay 16. Gábor Staudt 17. Zoltán Magyar 18. Tibor Bana 19. Zsolt Egyed 20. Balázs Ander1. András Schiffer 2. Bernadett Szél 3. István Ikotity 4. Róbert Benedek Sallai 5. Erzsébet Schmuck 6. László Lóránt Keresztes 7. Ferenc Gerstmár 8. Szilvia Lengyel 9. Ákos Csarnó 10. László Moldován 11. Andrea Gecsei-Tóth 12. Kálmán Tibor Kiss 13. Lajos Mile 14. Mária Hajdu 15. Tamás Jakabfy 16. János Barta 17. Judit Rákosi 18. Ernő Pető 19. Péter Takács 20. Katalin Csiba Minority lists Under the election law, the thirteen officially recognized national minorities are entitled to send minority spokespersons (hu nemzetiségi szószólók) to the National Assembly. They have the same rights as other parliamentarians to address the parliament, but are not entitled to vote. However the minorities could also each set up national lists. If any such national list reached the 5% electoral threshold fromFebruary 2017 minority votes, this would entitle them to full-fledgedFebruary 2017 representatives.2 March 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140228/three-national-minority-lists-registered-for-april-6/ Three national minority lists registered for April 6 28 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115203/http://www.politics.hu/20140228/three-national-minority-lists-registered-for-april-6/ 24 September 2015 dead The Polish minority list was the first minority list to be successfully registered by the National Election Committee (NVB), on 25 February 2014. Two days later, on 27 February, the NVB registered three other national lists: those for the German, Rusyn and Serb minorities, and then approved the lists of Armenians and Romanians on 1 March,2 March 2014 https://www.hirado.hu/2014/03/01/nyilvantartasba-vette-az-ormeny-es-a-roman-nemzetiseg-orszagos-listajat-az-nvb/ Nyilvántartásba vette az örmény és a román nemzetiség országos listáját az NVB 1 March 2014 Bulgarians and Slovaks on 3 March, Croats, Ukrainians and Romani people on 4 March, and, finally, Greeks and Slovenes on 7 March.7 March 2014 https://444.hu/2014/03/07/mind-a-13-nemzetiseg-orszagos-listajat-nyilvantartasba-vettek/ Mind a 13 nemzetiség országos listáját nyilvántartásba vették 7 March 2014 The officially recognized minority self-government organizations received a total of 298.5 million Ft (EUR 954,000) of public support for campaign activity. The National Roma Council was awarded a significant portion of the funds – altogether 101 million forints – while the Bulgarians granted the lowest amount (8.4 million), according to official demographic ratios.11 March 2014 http://www.politics.hu/20140311/state-awards-minority-self-governments-huf-300-million-campaign-financing/ State awards minority self-governments HUF 300 million campaign financing 11 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140312000409/http://www.politics.hu/20140311/state-awards-minority-self-governments-huf-300-million-campaign-financing/ 12 March 2014 dead Opinion polls thumb|This chart illustrates the level of support for the Hungarian government party Fidesz among all eligible voters, as measured by the five polling institutions regularly conducting polling in Hungary, over the year 2013. Since many eligible Hungarian voters expressed no preference for any political party at all, these numbers are significantly lower than those for Fidesz support among decided voters. thumb|This chart illustrates the level of support for the Hungarian government party Fidesz among decided voters, as measured by the five polling institutions regularly conducting polling in Hungary, over the year 2013. Please note the information in the footnotes about the selection and calculation of the Medián and Nézőpont numbers. Methodological note: The Hungarian pollsters generally release separate data on the support of political parties among all eligible voters (which tends to include a high percentage for "don't know/no preference"), and on the support of political parties among "active" or "certain" voters. The table below refers to the latter data.In addition, confusingly, two pollsters even publish parallel data on "active" or "certain" voters. Thus, Medián publishes different numbers for the categories of "választani tudók" and "választani tudó "biztos" szavazók", though they do not tend to differ much – the data in the table here generally refers to the latter. Tárki's polling releases always highlight results about "A pártok támogatottsága a pártválasztók körében", and those are included in the table here (and can be reviewed further back into time in this database on their website), but their website also provides a separate database with somewhat different polling data on "A pártok támogatottságának alakulása a biztos szavazó pártválasztók körében". Finally, in February 2013 Nézőpont switched to a system in which it distinguishes between "the entire population" and "active voters", but even the "active voters" sample always includes a percentage of those who are "undecided but favour a change in government" and a percentage of those who are "undecided altogether". Those numbers are given in the footnotes for each Nézőpont poll in the table. Institute Publication date Survey dates Fidesz–KDNP MSZP Jobbik LMP DK E14–PM Unity Others 2010 election 11 & 25 April 2010 52.7% 19.3% 16.7% 7.5% – – – 4.0% Ipsos dmy 2012-09-20 dmy 2012-09-09- dmy 2012-09-16 40% 32% 17% 5% 4% – – 3% MediánMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes dmy 2012-09-27 dmy 2012-09-14- dmy 2012-09-18 43% 28% 15% 7% 6% – – 1% Medián dmy 2012-10 41% 28% 18% 6% 5% – – 2%Includes 1% for 4K! – Fourth Republic!. Ipsos dmy 2012-10 40% 33% 15% 6% 4% – – 2% Századvég dmy 2012-10-31 dmy 2012-10-24- dmy 2012-10-29 40% 29% 19% 7% 3% – – 2% Ipsos dmy 2012-11 41% 31% 17% 7% 3% – – 2% Századvég dmy 2012-11-30 dmy 2012-11-26- dmy 2012-11-29 40% 27% 18% 5% 3% – – 7% Ipsos dmy 2012-12-17 dmy 2012-12-04- dmy 2012-12-11 40% 32% 14% 6% 2% – – 6% Medián dmy 2012-12-18 dmy 2012-11-23- dmy 2012-11-27 40% 19% 18% 3% 3% 16% – 1% Ipsos dmy 2013-01-22 41% 32% 12% 5% 3% 8% – 0% Medián dmy 2013-01-23 dmy 2013-01-11- dmy 2013-01-15 43% 27% 15% 6% 2% 7% – 0% Tárki dmy 2013-01-30 dmy 2013-01-17- dmy 2013-01-22 40% 28% 16% 6% 2% 6% – 1% Századvég dmy 2013-02-03 40% 29% 18% 5% – 7% – 1% Nézőpont dmy 2013-02-04 dmy 2013-01-22- dmy 2013-01-25 48% 18% 15% 2% 4% 12% – 1% NézőpontThis poll has 20% undecideds, of which 10% fully undecided and 10% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-02-14 dmy 2013-02-04- dmy 2013-02-07 44% 13% 12% 2% 1% 7% – 1% Ipsos dmy 2013-02-18 dmy 2013-02-07- dmy 2013-02-14 43% 28% 16% 6% 2% – – 6% Századvég dmy 2013-02-18 42% 29% 17% 4% – 6% – 2% Tárki dmy 2013-02-27 dmy 2013-02-13- dmy 2013-02-20 48% 22% 16% 3% 1% 9% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-02-28 dmy 2013-02-15- dmy 2013-02-19 41% 17% 19% 2% 4% 15% – 2% NézőpontThis poll has 17% undecideds, of which 9% fully undecided and 8% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-03-13 dmy 2013-03-04- dmy 2013-03-08 41% 15% 12% 5% 1% 7% – 2% Ipsos dmy 2013-03-18 dmy 2013-03-08- dmy 2013-03-14 45% 27% 14% 3% 2% 9% – 0% Tárki dmy 2013-03-27 dmy 2013-03-14- dmy 2013-03-18 48% 18% 16% 3% 3% 11% – 1% Századvég dmy 2013-03-29 dmy 2013-03-25- dmy 2013-03-27 44% 28% 15% 3% 1% 8% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-04-03 dmy 2013-03-22- dmy 2013-03-26 45% 24% 17% 2% 2% 8% – 1% NézőpontThis poll has 15% undecideds, of which 6% fully undecided and 9% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-04-10 dmy 2013-04-02- dmy 2013-04-05 40% 15% 14% 5% 1% 9% – 1% Ipsos dmy 2013-04-18 dmy 2013-04-09- dmy 2013-04-15 46% 26% 14% 3% 1% 8% – 1% Tárki dmy 2013-04-24 dmy 2013-04-11- dmy 2013-04-17 49% 21% 17% 3% 2% 7% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-05-06 dmy 2013-04-19- dmy 2013-04-23 50% 17% 17% 2% 2% 11% – 1% https://archive.today/20130702061928/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/nem-erzodik-a-trafikugy-hatasa/ NézőpontThis poll has 13% undecideds, of which 6% fully undecided and 7% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-05-15 dmy 2013-05-06- dmy 2013-05-10 39% 16% 13% 6% 1% 10% – 2% Ipsos dmy 2013-05-16 dmy 2013-05-06- dmy 2013-05-13 48% 26% 14% 2% 1% 7% – 1% Tárki dmy 2013-05-29 dmy 2013-05-15- dmy 2013-05-21 46% 22% 15% 4% 3% 10% – 0% Századvég dmy 2013-05-31 dmy 2013-05-25- dmy 2013-05-27 47% 25% 13% 2% 1% 10% – 2% Medián dmy 2013-06-05 dmy 2013-05-24- dmy 2013-05-28 45% 23% 15% 3% 4% 10% – 0% Ipsos dmy 2013-06-18 dmy 2013-06-08- dmy 2013-06-15 49% 27% 12% 2% 2% 8% – 1% Századvég dmy 2013-06-24 dmy 2013-06-17- dmy 2013-06-20 49% 24% 13% 3% 1% 8% – 2% Tárki dmy 2013-06-26 dmy 2013-06-12- dmy 2013-06-21 48% 24% 13% 5% 2% 7% – 1% NézőpontThis poll has 20.6% undecideds, of which 11.6% fully undecided and 9% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-07-11 dmy 2013-07-01- dmy 2013-07-04 39% 13% 12% 4% 0.4% 11% – 0% Ipsos dmy 2013-07-16 dmy 2013-07-06- dmy 2013-07-13 50% 27% 12% 2% 2% 7% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-07-21 dmy 2013-07-05- dmy 2013-07-09 46% 20% 14% 3% 3% 12% – 2% Tárki dmy 2013-07-24 dmy 2013-07-10- dmy 2013-07-17 48% 20% 15% 3% 4% 8% – 2% https://archive.today/20131008005406/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/25-millios-fidesz-tabor-is-lehet/ NézőpontThis poll has 26% undecideds, of which 12% fully undecided and 14% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-08-14 dmy 2013-08-06- dmy 2013-08-10 38% 12% 10% 5% 1% 8% – 0% Ipsos dmy 2013-08-15 dmy 2013-08-06- dmy 2013-08-13 49% 26% 12% 3% 2% 6% – 2% Századvég dmy 2013-09-04 dmy 2013-08-23- dmy 2013-08-28 50% 23% 13% 3% 1% 8% – 3% NézőpontThis poll has a separate share of undecideds, which Nézőpont usually breaks down between those fully undecided and those undecided but in favour of a change in government. This month that data does not appear to have been published though, but a total of 26% must have fallen in those two categories or expressed support for DK or the smallest parties ("Others"). dmy 2013-09-11 dmy 2013-09-02- dmy 2013-09-06 40% 12% 11% 4% ?% 7% – ?% Ipsos dmy 2013-09-17 dmy 2013-09-06- dmy 2013-09-13 50% 25% 11% 4% 3% 5% – 2% Tárki dmy 2013-09-25 dmy 2013-09-11- dmy 2013-09-19 52% 20% 16% 3% 4% 6% – 0% Medián dmy 2013-09-26 dmy 2013-09-06- dmy 2013-09-10 46% 23% 15% 2% 5% 8% – 1% Századvég dmy 2013-10-04 dmy 2013-09-25- dmy 2013-09-30 51% 23% 14% 2% 3% 6% – 1% https://archive.today/20131020193730/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/eros-tobbseget-szerezhet-a-fidesz/ NézőpontThis poll has 17% undecideds, of which 10% fully undecided and 7% undecided but in favour of a change in government. In addition, this time the Nézőpont poll also provides data for "potenciális szavazók", which add up to 100%, leaving no number of undecided voters. The proportions are substantively different in this data, to the advantage of the MSzP: Fidesz 44%, MSzP 25%, Jobbik 14%, LMP 6%, DK 3%, E2014 7%. dmy 2013-10-16 dmy 2013-10-07- dmy 2013-10-10 41% 13% 12% 6% 3% 7% – 1% Ipsos dmy 2013-10-17 dmy 2013-10-07- dmy 2013-10-14 49% 28% 11% 1% 4% 5% – 1% Tárki dmy 2013-10-30 dmy 2013-10-16- dmy 2013-10-23 49% 20% 13% 3% 5% 9% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-10-30 dmy 2013-10-11- dmy 2013-10-16 52% 21% 13% 2% 4% 7% – 1% NézőpontThis poll has 18% undecideds, of which 10% fully undecided and 8% undecided but in favour of a change in government. In addition, this time the Nézopont poll also provides data for "potenciális szavazók", which add up to 100%, leaving no number of undecided voters. The proportions are substantively different in this data, to the advantage of the MSzP and E2014: Fidesz 42%, MSzP 23%, Jobbik 13%, LMP 6%, DK 4%, E2014 10%, Others 2%. dmy 2013-11-13 dmy 2013-11-04- dmy 2013-11-08 41% 13% 11% 6% 3% 6% – 2% Ipsos dmy 2013-11-18 dmy 2013-11-07- dmy 2013-11-14 51% 26% 13% 2% 3% 4% – 2% Medián dmy 2013-11-20 dmy 2013-11-08- dmy 2013-11-12 48% 21% 16% 3% 6% 6% – 2% Századvég dmy 2013-11-22 dmy 2013-11-17- dmy 2013-11-19 52% 24% 12% 3% 4% 4% – 1% Tárki dmy 2013-11-27 dmy 2013-11-14- dmy 2013-11-20 48% 20% 13% 3% 6% 9% – 1% https://archive.today/20140118020401/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/fodor-gabor-a-legnepszerubb-ellenzeki-politikus/ NézőpontThis poll has 21% undecideds, of which 16% fully undecided and 5% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2013-12-12 dmy 2013-12-02- dmy 2013-12-06 40% 12% 11% 4% 4% 7% – 1% Medián dmy 2013-12-18 dmy 2013-12-06- dmy 2013-12-10 52% 18% 14% 1% 6% 8% – 1% Ipsos dmy 2013-12-18 dmy 2013-12-07- dmy 2013-12-14 47% 27% 12% 2% 3% 6% – 3% Tárki dmy 2013-12-19 dmy 2013-12-04- dmy 2013-12-11 47% 19% 14% 4% 7% 7% – 1% Századvég dmy 2013-12-20 dmy 2013-12-16- dmy 2013-12-19 52% 23% 13% 2% 4% 4% – 2%Includes 1% for Hungarian Liberal Party. Ipsos dmy 2014-01-15 dmy 2014-01-06- dmy 2014-01-13 48% 27% 11% 3% 5% 5% – 2% Századvég dmy 2014-01-15 dmy 2014-01-10- dmy 2014-01-12 52% 21% 14% 3% 4% 5% – 1% NézőpontThis poll has 14% undecideds, of which 12% fully undecided and 2% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2014-01-15 dmy 2014-01-06- dmy 2014-01-09 46% 10% 10% 3% 6% 9% – 2% Tárki dmy 2014-01-29 dmy 2014-01-15- dmy 2014-01-22 49% 23% 14% 2% 6% 6% – 1% Századvég dmy 2014-01-29 dmy 2014-01-26- dmy 2014-01-28 51% – 14% 6% – – 28% 1% https://archive.today/20140211013502/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/eros-kormanyparti-tobbseg-ketharmad-nelkul/ NézőpontThis poll has 14% undecideds, of which 9% fully undecided and 5% undecided but in favour of a change in government. dmy 2014-01-30 dmy 2014-01-20- dmy 2014-01-25 46% – 9% 4% – – 26% 1% Medián dmy 2014-02-04 dmy 2014-01-24- dmy 2014-01-28 52% – 14% 2% – – 30% 2% Ipsos dmy 2014-02-13 dmy 2014-02-01- dmy 2014-02-09 51% – 13% 2% – – 33% 1% Tárki dmy 2014-02-26 dmy 2014-02-12- dmy 2014-02-18 49% – 19% 6% – – 27% 1% https://archive.today/20140308125750/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/a-simon-ugy-artott-a-baloldalnak/ NézőpontThis poll had 20% undecideds, of which 13% were fully undecided and 7% were undecided but in favour of a change in government. The figures presented represent decided voters. dmy 2014-02-27 dmy 2014-02-17- dmy 2014-02-20 59% – 15% 3% – – 22% 1% Medián dmy 2014-03-05 dmy 2014-02-21- dmy 2014-02-25 49% – 18% 3% – – 30% 0% Századvég dmy 2014-03-07 dmy 2014-02-26- dmy 2014-02-28 51% – 16% 5% – – 27% 1% Ipsos dmy 2014-03-13 dmy 2014-03-04- dmy 2014-03-10 48% – 15% 4% – – 31% 2% Tárki dmy 2014-03-26 dmy 2014-03-12- dmy 2014-03-19 51% – 20% 6% – – 21% 2% https://archive.today/20140327021146/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/partverseny-a-celegyenesben/ NézőpontThis poll had 19% undecideds, of which 13% were fully undecided and 6% undecided but in favour of a change in government. The figures presented represent decided voters. dmy 2014-03-26 dmy 2014-03-17- dmy 2014-03-19 59% – 14% 2% – – 23% 1% Századvég dmy 2014-03-31 dmy 2014-03-27- dmy 2014-03-30 51% – 18% 5% – – 25% 1% MediánIn addition to its polling data, Median provided a forecast for the election results: Fidesz/KDNP 38-44%; Unity 26-32%; Jobbik 21-25%; LMP 3-5%. See http://median.hu/object.cd804c1b-7e19-4376-ac97-b8089b67b753.ivy dmy 2014-04-03 dmy 2014-03-21- dmy 2014-03-25 47% – 21% 3% – – 23% 0% https://archive.today/20140405032148/http://nezopontintezet.hu/aktualis/partpreferenciak-a-valasztas-elott/ NézőpontThis polling data does not include the "active voters" category which Nezopont used (and this table reflected) since February 2013. It only has data for "the entire population", with 27% undecideds and non-voters, and for "potential voters", with no undecideds at all. This table therefore uses the latter data. dmy 2014-04-03 dmy 2014-03-31- dmy 2014-04-02 47% – 19% 5% – – 28% 1% IpsosIn addition to this polling data for decided voters, Ipsos provided a forecast for the election results: Fidesz/KDNP 40-45%; Unity 26-31%; Jobbik 19-23%; LMP 4-6%. dmy 2014-04-05 dmy 2014-03-28- dmy 2014-04-03 46% – 19% 4% – – 26% center|600px|thumb|Support for the main Hungarian political parties among decided voters, as measured by the five regular polling institutions. Please note the clarifications about the selection and calculation of the Medián and Nézőpont data, and the calculation of the Unity average for the first month. Results + Turnouthttp://www.valasztas.hu/hu/ogyv2014/858/858_0_index.html Tájékoztató adatok a választáson megjelentek számáról és arányáról 6 April 2014 National Election Office hu https://web.archive.org/web/20140409004138/http://www.valasztas.hu/hu/ogyv2014/858/858_0_index.html 9 April 2014 dead dmy-all 7:00 9:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:30 Overall 1.64% 9.5% 23.23% 34.33% 45.02% 56.77% 61.73% File:Hungarian parliamentary election, 2014.svg Party-list Constituency Fidesz–KDNP 2264780 37 2165342 96 133 –130 UnityMSZP, Együtt–PM, DK, MLP. 1290806 28 1317879 10 38 –21 Jobbik 1020476 23 1000637 0 23 –24 Politics Can Be Different 269414 5 244191 0 5 –11 Hungarian Workers' Party 28323 0 12712 0 0 0 Homeland Not For Sale Movement 23507 0 23037 0 0 New #CC0000 Alliance of Mária Seres 22219 0 20229 0 0 0 Party of Greens 18557 0 9392 0 0 New Social Democratic Hungarian Civic Party 15073 0 12232 0 0 New #BE1F2E Together 2014A party with similar name but operating separately from Together, which ran as part of Unity. 14085 0 6361 0 0 New Party for a Sporty and Healthy Hungary hu Sportos és Egészséges Magyarországért Párt 12563 0 11746 0 0 New #008080 National Self-Government of Germans 11415 0 0 New Community for Social Justice People's Party 10969 0 10551 0 0 New Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom 9925 0 13051 0 0 New Gypsy Party of Hungary hu Magyarországi Cigánypárt 8810 0 9030 0 0 New #826644 Independent Smallholders Party 8083 0 7175 0 0 0 Unity Party 6552 0 6887 0 0 0 National Self-Government of Roma hu Országos Roma Önkormányzat 4048 0 0 New New Dimension Party 2100 0 1706 0 0 New New Hungary Party 1578 0 2018 0 0 New National Self-Government of Croatians 1212 0 0 New National Self-Government of Slovaks 995 0 0 New National Self-Government of Ruthenians 463 0 0 New National Self-Government of Romanians 362 0 0 New National Self-Government of Ukrainians 293 0 0 New National Self-Government of Serbs 236 0 0 New National Self-Government of Slovenes 134 0 0 New National Self-Government of Armenians 110 0 0 New Hungarian Greeks 102 0 0 New National Self-Government of Poles 99 0 0 New National Self-Government of Bulgarians hu Bolgár Országos Önkormányzat 74 0 0 New ÉLŐLÁNC 3328 0 0 New Independent Smallholders–Justice and Life Party 2054 0 0 – 4K! – Fourth Republic! 1897 0 0 New #ED1B34 MGP 1534 0 0 New EP 1362 0 0 New Social Democratic Party 1058 0 0 New Social Democratic Party of Hungary 937 0 0 0 SZEM-NŐPÁRT 840 0 0 New TEMPO 831 0 0 New MDU 762 0 0 New NEMZETI ÉRDEKÉRT 683 0 0 New Democratic Party for the Betterment of European Roma Christians 637 0 0 New MACSEP 612 0 0 New KMSZ 581 0 0 New MCF 540 0 0 New MRPP 462 0 0 New Nemzeti Forr.Párt 448 0 0 New Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left 390 0 0 New MKSZU 372 0 0 New SZMP 364 0 0 New AQP 363 0 0 New A VÁLASZ 239 0 0 New HATMAP 218 0 0 New REND, SZABADSÁG 199 0 0 New TBP 182 0 0 New ÚGP 167 0 0 New SZAVA 152 0 0 New EGYIKSEM 71 0 0 New KALÓZPÁRT 64 0 0 New MAJP 58 0 0 New NÉP 58 0 0 New MEGÚJULÁSPÁRT 52 0 0 New MNP 37 0 0 New NOP 18 0 0 New REND PÁRT 12 0 0 New Independents 12850 0 0 –1 46173 54728 –187 8241488 8047769 National Election Office, Election Resources Party list results by county and in the diaspora thumb|right|300px|Results by county: Fidesz: #ffad73 30–40% #ff964d 40–50% #ff8026 50–60% Countyhttps://index.hu/belfold/2018/valasztas/terkep/2014/orszagos-listak Térképhttps://www.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv14/szavossz/hu/orszlist.html Az országos listás választás eredménye Fidesz–KDNP Unity Jobbik LMP Others Bács-Kiskun50.21 20.25 21.11 4.56 3.87 Baranya40.13 27.52 19.51 6.21 6.62 Békés43.98 23.21 23.15 4.21 5.43 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén38.54 24.85 29.45 2.87 4.29 Budapest38.48 36.75 12.07 8.92 3.78 Csongrád41.66 27.05 20.20 6.68 4.43 Fejér45.89 23.23 21.74 5.02 4.11 Győr-Moson-Sopron51.54 21.88 17.78 5.50 3.29 Hajdú-Bihar46.03 20.21 25.40 4.38 3.98 Heves39.22 23.84 30.43 3.42 3.11 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok42.35 22.04 28.26 3.44 3.88 Komárom-Esztergom42.16 28.08 19.92 5.46 4.39 Nógrád42.91 24.46 24.35 3.10 5.17 Pest44.75 25.87 18.87 6.11 4.38 Somogy44.83 24.49 22.97 4.06 3.66 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg46.76 21.00 26.10 2.44 3.70 Tolna46.69 22.55 22.04 4.56 4.18 Vas51.82 21.94 17.76 5.17 3.30 Veszprém46.17 24.69 20.55 4.92 3.69 Zala44.69 22.90 24.81 4.39 3.19 Total in Hungary43.55 26.21 20.69 5.47 4.09 Diaspora95.49 1.16 2.28 0.45 0.62 Total44.87 25.57 20.22 5.34 4.00 Reactions Domestic Fidesz's leader Viktor Orbán celebrated in Budapest with thousands of supporters in the evening and said that Hungary was on the threshold of a "new and wonderful epoch". Jobbik leader Gábor Vona said that the party is now the "strongest national radical party" in the EU, as well as Hungary’s second largest political party". Jobbik continuously increases its popularity and ahead of the European parliament elections it is important to make this clear. [Yet even though] we outperformed pollsters’ expectations, but we were not able to achieve the goal we set for ourselves of winning the elections". One of the five party alliance's leaders, Gordon Bajnai, said the result was a "crushing defeat" and a "great disappointment" for those who wanted change.8 April 2014 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/concerns-as-neonazi-jobbik-party-wins-20-of-hungary-vote-9244541.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/concerns-as-neonazi-jobbik-party-wins-20-of-hungary-vote-9244541.html 1 May 2022 subscription Hungary election: Concerns as neo-Nazi Jobbik party wins 20% of vote Independent.co.uk 7 April 2014 International European People's Party (EPP) President Joseph Daul and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso congratulated Orbán. Daul said "the Hungarian nation had renewed its confidence in Viktor Orbán, who always told it the truth and carried out brave reforms, putting the economy back on its feet." He also expressed the conviction that Fidesz would also triumph in the European parliament election in May.8 April 2014 https://gazdasagportal.hu/index.php/valasztas-2014-joseph-daul-gratulal-a-fidesz-gyozelmehez/ Joseph Daul gratulál a Fidesz győzelméhez 7 April 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin also congratulated Orbán on his victory, saying that "we highly esteem constructive and mutually beneficial Russian–Hungarian relations and have an interest in continuing our shared work, in solidifying bilateral cooperation for the benefit of our two nations and for a stable and safe Europe."28 March 2024 https://www.origo.hu/itthon/2014/04/putyin-seehofer-es-spindelegger-is-gratulalt-a-kormanyfonek Putyin levélben gratulált Orbán győzelméhez 8 April 2014 The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Limited Election Observation Mission found that the elections were "efficiently administered and offered voters a diverse choice following an inclusive candidate registration process" but that Fidesz "enjoyed an undue advantage because of restrictive campaign regulations, biased media coverage and campaign activities that blurred the separation between political party and the State".https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/hungary/121098?download=true OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report 1 November 2014 OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Due to Jobbik's performance, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, the president of the European Jewish Congress, said the party was an "unashamedly neo-Nazi party" and that the result was a "wake up call. This is a party that feeds on hate." See also 2014 European Parliament election in Hungary 2014 Hungarian local elections List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–18) Notes References Category:Parliamentary elections in Hungary Parliamentary Parliamentary Category:April 2014 in Hungary