2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

2002 Hungarian parliamentary election
7 April 2002 (first round)
21 April 2002 (second round)
All 386 seats to the National Assembly
194 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout70.53% (first round)
73.51% (second round)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Viktor Orbán Péter Medgyessy Gábor Kuncze
Party Fidesz MSZP SZDSZ
Alliance Fidesz-MDF
Leader since 6 July 1998 9 June 2001 1 July 2001
Last election 165 seats, 32.28% 134 seats, 32.92% 24 seats, 7.57%
Seats won
Fidesz 164, MDF 24
Seat change 23 44 4
1R vote and % 2,217,755 (39.4%) 2,277,732 (40.5%) 380,982 (6.8%)
2R vote and % 2,196,540 (50.0%) 2,011,845 (45.8%) 126,966 (2.9%)
Party vote 2,306,763 2,361,983 313,084
% and swing 41.07% 8.79 pp 42.05% 9.13 pp 5.57% 2.00 pp
Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Government before election

First Orbán Government
Fidesz–FKGP–MDF

Government after election

Medgyessy Government
MSZP–SZDSZ

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April.

Although Fidesz–Hungarian Democratic Forum gained the most seats in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the alliance narrowly failed from absolute majority. Therefore, the centre-left party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats, just like in 1994.


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