Parliamentary election in Hungary 2018

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(Party list votes)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

49.28

19.06

11.91

7.06

5.37

3.06

1.73

2.54

Fidesz ^a

Jobbik

MSZP ^c

LMP

DK ^e

MM

MKKP

Otherwise. ^H

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

+4.41

-1.16

-13.66

+1.72

+5.37

+3.06

+1.73

-1.46

Fidesz ^a

Jobbik

MSZP ^c

LMP

DK ^e

MM

MKKP

Otherwise. ^H

Remarks:

^a In electoral alliance with KDNP

^c 2014: In the electoral alliance Összefogás 2014
2018: in the electoral alliance with PM and MLP

^e 2014: In the electoral alliance Összefogás 2014

^h Including: Együtt 0.66% and LdU 0.46%

Distribution of seats

20th

1

1

9

8th

1

133

26th

20th 1 1 9 8th 1 133 26th 

199 seats in total

• MSZP : 20
• Együtt : 1
• Independent: 1
• DK : 9
• LMP : 8
• LdU : 1
• Fidesz : 133
• Jobbik : 26

The parliamentary elections in Hungary took place on April 8, 2018 . It ended with a clear electoral victory for the ruling Fidesz of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán , who, in alliance with the KDNP, achieved a two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament .

Electoral system

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The 199 members of the Hungarian Parliament are elected in a mixture of majority and proportional representation:

Distribution of seats in the constituency: In each of the 106 constituencies , the candidate with the most votes receives a direct mandate ; he becomes its deputy.

Allocation of seats according to lists: 93 members of parliament are proportionally allocated according to the D'Hondt procedure . Parties must receive at least five percent of all list votes in order to participate in the distribution of seats. In the case of a joint list of two parties, the threshold clause is ten percent; in the case of a joint list of three or more parties, 15%. The votes of their unsuccessful constituency candidates are added to the list votes of the party. If a candidate has won a constituency, his or her lead over the runner-up (reduced by one) is added to the list votes of his party.

The legislative period lasts four years (→ Hungarian constitution # Parliament and legislative process ).

Participating parties

The following parties are represented in parliament or are listed in polls and took part in the election:

Political party		Party presidency	Political orientation	European party / group
	Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Fidesz) Fidesz - Hungarian Citizens' Union	Viktor Orbán	National conservatism, soft EU skepticism, Christian democracy, right-wing populism, nationalism, economic liberalism	EPP
	Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP) Hungarian Socialist Party	Gyula Molnár	Social democracy, left-wing liberalism	SPE
	Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom (Jobbik) Movement for a better Hungary	Gábor Vona	Right-wing extremism, EU skepticism, irredentism, ethnic nationalism	AENM
	Lehet Más a Politika (LMP) Politics can be different	Bernadett Szél	Green politics, centrism	EGP
	Együtt - A Korszakváltók Pártja (Együtt) Together - party for a new era	Viktor Szigetvári	Social democracy, left-wing liberalism, pro-EU
	Democrats Koalíció (DK) Democratic coalition	Ferenc Gyurcsány	Left liberalism, pro-EU	S&D
	Párbeszéd Magyarországért (PM) Dialogue for Hungary	Gergely Karácsony	Green politics, left-wing liberalism, feminism	Greens / EFA
	Magyar Liberális Párt (MLP) Hungarian Liberal Party	Gábor Fodor	Liberalism, European federalism	ALDE
	Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (MKKP) Hungarian party of the two-tailed dog	Gergely Kovács	Satirical politics
	Momentum Mozgalom (MM) Momentum movement	András Fekete-Győr	Liberalism, Pro-EU

13 minority lists took part in the election, including that of the self-government of the Hungarian Germans .

Survey

All polling institutes predicted that Fidesz would win the election.

Surveys from April 2014 to April 2018.

Result

Won constituencies (small map: Budapest): Fidesz 91 MSZP 8 Jobbik 1 DK 3 LMP 1 Együtt 1 Independent individual candidate 1








	Constituency votes				List votes			Seats
	be right	%	candidates data	Direct mandates	be right	%	Seats	number	%
Eligible voters	7,933,815				8,312,173
Votes cast	5,564,410	70.14			5,791,868	69.68
Valid votes	5,504,453	98.92			5,732,283	98.97
Fidesz - KDNP	2,636,201	47.89	106	91	2,824,551	49.27	42	133	66.8
Jobbik	1,276,840	23.20	106	1	1,092,806	19.06	25th	26th	13.1
MSZP - PM	622.458	11.31	55	8th	682.701	11.91	12	20th	10.1
DK	348.176	6.33	43	3	308.161	5.38	6th	9	4.5
LMP	312,731	5.68	100	1	404.429	7.06	7th	8th	4.0
Egyutt	58,591	1.06	30th	1	37,562	0.66	0	1	0.5
Momentum	75,033	1.36	83	0	175.229	3.06	0	0	0.0
MKKP	39,763	0.72	39	0	99,414	1.73	0	0	0.0
Munkáspárt	13,613	0.25	57	0	15,640	0.27	0	0	0.0
Other parties (all <0.2%)	65,517	1.19	891	0	54,258	0.95	0	0	0.0
Individual applicants	55,612	1.01	37	1	-	-	-	1	0.5
Regional self-government of the Hungarian Germans	-	-	-	-	26,477	0.46	1	1	0.5
Other minority lists	-	-	-	-	11,055	0.19	0	0	0.0
total	5,504,453		1547	106	5,732,283		93	199	100
Source: Hungarian Electoral Authority

The number of eligible voters and votes is greater in the list election, since the Hungarians abroad only have one list vote. Of the approximately 225,000 absentee Hungarians (mostly from Romania), 96.2% went to Fidesz-KDNP.

Reactions

In response to the Fidesz election victory, Gábor Vona , party leader of Jobbik, announced his resignation from office. The entire leadership team of the socialists did the same.

The international reactions were mixed. Various politicians congratulated Viktor Orbán on his election victory, including in Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, who sent a letter of congratulation, and Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, in Austria Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache . At EU level, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Council President Donald Tusk congratulated . Expressions of satisfaction and congratulations came from various politicians from the right-wing or right-wing populist spectrum, such as Marine Le Pen , Geert Wilders , Beatrix von Storch , Johann Gudenus , Matteo Salvini , Alexander Gauland , Alice Weidel and Nigel Farage . The Polish PIS government under Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki congratulated Orbán and European Minister Konrad Szymański called Orbán's victory a confirmation of the “emancipation policy of Eastern Europe in the EU”.

Election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were critical of the election and the outcome of the elections. They conceded that the election had passed without procedural errors, but that the scope for “real political debates” before the election was “intimidating” and xenophobic rhetoric, biased media and opaque campaign funding ”was restricted. The campaign that Fidesz had waged against the Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros , and which made use of clearly anti-Semitic stereotypes , was also widely criticized . Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn demanded that the EU must resist Viktor Orbán's logic of “decomposing values ​​and scare-mongering”.

Web links

• Országgyűlési képviselők választása 2018 , Nemzeti Választási Iroda ( Hungarian )
• zeit.de March 31, 2018 / Anton Pelinka : Europe will have to endure Orbán for four more years (guest post)
• sueddeutsche.de / Matthias Kolb: This is how Viktor Orbán changed Hungary
• spiegel.de / Keno Verseck: What good is Orbán's economic miracle?

See also

• History of Hungary # "Illiberal State" under Viktor Orbán (since 2010)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tájékoztató adatok az országos Listas választás eredményéről ( "information on the results of the national list choice"). Retrieved April 11, 2018 (Hungarian). 
2. ↑ Tájékoztató adatok az országgyűlés összetételéről
3. ↑ Tájékoztató adatok az egyéni választókerületi (OEVK) eredményekről: Mandátumok megoszlása ​​az egyéni választókerületekben ("Information on the individual constituency results: Distribution of mandates to individuals"). Hungarian Electoral Authority, accessed April 10, 2018 (Hungarian). 
4. ↑ Information from the Hungarian Electoral Authority
5. ↑ Krisztina Than, Gergely Szakacs: Hungary's strongman Viktor Orban Wins Third Term in Power. Reuters, April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
6. ^ Hungary elections: Prime Minister Viktor Orban declares victory. al Jazeera, April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Merkel congratulates Orban on his election victory. Der Tagesspiegel, April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Seehofer congratulates Orbán. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 9, 2018, accessed on April 10, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Congratulations and criticism: How Europe reacts to Orban's victoryªrsg = Der Kurier. April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Juncker congratulates Orban on "clear victory" in parliamentary elections. Zeit Online, April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
11. ^ EU Far-Right Hails Hungary Anti-Migrant PM Victory. Agence France-Presse , April 9, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
12. ^ Far-right leaders congratulate Orban. The Guardian , April 8, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
13. ^ Congratulations from Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders. Zeit Online, April 8, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
14. ^ Niklaus Nuspliger: Brussels congratulates and admonishes Orban. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 9, 2018, accessed on April 10, 2018 . 
15. ^ ^{A b} Hannelore Crolly, Christoph B. Schiltz: Orbán's election victory divides the EU. April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
16. ↑ OSCE criticizes "intimidating climate" in elections in Hungary. Time online, April 9, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Keno Verseck: Hate rhetoric in the Hungarian election campaign: Soros as a dead pig. Deutsche welle, December 13, 2017, accessed April 10, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: The terribly fertile soil for Orbán's seed. Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 8, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 .