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All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 56.21% (first round) 57.01% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the election. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May.
Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.
Party | Proportional | SMCs (first round) | SMCs (second round) | Seats | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | National | Total | +/– | ||||
Hungarian Socialist Party | 1,497,231 | 32.92 | 50 | 1,332,178 | 29.82 | 0 | 1,941,307 | 43.04 | 54 | 30 | 134 | –75 | |||
Fidesz | 1,340,826 | 29.48 | 48 | 956,008 | 21.40 | 1 | 1,706,155 | 37.83 | 89 | 10 | 148 | +128 | |||
Independent Smallholders' Party | 597,820 | 13.15 | 22 | 594,023 | 13.30 | 0 | 275,857 | 6.12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | +22 | |||
Alliance of Free Democrats | 344,352 | 7.57 | 5 | 456,008 | 10.21 | 0 | 139,504 | 3.09 | 2 | 17 | 24 | –45 | |||
Hungarian Justice and Life Party | 248,901 | 5.47 | 3 | 249,127 | 5.58 | 0 | 28,608 | 0.63 | 0 | 11 | 14 | +14 | |||
Hungarian Workers' Party | 179,672 | 3.95 | 0 | 165,455 | 3.70 | 0 | 17,703 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hungarian Democratic Forum | 127,118 | 2.80 | 0 | 343,089 | 7.68 | 0 | 356,891 | 7.91 | 17 | 0 | 17 | –21 | |||
Christian Democratic People's Party | 104,892 | 2.31 | 0 | 129,787 | 2.90 | 0 | 122 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –22 | |||
Hungarian Democratic People's Party | 61,004 | 1.34 | 0 | 87,971 | 1.97 | 0 | 247 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
New Alliance for Hungary | 22,220 | 0.49 | 0 | 23,891 | 0.53 | 0 | 1,502 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Union for Hungary | 8,786 | 0.19 | 0 | 13,599 | 0.30 | 0 | 347 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Forum of National Minorities | 5,895 | 0.13 | 0 | 11,928 | 0.27 | 0 | 473 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Social Democratic Party of Hungary | 3,504 | 0.08 | 0 | 11,845 | 0.27 | 0 | 213 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hungarian Social Green Party | 3,052 | 0.07 | 0 | 328 | 0.01 | 0 | 206 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Entrepreneurs' Party | 2,409 | 0.05 | 0 | 8,874 | 0.20 | 0 | 1,054 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
Alliance of Independent Civilians | 1,789 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Green Party of Hungary | 1,758 | 0.04 | 0 | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Association of Independents | 972 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics | 825 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Social Democratic Party | 669 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party | 515 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Women's Party | 460 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party | 290 | 0.01 | 0 | 264 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Hungarian Welfare Alliance | 252 | 0.01 | 0 | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Hungarian People's Party | 184 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | 169 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
Independents | 75,965 | 1.70 | 0 | 39,154 | 0.87 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
Total | 4,547,682 | 100.00 | 128 | 4,467,940 | 100.00 | 1 | 4,509,982 | 100.00 | 175 | 82 | 386 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 4,547,682 | 98.97 | 4,467,940 | 98.59 | 4,509,982 | 98.74 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 47,529 | 1.03 | 64,103 | 1.41 | 57,404 | 1.26 | |||||||||
Total votes | 4,595,211 | 100.00 | 4,532,043 | 100.00 | 4,567,386 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,062,708 | 56.21 | 8,016,397 | 56.98 | |||||||||||
Source: Valasztas, Election Resources |
County | MSZP | Fidesz | FKGP | SZDSZ | MIÉP | Workers' Party | MDF | KDNP | MDNP | Others |
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Bács-Kiskun | 27.51 | 28.99 | 20.06 | 6.17 | 4.58 | 3.26 | 4.37 | 2.42 | 0.81 | 1.83 |
Baranya | 33.84 | 27.79 | 13.21 | 7.96 | 4.22 | 4.47 | 2.91 | 2.35 | 1.05 | 2.21 |
Békés | 29.97 | 25.24 | 20.40 | 6.38 | 4.01 | 5.90 | 2.75 | 1.85 | 0.76 | 2.74 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 35.88 | 26.24 | 13.26 | 5.56 | 4.70 | 5.65 | 2.31 | 3.69 | 1.26 | 1.45 |
Budapest | 33.13 | 26.54 | 8.57 | 11.03 | 8.84 | 3.86 | 3.67 | 1.79 | 2.55 | - |
Csongrád | 28.57 | 31.35 | 15.72 | 7.14 | 4.58 | 4.13 | 3.43 | 2.01 | 1.04 | 2.03 |
Fejér | 35.12 | 30.09 | 12.74 | 7.01 | 4.22 | 3.61 | 2.69 | 1.95 | 1.11 | 1.46 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 30.87 | 34.29 | 11.97 | 6.98 | 4.59 | 2.55 | 3.00 | 2.85 | 1.49 | 1.42 |
Hajdú-Bihar (first round, invalid) | 34.15 | 28.01 | 14.99 | 5.89 | 6.74 | 3.54 | 2.71 | 2.56 | - | 1.40 |
Hajdú-Bihar (second round, valid) | 39.35 | 40.09 | 9.08 | 2.91 | 5.69 | 2.25 | - | 0.62 | - | - |
Heves | 34.96 | 23.76 | 12.50 | 8.08 | 6.07 | 6.44 | 2.77 | 3.55 | 1.30 | 0.58 |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 34.78 | 24.77 | 16.35 | 7.27 | 3.63 | 6.51 | 2.05 | 1.98 | 0.70 | 1.97 |
Komárom-Esztergom | 38.83 | 24.94 | 12.61 | 9.12 | 4.07 | 4.28 | 2.49 | 1.67 | 1.12 | 0.86 |
Nógrád | 32.17 | 27.21 | 10.80 | 5.53 | 2.92 | 10.42 | 2.57 | 4.88 | 1.02 | 2.47 |
Pest | 29.13 | 27.67 | 15.26 | 8.89 | 7.82 | 3.09 | 3.66 | 3.19 | 1.29 | - |
Somogy | 35.41 | 29.92 | 16.44 | 5.07 | 4.01 | 3.30 | 2.10 | 2.09 | 1.21 | 0.44 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (first round, invalid) | 33.19 | 24.61 | 19.53 | 5.36 | 2.70 | 3.25 | 3.39 | 3.45 | 0.73 | 3.80 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (second round, valid) | 40.32 | 37.55 | 12.67 | 3.19 | 2.51 | 2.24 | - | - | - | 1.51 |
Tolna | 33.03 | 29.61 | 13.72 | 6.68 | 3.01 | 3.07 | 3.55 | 4.29 | 0.90 | 2.13 |
Vas | 27.57 | 35.51 | 14.29 | 9.16 | 2.62 | 2.35 | 2.94 | 3.51 | 1.35 | 0.89 |
Veszprém | 28.69 | 35.03 | 13.43 | 7.48 | 4.14 | 3.03 | 3.13 | 2.29 | 1.61 | 1.18 |
Zala | 27.27 | 32.24 | 17.65 | 7.50 | 3.70 | 3.15 | 2.53 | 2.69 | 2.00 | 1.27 |
Total (first round, including invalid) | 32.25 | 28.18 | 13.78 | 7.88 | 5.55 | 4.08 | 3.12 | 2.59 | 1.40 | 1.19 |
Total after the second round | 32.92 | 29.48 | 13.15 | 7.57 | 5.47 | 3.95 | 2.80 | 2.31 | 1.34 | 1.01 |