Hungarian Democratic Forum

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The Hungarian Democratic Forum (Hungarian: Magyar Demokrata Fórum), or MDF, is a conservative / Christian democrat political party in Hungary, led by Ibolya Dávid.

Its emblematic figure was József Antall, Prime Minister between 1990 and 1993.

Before 2002 it was part of a coalition government with the larger Fidesz. It had 24 seats in the National Assembly between 2002 and 2006. In the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections it gained 5.3% (164,025 votes) of the vote and elected 1 MEP. It received 5.04% (272,831 votes) of the votes in the 2006 parliamentary elections, thus securing its place in the next Parliament.

MDF has essentially split, with the majority of its parliamentary representatives ousted from the party. Ibolya Dávid regularly accuses Fidesz, the largest conservative force in Hungary of trying to annex her party. The two parties had a bitter quarrel following the first round of the 2006 parliamentary elections on the possible withdrawal of MDF candidates to support the Fidesz: the presidency of the party decided not to do this, thus lowering the chances^{[citation needed]} of Fidesz in the second round. However, more and more MDF candidates withdraws by his/her own decision.

[edit] Parliamentary representation

Year	Vote percentage	Seats	Popular votes	Status
1990	24.73%	164	1,212,355	MDF-FKGP-KDNP
1994	11.73%	38	633,342	MSZP-SZDSZ
1998	3.12%	17	139,934	FIDESZ-FKGP-MDF
2002	41.07%	188 (24)	2,306,763	MSZP-SZDSZ
2006	5.04%	11	272,831	MSZP-SZDSZ