Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006

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The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by president László Sólyom was as follows:

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) won a plurality of the vote and will continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats.

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[edit] Results

These are the results of the 1st round.

  • Hungarian Socialist Party
    • In the single-seat constituencies, they received 40.26% of the vote electing 34 members.
    • In the multi-member constituencies, they received 43.21% of the vote electing 71 members.
    • In total, they received 41.73% of the vote, electing 105 members.
  • Alliance of Free Democrats
    • In the single-seat constituencies, they received 6.31% of the vote electing 0 members.
    • In the multi-member constituencies, they received 6.50% of the vote electing 4 members.
    • In total, they received 6.40% of the vote, electing 4 members.
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum
    • In the single-seat constituencies, they received 4.41% of the vote electing 0 members.
    • In the multi-member constituencies, they received 5.04% of the vote electing 2 members.
    • In total, they received 4.73% of the vote, electing 2 members.
  • Other Parties
    • The Hungarian Socialist Party-Alliance of Free Democrats worked together in some single-member constituences, nominating a single candidate. 4 such candidates were elected in this way.

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According to the electoral authority, voter turnout was 67.83 percent.

As there were 110 electoral districts where no candidate could win an overall majority in the first round, a second round run-off is scheduled to take place in these districts on April 23.

Full information can be found at the website of the Hungarian Parliament [2].

[edit] Party negotiations between the two rounds

On April 10 the two parties of the governing coalition (Hungarian Socialist Party and Alliance of Free Democrats) announced their alliance for the second round. The socialists withdrew 3 of their candidates in favor of the liberal one, and the liberals withdrew their remaining 55 candidates (all in 3rd place), and called for support of the socialists. The leaders of the two parties ran a common campaign between the two rounds.

The opposition was not united, however. The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) which hit the 5% threshold contrary to the polls and expectations made it clear that they will not support Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. Orbán tried to get their support by declaring that he resigned from Prime Minister candidacy, and sought a compromise candidate, but the MDF held to their independency, thus they did not withdraw their 3rd place candidates. However, some MDF candidates didn't agree with this, and withdrew in favour of Fidesz.

[edit] Polls

Gallup

Party Percentage in January +/- Percentage in February +/- Percentage in March
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union 48% -6.3% 41.7% +2.5% 44.2%
Hungarian Socialist Party 42% +0.1% 42.1% +2.6% 44.7%
Alliance of Free Democrats 3% +2.8% 5.8% -1.2% 4.6%
Hungarian Democratic Forum 3% +1.4% 4.4% -0.7% 3.7%
Centre Party 2% +0.8% 2.8% -2.2% 0.6%
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party 1% -0.2% 0.8% -0.4% 0.4%
Hungarian Justice and Life Party – Movement for a Better Hungary the Third Way 1% +0.6% 1.6% -0.2% 1.4%
others 0% +0.8% 0.8% -0.4% 0.4%

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[edit] Major parties

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Summary of the 9 April and 23 April 2006 National Assembly (Országgyűlés) elections
Parties List Votes % Constituencies
1st round		 % Constituencies
2nd round		 % Seats
Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) 2,336,705 43.21 2,175,316 40.26 1,510,360 46.62 186
Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, SZDSZ) 351,612 6.50 340,750 6.31 64,501 1.99 18
Joint candidates MSZP-SZDSZ 154,616 2.86 72,802 2.25 6
Fidesz-KNDP 2,272,979 42.03 2,269,244 41.96 1,511,426 46.65 164
Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF) 272,831 5.04 238,570 4.41 15,973 0.50 11
Joint candidates Fidesz/KNDP-MDF 34,109 0.63 33,029 1.02 0
Joint candidates MDF and other parties 14,838 0.27 3,640 0.11 0
MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP-Jobbik a Harmadik Út pártszövetség) 119,007 2.20 92,802 1.70 231 0.01 0
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt) 21,955 0.41 16,379 0.30 0
Centre Party (Centrum Összefogás Magyarországért) 17,431 0.32 14,126 0.26 0
Association for Somogy (Somogyért) 9,457 0.17 13,329 0.43 1
Total 5,408,050 100.0 5,403,691 100.0 3,239,752 100.0 386
Source: Valasztas.hu

The Hungarian Socialist Party wins with a plurality of the votes and will therefore continue to govern in coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats; it also becomes the first re-elected government of Hungary since the end of the Cold War. (BBC) (Washington Post) (Washington Post/Reuters)

[edit] Election system

The unicameral, 386-member National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party must win at least 5% of the national vote to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly (Országgyűlés) has 386 members, elected for a four year term: 176 members in single-seat constituencies, 152 by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize proportional representation.

The election takes place over two days. On the 9th April (1st round), elections took place in every constituency, both single-seat and multi-seat. In order to get elected into a single-seat constituency, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote; in the 2006 elections, the victor received more than 50% of the vote in 66 of the 176 single-seat constituencies. There will be another election in the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies in the 2nd round, in which all but the top three candidates (and every candidate reaching 15%) from the 1st round will be eliminated. Usually parties form alliances between the two rounds and withdraw many of their 3rd place candidates and call for supporting the allied party so the winning candidate of the 2nd round will receive more than 50% of the vote. However, this process is not automatic, it is grounded by negotiations.

The multi-seat elections also took place during the 1st round. During the 2006 elections, 146 of the 152 seats were filled using proportional representation. The remaining 6 will be added to the national list. Hungary is divided into 20 regions for the multi-seat elections with varying numbers of members per region. For example, Budapest elects 28 MPs. Where a party wins more members in a regional than it technically should (for example, if it wins 2 of the 10 member in a region, but only received 19.5% of the vote), then the surplus votes will be deducted from the total it receives in the 2nd round. Correspondingly, a party which wins fewer members than it should will have the shortfall votes added to its total in the 2nd round.

The 2nd round takes place on the 23rd April. During the 2nd round, the remaining 110 single-seat constituencies will be contested. Furthermore, 58 (plus 6 more not elected from the single-seat constituencies in the first round) extra members will be elected using a national list in order to achieve a more proportional result.

Before the election the parties need to be registered by the National Electoral Office. After registation the parties have the right to collect references. One candidate have to collect 750 references in his/her district. If one party have collected in 2 districts (in Budapest 8, Pest 5 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 3) in a county, then the party has the right to present his regional constituencies, and if the party has 7 regional, county list then he has the right to present the national compensation list.

17 March was the last day when a party could be registered and a list or a candidate could be registred.

On 28 February, 49 parties sought registration, and 45 were registered by the National Electoral Office.

[edit] Candidates in single-seat constituencies

12.Mar. (At 16.35, Hungarian timezone)

The toplist:

Parties with country list (10):

Parties with only county lists (5):

...

Other parties, and independents with no list:

...

  • Union of Green Democrates - 1, 1 were registered.

[edit] National compensation lists

The parties, who have been able to present national compensation list, are the follows: [3]

In 2002 there were only 8 national compensation lists.

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