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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 24 March 1990, with a second round of voting taking place in all but five single member constituencies on 8 April.[1][2] They were the first free elections to be held in the country since 1945, and only the third honest election in the country's history. The conservative, nationalist Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) beat the liberal and more internationalist Alliance of Free Democrats, which had spearheaded opposition to Communist rule in 1989, to become the largest party in parliament. The Hungarian Socialist Party, the former Communist party, suffered a crushing defeat, winning only 33 seats for fourth place.
MDF leader Jozsef Antall became prime minister in coalition with the Christian Democratic People's Party and Independent Smallholders' Party.
Of the 386 seats in the National Assembly, 176 were elected from single member constituencies, 120 from multi-member constituencies and a further 90 from "compensatory" national seats.[3]
| Party | SMCs | MMCs | National seats |
Total seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Hungarian Democratic Forum | 1,186,791 | 23.9 | 114 | 1,213,820 | 24.7 | 40 | 10 | 164 | |
| Alliance of Free Democrats | 1,082,965 | 21.8 | 35 | 1,050,440 | 21.4 | 34 | 23 | 92 | |
| Independent Smallholders' Party | 529,299 | 10.7 | 11 | 576,256 | 11.7 | 16 | 17 | 44 | |
| Hungarian Socialist Party | 504,995 | 10.2 | 1 | 534,897 | 10.9 | 14 | 18 | 33 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | 287,614 | 5.8 | 3 | 317,183 | 6.5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |
| Fidesz | 235,611 | 4.8 | 1 | 439,448 | 9.0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |
| Patriotic Electoral Coalition (HVK) | 157,798 | 3.2 | 0 | 91,910 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Agrarian Alliance | 139,240 | 2.8 | 2 | 154,003 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party | 131,444 | 2.7 | 0 | 180,899 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Social Democratic Party | 104,010 | 2.1 | 0 | 174,409 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Entrepreneurs | 82,518 | 1.7 | 0 | 92,684 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MNP-NPP | 38,647 | 0.8 | 0 | 37,047 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SZDSZ-Fidesz | 23,702 | 0.5 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | |
| Green Party of Hungary | 19,434 | 0.4 | 0 | 17,951 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ASZ-SZFV | 12,958 | 0.3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| ASZ-HVK | 12,926 | 0.3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| National Smallholders' and Civic Party | 12,366 | 0.3 | 0 | 9,944 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party | 7,564 | 0.2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| KDNP-Fidesz-SZDSZ | 6,473 | 0.1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | |
| Somorgy County Christian Coalition | 5,029 | 0.1 | 0 | 5,966 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Cooperative and Agrarian Party | 5,882 | 0.1 | 0 | 4,945 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TEDISZ-FEDISZ | 3,759 | 0.1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Hungarian Democratic Party | 4,640 | 0.1 | 0 | 2,954 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Party | 4,342 | 0.1 | 0 | 2,814 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MSZP-ASZ | 2,255 | 0.1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Independence Party | 2,129 | 0.0 | 0 | 2,143 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance for the Village and Countryside | 3,092 | 0.1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Holy Crown Society | 1,906 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Generations, Party of Pensioners and Families | 1,762 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| MSZP-HVK | 1,589 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance for the Protection of Nature and Society | 1,284 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Hungarian Workers' Democratic Center Party | 973 | 0.0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Party for Rural Hungary | 690 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Hungarian Gypsies | 613 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| People of the Orient Party-Christian Democrats | 346 | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 342,674 | 6.9 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 96,109 | – | – | 172,136 | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 5,055,429 | 100 | 176 | 5,081,849 | 100 | 120 | 90 | 386 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,798,827 | 65.0 | – | 7,822,661 | 65.1 | – | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||||
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