Hungarian parliamentary election, 1990

Results of SMCs

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 25 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 second free elections 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 József Antall became prime minister in coalition with the Christian Democratic People's Party and Independent Smallholders' Party.

Electoral system

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]

Results

Party	SMCs			MMCs			National seats	Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	National seats	Total 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
Entrepreneurs' Party	82,518	1.7	0	92,684	1.9	0	0	0
Hungarian People's Party	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

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p924
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p935

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