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Hungary 1994 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1994 parliamentary election in Hungary?

Hungarian Socialist Party won 209 of 386 seats with 33.0% of the vote. 68.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Hungary
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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Hungarian Socialist Party won 209 of 386 seats with 33.0% of the vote; 68.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.8 points on 1990.

  • Hungarian Socialist Party 209 +176 seats 33.0% +22.1 points
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 69 −24 seats 19.7% −1.7 points
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum 38 −126 seats 11.7% −13.0 points
  • Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party 26 −18 seats 8.8% −2.9 points
  • Christian Democratic People's Party 22 +1 seat 7.0% +0.5 points
  • Fidesz 20 −2 seats 7.0% −2.0 points
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 0 0 seats 3.2% −0.5 points
  • Republican Party 0 2.5%
  • Agrarian Alliance 1 −1 seat 2.1% −1.0 points
  • Entrepreneurs' Party 1 +1 seat 0.6% −1.3 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Hungary 1990 parliamentary election, party by party.

194 of 386 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.0%

    Share of the vote won by Hungarian Socialist Party

    Hungarian Socialist Party won 209 of 386 seats. A majority needs 194.

  2. +176 seats

    Seats gained by Hungarian Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1990. Hungarian Democratic Forum lost 126 seats.

  3. 68.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.8 points on 1990.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Hungarian Socialist Party209+17633.0+22.11,781,504
Alliance of Free Democrats69−2419.7−1.71,065,889
Hungarian Democratic Forum38−12611.7−13.0633,770
Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party26−188.8−2.9476,272
Christian Democratic People's Party22+17.0+0.5379,523
Fidesz20−27.0−2.0379,344
Hungarian Workers' Party003.2−0.5172,109
Republican Party02.5137,561
Agrarian Alliance1−12.1−1.0113,384
Hungarian Justice and Life Party01.685,737
Entrepreneurs' Party1+10.6−1.333,367

± is the change against the Hungary 1990 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 1,781,504
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 1,065,889
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum 633,770
  • Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party 476,272
  • Christian Democratic People's Party 379,523
  • Fidesz 379,344
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 172,109
  • Republican Party 137,561
  • Agrarian Alliance 113,384
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party 85,737
  • Entrepreneurs' Party 33,367

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

68.9% of the 7,959,228 registered voters cast a ballot (5,485,538 ballots), up 3.8 points on 1990. 5,400,194 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Hungarian Socialist Party33.0% of votes54.1% of seats
  • Alliance of Free Democrats19.7% of votes17.9% of seats
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum11.7% of votes9.8% of seats
  • Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party8.8% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party7.0% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Fidesz7.0% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Agrarian Alliance2.1% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Entrepreneurs' Party0.6% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Hungarian Workers' Party3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Republican Party2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.5 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Hungarian Socialist Party led Alliance of Free Democrats by 13.3 points of the vote.

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