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Hungary 2002 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2002 parliamentary election in Hungary?

Hungarian Socialist Party won 178 of 386 seats with 42.0% of the vote. 70.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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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 178 of 386 seats with 42.0% of the vote; 70.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 14.3 points on 1998.

  • Hungarian Socialist Party 178 +44 seats 42.0% +9.2 points
  • Fidesz 164 +16 seats 41.1% +11.6 points
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 20 −4 seats 5.6% −2.0 points
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party 0 −14 seats 4.4% −1.1 points
  • Christian Democratic People's Party 0 0 seats 3.9% +1.6 points
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 0 0 seats 2.2% −1.8 points
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum 24 +7 seats
  • 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 1998 parliamentary election, party by party.

194 of 386 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.0%

    Share of the vote won by Hungarian Socialist Party

    Hungarian Socialist Party won 178 of 386 seats. A majority needs 194.

  2. +44 seats

    Seats gained by Hungarian Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1998. Hungarian Justice and Life Party lost 14 seats.

  3. 70.5%

    Voter turnout

    Up 14.3 points on 1998.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Hungarian Socialist Party178+4442.0+9.22,361,997
Fidesz164+1641.1+11.62,306,763
Alliance of Free Democrats20−45.6−2.0313,084
Hungarian Justice and Life Party0−144.4−1.1245,326
Christian Democratic People's Party003.9+1.6219,029
Hungarian Workers' Party002.2−1.8121,503
Hungarian Democratic Forum24+7

± is the change against the Hungary 1998 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 2,361,997
  • Fidesz 2,306,763
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 313,084
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party 245,326
  • Christian Democratic People's Party 219,029
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 121,503
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum

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?

70.5% of the 8,061,101 registered voters cast a ballot (5,685,655 ballots), up 14.3 points on 1998. 5,616,750 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Hungarian Socialist Party42.0% of votes46.1% of seats
  • Fidesz41.1% of votes42.5% of seats
  • Alliance of Free Democrats5.6% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party4.4% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Hungarian Workers' Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Hungarian Socialist Party led Fidesz by 1.0 point of the vote.

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