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Hungary 2004 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 2004 European Parliament election in Hungary?

Fidesz won 12 of 24 seats with 47.4% of the vote. 38.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Fidesz won 12 of 24 seats with 47.4% of the vote; 38.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Fidesz 12 47.4%
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 9 34.3%
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 2 7.7%
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum 1 5.3%
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party 0 2.4%
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 0 1.8%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote

Key numbers

  1. 47.4%

    Share of the vote won by Fidesz

    It led Hungarian Socialist Party by 13.1 points of the vote.

  2. 38.6%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

Votes by party
  • Fidesz 1,457,750
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 1,054,921
  • Alliance of Free Democrats 237,908
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum 164,025
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party 72,203
  • Hungarian Workers' Party 56,221

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?

38.6% of the 8,017,805 registered voters cast a ballot (3,097,657 ballots). 3,075,450 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fidesz47.4% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Hungarian Socialist Party34.3% of votes37.5% of seats
  • Alliance of Free Democrats7.7% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Hungarian Democratic Forum5.3% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Hungarian Justice and Life Party2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Fidesz led Hungarian Socialist Party by 13.1 points of the vote.

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