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Hungary 2018 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2018 parliamentary election in Hungary?

Fidesz–KDNP won 133 of 199 seats with 49.3% of the vote. 69.7% 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–KDNP won 133 of 199 seats with 49.3% of the vote; 69.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.9 points on 2014.

  • Fidesz–KDNP 0 0 seats 49.3% +4.4 points
  • Jobbik 26 +3 seats 19.1% −1.2 points
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 17 −12 seats 11.9% −13.7 points
  • LMP – Hungary's Green Party 8 +3 seats 7.1% +1.7 points
  • Democratic Coalition 9 +5 seats 5.4%
  • Momentum Movement 0 3.1%
  • Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party 0 1.7%
  • Together -- Party for a New Era 1 −2 seats 0.7%
  • National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary 1 0.5%
  • Fidesz 117 0 seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party 16 0 seats
  • Dialogue – The Greens' Party 3 +2 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 2014 parliamentary election, party by party.

100 of 199 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 49.3%

    Combined share of the vote of Fidesz–KDNP

    Fidesz–KDNP won 133 of 199 seats. A majority needs 100.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Coalition

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2014. Hungarian Socialist Party lost 12 seats.

  3. 69.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 7.9 points on 2014.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Fidesz–KDNP0049.3+4.42,824,647
Jobbik26+319.1−1.21,092,671
Hungarian Socialist Party17−1211.9−13.7682,605
LMP – Hungary's Green Party8+37.1+1.7404,428
Democratic Coalition9+55.4308,070
Momentum Movement03.1175,229
Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party01.799,414
Together -- Party for a New Era1−20.737,562
National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary10.526,477
Fidesz1170
Christian Democratic People's Party160
Dialogue – The Greens' Party3+2
Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party1

± is the change against the Hungary 2014 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Fidesz–KDNP 2,824,647
  • Jobbik 1,092,671
  • Hungarian Socialist Party 682,605
  • LMP – Hungary's Green Party 404,428
  • Democratic Coalition 308,070
  • Momentum Movement 175,229
  • Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party 99,414
  • Together -- Party for a New Era 37,562
  • National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary 26,477
  • Fidesz
  • Christian Democratic People's Party
  • Dialogue – The Greens' Party
  • Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party

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?

69.7% of the 8,312,173 registered voters cast a ballot (5,791,432 ballots), up 7.9 points on 2014. 5,732,283 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2002 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Fidesz–KDNP49.3% of votes66.8% of seats
  • Jobbik19.1% of votes13.1% of seats
  • Hungarian Socialist Party11.9% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Democratic Coalition5.4% of votes4.5% of seats
  • LMP – Hungary's Green Party7.1% of votes4.0% of seats
  • Together -- Party for a New Era0.7% of votes0.5% of seats
  • National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Momentum Movement3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Fidesz–KDNP led Jobbik by 30.2 points of the vote.

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