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2009 European Parliament election in Hungary
← 2004 7 June 2009 2014 →
All 22 seats of Hungary in the European Parliament
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Pál Schmitt Kinga Göncz Krisztina Morvai
Party Fidesz–KDNP MSZP Jobbik
Alliance EPP S&D NI
Last election 12 9 0
Seats won 14 4 3
Seat change Increase2 Decrease5 Increase3
Popular vote 1,632,309 503,140 427,773
Percentage 56.37% 17.37% 14.77%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lajos Bokros Tímea Szabó István Szent-Iványi
Party MDF LMP SZDSZ
Alliance ECR NI ALDE
Last election 1 new 2
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Steady0 new Decrease2
Popular vote 153,660 75,522 62,527
Percentage 5.31% 2.61% 2.16%

An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 June.

Candidates

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Among the candidates that ran were:

Election

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The election in Hungary took place according to the 2003 CXIII. law about European election and the 1997 C. election law. According to this the country consists of a single election district and those parties will be put on the ballot who could collect 20,000 proposal coupons.[1][2] Eight qualified lists were approved by Hungarian authorities to be put on the ballot, of which two of them were shared lists. Fidesz shared its party list with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) to create a joint Fidesz-KDNP list, and Politics Can Be Different shared its party list with the Humanist Party to create a joint LMP-HP list.

Hungarian Proposal coupon used in the 2009 election

Opinion polls

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Source Date Fidesz MSZP SZDSZ MDF Jobbik others
Medián[3] 25 February 2009 63% 25% 4% 2% 4% 2%
Medián[4] 18 March 2009 66% 23% 2% 4% 4% 1%
Tárki[5] 30 March 2009 62% 23% 3% 3% 4% 5%
Marketing Centrum[6] 30 March 2009 61% 25% 3% 4% 5% 2%
Progresszív Intézet[7] 13 April 2009 62% 25% 3% 5% 3% 2%
Medián[8] 15 April 2009 70% 18% 2% 2% 4% 4%
Századvég-Forsense[9] 21 April 2009 70% 18% 2% 1% 5% 4%
Forsense[10] 27 April 2009 63% 27% 2% 2% 6% 1%
Tárki[11] 29 April 2009 64% 22% 4% 2% 4% 4%
Gallup[12] 8 May 2009 68% 21% 1% 2% 5% 3%
Századvég-Forsense[13] 26 May 2009 71% 17% 1% 2% 6% 3%
Nézőpont[14] 27 May 2009 66% 14% 4% 6% 7% 3%
Tárki[15] 27 May 2009 70% 17% 3% 1% 4% 5%
Szonda Ipsos[16] 28 May 2009 67% 21% 2% 3% 4% 3%
Marketing Centrum[17] 1 June 2009 61% 19% 5% 4% 8% 5%
Medián[18] 3 June 2009 60% 21% 4% 4% 7% 4%

Results

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The European Parliament elections' biggest winners were the centre-right opposition Fidesz party, which won 56% of the vote and 14 seats. The far-right Jobbik ("For a Better Hungary") party also performed stronger than expected. The Hungarian Democratic Forum also gained one seat, so the former finance minister Lajos Bokros could travel to Brussels.

The liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) was almost wiped off the political map, attracting only 60,000 votes or 2%, compared to more than a million in the country's first free elections 19 years ago.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Fidesz-KDNP1,632,30956.3614+2
Hungarian Socialist Party503,14017.374–5
Jobbik427,77314.773New
Hungarian Democratic Forum153,6605.3110
Politics Can Be Different + Humanist Party75,5222.610New
Alliance of Free Democrats62,5272.160–2
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party27,8170.9600
Romani Alliance Party13,4310.460New
Total2,896,179100.0022–2
Valid votes2,896,17999.15
Invalid/blank votes24,7690.85
Total votes2,920,948100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,046,08636.30
Source: Valasztas.hu

By county

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County[19][20] Fidesz-KDNP MSZP Jobbik MDF LMP-HP SZDSZ Workers' Party MCF
Bács-Kiskun 65.34 13.30 12.41 4.40 1.65 1.49 0.83 0.58
Baranya 59.94 18.21 10.70 5.29 2.55 1.68 0.94 0.69
Békés 57.07 17.02 16.56 4.58 1.60 1.34 1.49 0.35
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 49.11 19.30 22.88 4.05 1.54 1.15 1.23 0.75
Budapest 48.12 22.30 12.59 6.54 4.88 4.46 0.93 0.17
Csongrád 58.32 17.64 12.53 5.90 2.46 1.78 1.21 0.15
Fejér 58.73 16.79 13.90 5.48 2.35 1.69 0.91 0.16
Győr-Moson-Sopron 64.48 14.34 11.75 5.44 1.89 1.32 0.65 0.13
Hajdú-Bihar 60.63 12.58 17.10 5.25 1.96 1.15 0.93 0.39
Heves 50.06 19.23 20.17 4.74 1.75 1.67 1.19 1.20
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 53.35 17.76 19.02 4.76 1.65 1.42 1.73 0.32
Komárom-Esztergom 55.43 21.02 12.53 5.74 2.05 1.88 1.07 0.28
Nógrád 54.04 17.70 18.68 4.36 1.39 1.21 1.88 0.73
Pest 56.71 15.03 16.63 5.43 2.98 2.20 0.73 0.29
Somogy 64.34 16.51 10.94 4.18 1.58 1.25 0.85 0.34
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 57.36 14.15 18.49 4.18 1.14 1.04 0.86 2.77
Tolna 64.38 15.34 11.68 4.76 1.53 1.25 0.71 0.34
Vas 68.37 13.31 9.25 4.96 1.78 1.66 0.53 0.13
Veszprém 60.11 16.41 13.44 5.34 2.20 1.59 0.77 0.14
Zala 63.13 14.63 12.94 5.15 1.60 1.52 0.70 0.33
Foreign representations 50.45 11.90 15.40 6.34 9.84 5.83 0.03 0.21
Total 56.36 17.37 14.77 5.31 2.61 2.16 0.96 0.46

List of seat winners

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Consequences

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Alliance of Free Democrats Party leader Gábor Fodor announced that he will offer his resignation in case his party will not reach the 5% limit needed for representation in the European Parliament (the same limit is applied in national elections). After the election results were published Fodor repeated his statement promising to offer his resignation to the party congress the following day. The election result ultimately caused mass resignations including Fodor in the leadership of SZDSZ and internal turmoil in the party. The election results prompted an intense debate about the future of the party in MSZP as well.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EP választások 2009". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. ^ EP-választás 2009. június 7-én – Amit tudni érdemes
  3. ^ Medián, Jobbkanyar Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Medián, Van még lejjebb? Archived 22 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Tárki, Tájkép vihar előtt Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Marketing Centrum, Gyurcsány után, Bajnai előtt: kétharmados Fidesz, erősödő Jobbik Archived 22 February 2012 at archive.today
  7. ^ Progresszív Intézet poll, Soha nem látott mélységben az MSZP Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine in Magyar Nemzet
  8. ^ "Medián". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  9. ^ Századvég-Forsense
  10. ^ Forsense
  11. ^ Tárki
  12. ^ Gallup
  13. ^ Századvég-Forsense
  14. ^ "Nézőpont". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  15. ^ Tárki
  16. ^ Szonda Ipsos
  17. ^ "Marketing Centrum". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  18. ^ "Medián". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  19. ^ "A szavazatok területi megoszlása".
  20. ^ "Külképviseleti szavazás eredménye".
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