This article lists political parties in Hungary. Hungary has a multi-party system since it gained independence following the Revolutions of 1989. Since 2026, the political landscape has been dominated by two major parties: the Tisza Party which has a supermajority in the National Assembly, and the Fidesz–KDNP alliance which consists of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The latter is currently the main opposition party.
Political parties have been a core part of Hungarian politics since the Hungarian Reform Era and the long debate leading up to the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, with liberals being represented by the Opposition Party and conservatives being represented by the Conservative Party. Political parties continued to play a role in Hungarian politics following the Kiegyezés of 1867, especially among Hungarian liberal nationalists. Under the authoritarian regency of the Horthy era, political parties were still allowed, although the Unity Party came to act as the party of power under early Hungarian fascism with support from the Hungarian nobility. Following Operation Panzerfaust, the only legal political party in Hungary was the pro-Nazi and "" Arrow Cross Party, which perpetrated the Holocaust in Hungary.
Following the Second World War, a brief period of multi-party democracy returned to Hungary, albeit under Soviet occupation. With Soviet aid and utilizing salami tactics, the Hungarian Communist Party and its Left Bloc coalition seized power in the 1947 "blue ballot" election. In 1948, the Hungarian Communist Party rebranded as the Hungarian Working People's Party, or MDP for short, and in 1949 wrote a constitution which established a Stalinist one-party dictatorship. Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the MDP reorganized as the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, or MSZMP for short, as part of Hungary's broader program of de-Stalinization.
In 1989, various different political parties participated in the Hungarian Round Table Talks and demonstrations against communist rule. Most of the political parties of Hungary today are in some way descended from these political parties, such as Fidesz and its outgrowth, the Tisza Party. The Democratic Coalition is an outgrowth of the Hungarian Socialist Party, which itself is an outgrowth of the reformist wing of the MSZMP. With growing opposition to the early liberal governments in Hungary and the rise of Viktor Orbán, far-right political movements began to emerge, culminating in the founding of Jobbik, which in 2018 became the largest opposition force in Hungary. However, Jobbik started to brand itself as a moderate conservative party to court mainstream voters, leading hardliners to break away and form the current main far-right party in Hungary, Our Homeland Movement; the opposition, meanwhile, formed the United for Hungary coalition, which was headed by the Democratic Coalition and became the largest opposition party in 2022.
Active parties Parties represented in the National Assembly and/or European Parliament NameAbbr.LeaderIdeologyPoliticalpositionMPsMEPsEPgroupTISZAPéter MagyarCentre-rightEPPFideszViktor OrbanRight-wingto far-rightPfEKDNPZsolt SemjénFar-rightPfEMHLászló ToroczkaiFar-rightESNDKLászló VarjuCentre-leftS&D
Minor parties Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Politicalposition EPgroup Hungarian Socialist Party MSZP Imre Komjáthi Centre-leftto left-wing S&D Dialogue – The Greens' Party PZ Centre-leftto left-wing Greens/EFA Momentum Movement MoMo Kincső Szilas Centre RE Movement for a Better Hungary Jobbik Béla Adorján Right-wing NI LMP – Hungary's Green Party LMP Centre tocentre-left Greens/EFA On the People's Side NP Péter Jakab Centre-right National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary MNOÖ Ibolya Hock-Englender German minority interests Centre-right National Self-Government of Romas MROÖ Mihály Dancs Romani minority interests Centre-right ReforMers ReforMerek Andrea Varga-Damm Centre-rightto right-wing Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement ISZOMM Tibor Szanyi Left-wing to Far-left Hungarian Liberal Party Liberálisok Anett Bősz Centre tocentre-left Huxit Party VP János Volner Right-wing Everybody's Hungary People's Party MMN Péter Márki-Zay Centre-right Hungarian Workers' Party Munkáspárt Gyula Thürmer Far-left Social Democratic Party of Hungary MSZDP László Andráska Social democracy Centre-leftto left-wing Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party MKKP Gergely Kovács Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left Európai Baloldal Attila Vajnai Left-wing Motherland Party HP Árpád Kásler Centre Civil Movement CM Mária Seres(hu) Third Way Centre-right Hungarian Environmentalists' Party ZÖLDEK Zoltán Medveczki Green conservatism Right-wing Solution Movement MEMO Dániel Bogó Digitalization Centre Party of Normal Life NÉP Ottó Stekler Vaccine hesitancy Centre Socialists and Democrats Attila Mesterházy Centre-left Prayer - Our Party IMA Vince Száva Ethnic party Centre-right Libertarian PartyLibertáriusok Balázs Gábori L. Libertarianism Centre White Raven Order PartyFehér Holló André Nyerges Third Way Centre Alternative Party Péter Dóczi Social democracy Centre-leftto left-wing Second Reform Era Party 2RK Gábor Vona Centrism Centre Cut taxes by 75% LA75 Áron Ecsenyi Libertarianism Right-wing
Historical parties Before the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 + List of political parties in Hungary before the Hungarian Revolution of 1848English nameHungarian nameActiveIdeology Centralists Centralisták (1843–1849) Centralism Classical liberalism Conservative Party Konzervatív Párt (1846–1849) Conservatism Liberal conservatism Opposition Party Ellenzéki Párt (1847–1849) Classical liberalism National liberalism Peace Party Békepárt (1848–1849) Peace with Austria Conservative liberalism
Between the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Ausgleich (1867) After the Revolution of 1848 three different political directions were created - '47ers, '48ers and '49ers.
+ List of political parties in Hungary between the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Ausgleich (1867)English nameHungarian nameActiveIdeology Address Party Felirati párt (1861–1865) Ideology of the '48ers National liberalism Resolution Party Határozati párt (1861) Ideology of the '49ers Radical liberalism Left Centre Balközép (1865–1875) Ideology of the '48ers (before the Ausgleich (1867)) Ideology of the '49ers (after the Ausgleich (1867))
During the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918) + List of political parties in Hungary during the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)English nameHungarian nameActiveIdeology Principled Left Centre Elvhű Balközép (1873–1874) '48 ideology Far-Left Szélsőbal (1861–1874) '49 ideology (before the Ausgleich (1867)) '67 ideology (after the Ausgleich (1867))) Deák Party Deák Párt (1865–1875) '48 ideology (before the Ausgleich (1867)) '67 ideology (after the Ausgleich (1867)) Liberal Party Liberális Párt / Szabadelvű Párt (1875–1906) Classical liberalism '67 ideology Independence Party Függetlenségi Párt (1874–1884) '48 ideology Independence Party of 1848 Negyvennyolcas Függetlenségi Párt (1874–1884) '48 ideology National Antisemitic Party Országos Antiszemita Párt (1883–1892) Antisemitism Party of Independence and '48 Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt (1884–1945) Classical liberalism '48 ideology MSZDP Magyar Szociáldemokrata Párt (1890–?) Social democracy Catholic People's Party Katolikus Néppárt (1894–1918) Christian socialism National Constitution Party Országos Alkotmánypárt (1905–1918) Classical liberalism '67 ideology National Party of Work Nemzeti Munkapárt (1910–1918) Classical liberalism '67 ideology Radical Civic Party Polgári Radikális Párt (1914–1919) Civic radicalism 48-er Constitution Party 48-as Alkotmánypárt (1918) '48 ideology Classical liberalism Independent Socialist Party Független Szocialista Párt (1897–1905) Socialism Agrarian socialism
During the First Hungarian Republic and Transitional period (1918–1920)
Name Abbr.ActiveIdeologyPolitical position Hungarian Communist PartyMagyar Kommunista Párt MKP (1918–1948) MarxismCommunism Far-left
During the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
English nameHungarian nameActiveIdeology Christian National Party Keresztény Nemzeti Párt (1919–1920) LegitimismChristian conservatismNational conservatism Christian Social and Economic Party Keresztény Szociális és Gazdasági Párt (1919–1920) Social conservatismChristian democracy Christian Socialist Party Keresztényszocialista Párt (1920–?) Christian socialism National Democratic Party Nemzeti Demokrata Párt (1920–?) Liberalism Civic Freedom Party Polgári Szabadságpárt (1921–1944) Liberalism '48 Smallholders Party 48-as Kisgazda Párt (1922–?) AgrarianismNational conservatism Alliance of Christian Unity Keresztény Egység Tábora (1922–?) Christian democracy Christian National Agricultural Workers' and Civic Party Keresztény Nemzeti Földmíves és Polgári Párt (1922–?) AgrarianismChristian democracy Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party Keresztény Földmíves és Iparos Párt (1922–?) AgrarianismChristian democracy Christian Women's League Keresztény Női Tábor (1918–1922) Christian democracyChristian feminism Christian National Economic Party Keresztény Nemzeti Gazdasági Párt (1925–1926) Christian democracyRoyalism Socialist Workers Party of Hungary Magyarországi Szocialista Munkáspárt (1925–1928) Social democracyCommunismCatch-all party Christian Economic and Social Party Keresztény Gazdasági és Szociális Párt (1926–1937) Christian democracy Christian Opposition Keresztény Ellenzék (1922–1939) Christian democracy Hungarian National Socialist Party Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt (1920s–1944) NazismAntisemitismHungarian Turanism Unity Party Egységes Párt (1922–1944) Szeged Idea Agrarian Party Agrár Párt (1926–?) AgrarianismNational conservatism Christian National Opposition Party Keresztény Nemzeti Ellenzéki Párt (1931–?) Christian democracyNational conservatism United Opposition Egyesült Ellenzék (1931–?) Christian Economic Opposition Party Keresztény Gazdasági Ellenzéki Párt (1931–?) Christian democracy United Hungarian National Socialist Party Egyesült Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt (1933–1940) National socialism National Legitimist Party Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt (1935–1937) Christian democracy Arrow Cross Party Nyilaskeresztes Párt (1935–1945) Hungarian TuranismFascismNazism Christian National Front Keresztény Nemzeti Front (1935–?) Christian democracy Reform Generation Reformnemzedék (1935–?) Christian National Socialist Front Keresztény Nemzeti Szocialista Front (1937–1940) National socialism
During the Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
Name Abbr.ActiveIdeologyPolitical position Civic Democratic Party PDP 1944–1949 Centre-right Hungarian Radical Party MRP 1945–1949,1989–1998 Left-wing Hungarian Freedom Party MSZP 1946–1947,1956,1989–1999 Right-wing Hungarian Independence Party MFP 1947, 1956,1989–1990 Right-wing Independent Hungarian Democratic Party FMDP 1947–1949,1989–2011 Liberalism Centre Christian Women's League KNT 1947–1949 Centre-right
During the Hungarian People's Republic (1949-1989)
Name Abbr.ActiveIdeologyPolitical position Hungarian Working People's Party MDP (1948–1956) Far-left Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (1956–1989) Far-left
During the Third Republic (since 1989)