Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 Nohlen & Stöver, p927
Although Fidesz–Hungarian Democratic Forum gained the most seats in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the alliance narrowly failed to gain an absolute majority. Therefore, the centre-left party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats, just like in 1994.
Electoral system The unicameral National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party had to win at least 5% of the national vote (based on the total of regional list votes) to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly had 386 members, elected for a four-year term in a mixed system: 176 members in single-seat constituencies by a modified two-round system, 152 in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize semi-proportional representation.
Results
Party list results by county County MSZP Fidesz–MDF SZDSZ MIÉP CP–KDNP MP FKGP Others Bács-Kiskun 35.6049.84 4.38 3.62 3.13 1.95 1.50 - Baranya46.73 38.59 5.08 3.09 3.40 2.46 0.65 - Békés42.45 40.98 4.36 3.68 3.52 3.58 1.42 - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén47.86 37.80 3.52 3.67 3.72 2.68 0.47 0.26 Budapest44.12 31.58 9.56 6.96 5.72 1.80 0.27 - Csongrád 40.5043.16 4.48 3.67 4.59 2.42 1.04 0.14 Fejér 42.2043.39 4.80 3.36 3.86 1.90 0.49 - Győr-Moson-Sopron 36.2451.15 4.10 3.26 3.23 1.50 0.53 - Hajdú-Bihar 39.5447.72 3.76 3.25 2.54 1.79 1.26 0.15 Heves47.24 36.69 4.91 4.43 2.62 3.16 0.66 0.28 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok46.15 37.96 4.41 3.68 2.68 3.74 1.37 - Komárom-Esztergom49.33 36.35 5.04 3.10 3.21 2.17 0.56 0.24 Nógrád43.50 39.13 3.89 3.35 2.57 6.68 0.48 0.41 Pest 40.2741.04 6.65 5.65 3.95 1.58 0.69 0.17 Somogy 41.4743.96 3.66 3.36 4.47 1.95 1.12 - Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 42.6244.99 2.73 2.81 3.45 1.44 1.39 0.58 Tolna 41.0244.17 5.05 3.93 2.84 2.23 0.77 - Vas 32.3953.48 5.41 3.06 3.59 1.22 0.73 0.12 Veszprém 37.0048.08 5.24 3.35 3.74 1.78 0.49 0.32 Zala 36.4749.49 4.47 3.76 3.24 1.68 0.90 - Total42.05 41.07 5.57 4.37 3.90 2.16 0.75 0.12
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References
External links National Electoral Office