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Hungary
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Hungary |
Parliamentary |
First Round: May 10, 1998
Second Round: May 24, 1998 |
At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the National Assembly: 386
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Description
of government structure:
- The members of Hungary's unicameral
parliament, the National Assembly, are directly elected for four-year terms.
- The members of the National Assembly are
elected via a mixed voting system made of single-member and territorial constituencies and compensational national lists.
- A second round is necessary if no more than
half the registered electors cast their vote in the first round, or, in the case of individual constituencies, if none of the candidates receive more than half of the votes cast in the first round.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party:
Federation of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party (Fidesz-MPP)
Leader: Viktor ORBAN
Seats won in the last election: 20
Seats won in this election: 148
- Party:
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
Leader: Gyula HORN
Seats won in the last election: 209
Seats won in this election: 134
- Party:
Independent Smallholders (FKgP)
Leader: Josef TORGYAN
Seats won in the last election: 26
Seats won in this election: 48
- Party:
Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)
Leader: Gabor KUNCZE
Seats won in the last election: 69
Seats won in this election: 24
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Elections to the National Assembly last
held: May 8 and 29, 1994
- Seats decided in the last election: 386
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 10,135,000
- Number of registered voters: 8,094,214
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Of Interest:
- The 1998 parliamentary
election was the third of the post-communist era in Hungary.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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