2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

2002 Hungarian parliamentary election

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All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	70.53% (first round) 73.51% (second round)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Viktor Orbán Péter Medgyessy Gábor Kuncze Party Fidesz-MDF MSZP SZDSZ Leader since 6 July 1998[a] June 2001[c] 1 July 2001 Last election 165 seats, 32.28%[b] 134 seats, 32.92% 24 seats, 7.57% Seats won 188 / 386 Fidesz 179, MDF 9 179 / 386 [d] 19 / 386 Seat change 23 45 5 1R vote and % 2,217,755 (39.4%) 2,277,737 (40.5%) 380,982 (6.8%) 2R vote and % 2,196,540 (50.0%) 2,011,845 (45.8%) 126,966 (2.9%) Party vote 2,306,763 2,361,983 313,084 % and swing 41.07% 8.79 pp 42.05% 6.13 pp 5.57% 2.00 pp
Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Government before election First Orbán Government Fidesz–FKGP–MDF Government after election Medgyessy Government MSZP–SZDSZ

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.^[1][2] Although Fidesz remained the largest party in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats.

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