Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 Nohlen & Stöver, p926
Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.
This was the last election since 1990 that all of the mandate gained parties ran separately and not as alliance in electoral lists.
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 FKGP SZDSZ MIÉP MKM MDF KDNP MDNP Others Bács-Kiskun 27.5128.99 20.06 6.17 4.58 3.26 4.37 2.42 0.81 1.83 Baranya33.84 27.79 13.21 7.96 4.22 4.47 2.91 2.35 1.05 2.21 Békés29.97 25.24 20.40 6.38 4.01 5.90 2.75 1.85 0.76 2.74 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén35.88 26.24 13.26 5.56 4.70 5.65 2.31 3.69 1.26 1.45 Budapest33.13 26.54 8.57 11.03 8.84 3.86 3.67 1.79 2.55 - Csongrád 28.5731.35 15.72 7.14 4.58 4.13 3.43 2.01 1.04 2.03 Fejér35.12 30.09 12.74 7.01 4.22 3.61 2.69 1.95 1.11 1.46 Győr-Moson-Sopron 30.8734.29 11.97 6.98 4.59 2.55 3.00 2.85 1.49 1.42 Hajdú-Bihar (first round, invalid)34.15 28.01 14.99 5.89 6.74 3.54 2.71 2.56 - 1.40 Hajdú-Bihar (second round, valid) 39.3540.09 9.08 2.91 5.69 2.25 - 0.62 - - Heves34.96 23.76 12.50 8.08 6.07 6.44 2.77 3.55 1.30 0.58 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok34.78 24.77 16.35 7.27 3.63 6.51 2.05 1.98 0.70 1.97 Komárom-Esztergom38.83 24.94 12.61 9.12 4.07 4.28 2.49 1.67 1.12 0.86 Nógrád32.17 27.21 10.80 5.53 2.92 10.42 2.57 4.88 1.02 2.47 Pest29.13 27.67 15.26 8.89 7.82 3.09 3.66 3.19 1.29 - Somogy35.41 29.92 16.44 5.07 4.01 3.30 2.10 2.09 1.21 0.44 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (first round, invalid)33.19 24.61 19.53 5.36 2.70 3.25 3.39 3.45 0.73 3.80 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (second round, valid)40.32 37.55 12.67 3.19 2.51 2.24 - - - 1.51 Tolna33.03 29.61 13.72 6.68 3.01 3.07 3.55 4.29 0.90 2.13 Vas 27.5735.51 14.29 9.16 2.62 2.35 2.94 3.51 1.35 0.89 Veszprém 28.6935.03 13.43 7.48 4.14 3.03 3.13 2.29 1.61 1.18 Zala 27.2732.24 17.65 7.50 3.70 3.15 2.53 2.69 2.00 1.27 Total (first round, including invalid)32.25 28.18 13.78 7.88 5.55 4.08 3.12 2.59 1.40 1.19 Total after the second round32.92 29.48 13.15 7.57 5.47 3.95 2.80 2.31 1.34 1.01
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References
External links National Electoral Office