2002 Budapest Assembly election

The 2002 Budapest Assembly election was held on 20 October 2002, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.

2002 Budapest Assembly election

20 Oct 2002
All 66 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Erzsébet Gy. Németh Kálmán Katona Party MSZP Fidesz-MDF Last election 20 seats 22 seats Seats won 24 21 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 262,998 230,992 Percentage 35.58% 31.25%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gábor Demszky István Csurka Party SZDSZ MIÉP Last election 18 seats 6 seats Seats won 16 5 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 171,244 48,514 Percentage 23.17% 6.56%

Mayor

Main article: 2002 Budapest mayoral election

Incumbent Gábor Demszky was directly elected mayor in a three-way race against Fidesz–KDNP supported independent candidate Pál Schmitt and MSZP candidate Erzsébet Gy. Németh with 46.70% of the vote.

Results

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 2002
Party	Candidates	Vote	Percentage	Vote change	Seats	Seat change
Hungarian Socialist Party	Erzsébet Gy. Németh Tibor Bakonyi Zoltán Ajkay Pál Vajda János Schiffer ...	262 998	35.58%	8.08%	24	4
Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum	Kálmán Katona Tamás Deutsch László Szőke András Deák Zsolt Wintermantel ...	230 992	31.25%	0.26%	21	1
Alliance of Free Democrats	Gábor Demszky András Bőhm János Atkári László Rajk István Molnár ...	171 244	23.17%	2.02%	16	2
Hungarian Justice and Life Party	István Csurka László Zsinka Zoltán Balczó Zoltán Fenyvessy Péter Pál Marsi ...	48 514	6.56%	2.56%	5	1