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2022 Hungarian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 3 April 2022 to elect the National Assembly, coinciding with a referendum.[1][2] Hungary's incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán won re-election to a fourth term. Addressing his supporters after the partial results showed Fidesz leading by a wide margin, Orbán said: "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."[3] Opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay admitted defeat shortly after Orbán's speech.[4] Reuters described it as a "crushing victory".[5]

2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
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All 199 seats in the National Assembly
100 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout69.59% (Decrease 0.14pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Viktor Orbán Péter Márki-Zay László Toroczkai
Party Fidesz Independent (MMM) Our Homeland
Alliance Fidesz–KDNP United for Hungary
Leader since 17 May 2003 17 October 2021 23 June 2018
Leader's seat Party list Party list[b] Party list[c]
Last election 133 seats, 49.27% Did not exist Did not exist[a]
Seats won
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease8 New party
Constituency vote 2,823,419 1,983,708 307,064
% 52.52% 36.90% 5.71%
Party vote 3,060,706 1,947,331 332,487
% and swing 54.13% Increase 4.86pp 34.44% Decrease 12.03pp 5.88% New
Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Government before election

Fourth Orbán Government
Fidesz–KDNP

Government after election

Fifth Orbán Government
Fidesz–KDNP

With 54.13% of the popular vote, Fidesz received the highest vote share by any party since the Fall of Communism in 1989. The election had been predicted to be closer than in previous years but Fidesz still held a 5–6 percentage point lead in the polls leading up to the vote.[6] OSCE deployed a full monitoring mission for the vote.[7] The results showed that Fidesz outperformed polls, winning its first absolute majority of the vote share since 2010 while expanding its supermajority to control 135 seats of the 199-seat Parliament, comfortably ahead of the opposition alliance United for Hungary, which was set to win 57 seats after 100% of the votes had been counted.[8] The Mi Hazánk party won seats for the first time, obtaining 6 seats.[9]

Internationally, the election was seen as a victory for right-wing populism with Orbán being an ally of former US President Donald Trump and other right-wing figures.[10]

Background

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Amendment of the electoral law

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The electoral law, under which the previous two elections were held (2014 and 2018), specified the number of constituency candidates a party needed to run nationwide at 27, in at least 9 counties. On 15 December 2020, the National Assembly, in which the governing parties held the needed a two-third majority, voted to increase the requirements to a total of 71 constituency candidates in at least 14 counties and the capital.[11][12]

Creation of joint opposition list

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In 2019 local elections, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, Dialogue, and numerous other parties or independent candidates ran in joint lists. It enabled opposition parties to win the majority in the General Assembly of Budapest and in ten of the 23 cities with county rights.[13] On 13 August 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, MLP,[14] UK,[15] and Dialogue decided to field joint candidates in all of Hungary's 106 constituencies and launch a joint program for the elections.[16]

On 15 November 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement and Dialogue agreed on running with a common candidate for Prime Minister, to be selected in a primary election. They expect the candidate to be selected by 23 October 2021.[17] On 20 December 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, and Dialogue decided on running together on a common list, solidifying their electoral alliance.[18][19] The leaders of the respective parties have also signed a declaration containing the terms of their cooperation, titled "Korszakváltás Garanciái" ("Principles for Hungary's governance after 2022"). The opposition coalition was very ideologically diverse, something described by observers as a potential hindrance to presenting a united front to defeat Orbán.[20]

Opposition primary

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Main article: 2021 Hungarian opposition primary

The Opposition primary was held in Hungary, between 12 and 27 September 2021 (first round) and 10–16 October 2021 (second round), to select the candidate for Prime Minister of Hungary supported by the opposition parties to form a coalition to compete in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election. It was the first countrywide primary election in the political history of Hungary. On 17 October 2021, non-partisan candidate Péter Márki-Zay won in the runoff (second round) of the opposition primary, becoming the United Opposition candidate in the election for prime minister. The parties had also selected common candidates for single-member districts via the primary in the first round.[21]

Electoral system

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The 199 members of the National Assembly are to be elected by mixed-member majoritarian representation with two methods; 106 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 93 elected from a single nationwide constituency mostly by proportional representation, via a partially compensatory system (a hybrid of parallel voting and mixed single vote). The electoral threshold is set at 5%, although this is raised to 10% for coalitions of two parties and 15% for coalitions of three or more parties. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.[22]

The governing party is allowed to draw the boundaries of the single-member constituencies, and the boundaries were gerrymandered by the Fidesz government prior to the 2014 elections. The redrawing was done in a way that smaller constituencies (with fewer than 70,000 voters) had higher concentrations of Fidesz voters than larger constituencies (over 80,000 voters), meaning fewer votes were required to elect Fidesz constituency candidates.[23] In 2010, seats varied in population by 35%.[24]

Since 2014 each of the Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian ethnic minorities can win one of the 93 party lists seats if they register as a specific list and reach a lowered quota of   of the total of party list votes. Each minority is able to send a minority spokesman – without the rights of a MP – to the National Assembly, if the list does not reach this lowered quota.[25] Due to internal disputes, the National Self-Government of Romani did not participate in the election.[26]

Parties and coalitions

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The following parties are represented in the National Assembly, or are commonly included in public opinion polling:

Party/Coalition
Full name 		Ideology Leader(s) 2018 result Seats just before the election
Votes (%) Seats
Fidesz–KDNP Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance 		National conservatism Viktor Orbán 49.27
116 / 199
116 / 199
KDNP
Christian Democratic People's Party 		Christian right Zsolt Semjén
17 / 199
17 / 199
United for Hungary
Egységben Magyarországért 		Jobbik
Movement for a Better Hungary 		Conservatism Péter Jakab 19.06
26 / 199
17 / 199
MSZP
Hungarian Socialist Party 		Social democracy Bertalan Tóth
Ágnes Kunhalmi 		11.31
17 / 199
15 / 199
Dialogue
Dialogue for Hungary 		Green politics Gergely Karácsony
Tímea Szabó
3 / 199
5 / 199
DK
Democratic Coalition 		Social liberalism Ferenc Gyurcsány 5.38
9 / 199
9 / 199
LMP
LMP – Hungary's Green Party 		Green liberalism Máté Kanász-Nagy
Erzsébet Schmuck 		7.06
8 / 199
6 / 199
Momentum
Momentum Movement 		Liberalism Anna Donáth 3.06
0 / 199
0 / 199
Mi Hazánk
Our Homeland Movement 		Hungarian nationalism László Toroczkai Did not exist[a]
2 / 199
Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt
Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party 		Joke party Gergely Kovács 1.73
0 / 199
0 / 199
Normális Élet Pártja
Party of Normal Life 		Vaccine hesitancy György Gődény 0.07[d]
0 / 199
0 / 199
Megoldás Mozgalom
Solution Movement 		Digitalization György Gattyán Did not exist
0 / 199
Independents – – 1.01[e]
1 / 199
6 / 199
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Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
 
  Fidesz–KDNP
  United for Hungary
  MKKP
  Mi Hazánk
 
  Fidesz–KDNP
  Jobbik
  MSZP
  Párbeszéd
  LMP
  DK
  Momentum
  MKKP
  Mi Hazánk

Results

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Turnout (within Hungary only, excluding eligible voters abroad)[27]
7:00 9:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 18:30 Overall
1.82% 10.31% 25.77% 40.01% 52.75% 62.92% 67.80% 70.21%
 
PartyParty-listConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Fidesz-KDNP3,060,70654.13482,823,41952.8087135+2
United for Hungary1,947,33134.44381,983,70837.091957–8
Our Homeland Movement332,4875.886307,0645.7406New
Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party185,0523.270126,6482.37000
Solution Movement58,9291.04064,3411.2000New
Party of Normal Life39,7200.70031,4950.5900New
National Self-Government of Germans24,6300.44110
National Self-Government of Croats1,7600.03000
National Self-Government of Slovaks1,2080.02000
National Self-Government of Rusyns6450.01000
National Self-Government of Romanians5260.01000
National Self-Government of Serbs4180.01000
National Self-Government of Ukrainians3960.01000
National Self-Government of Poles2810.00000
National Self-Government of Greeks2320.00000
National Self-Government of Slovenes2190.00000
National Self-Government of Armenians1630.00000
National Self-Government of Bulgarians1570.00000
Leftist Alliance8,6780.1600New
True Democratic Party9890.0200New
Civic Response5210.0100New
Our Party – IMA3260.0100New
Party of Greens2080.0000New
Democratic Organisation of the Hungarian Poor and Workers1770.0000New
Hungarian Liberal Party1520.00000
Total5,654,860100.00935,347,726100.001061990
Valid votes5,654,86099.00
Invalid/blank votes57,0651.00
Total votes5,711,925100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,215,30469.53
Source: National Electoral Commission,[27] National Electoral Commission

Result by constituency

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See also: 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election results by constituency

Party list results by county and in the diaspora

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County[28] Fidesz-KDNP United for Hungary Our Homeland MKKP MM NÉP Turnout [29]
Bács-Kiskun 57.25 29.66 7.58 3.08 1.01 0.81 67.5%
Baranya 49.67 36.08 5.93 3.54 0.93 0.86 67.5%
Békés 52.81 34.36 7.64 2.62 0.92 0.89 66.4%
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 54.38 34.29 6.89 2.31 0.99 0.78 64.7%
Budapest 40.84 47.84 4.11 5.19 1.26 0.53 75.5%
Csongrád-Csanád 47.44 39.69 7.34 3.61 1.10 0.72 70.5%
Fejér 53.55 33.80 6.62 3.52 1.15 0.76 71.5%
Győr-Moson-Sopron 57.07 30.83 6.21 3.28 1.33 0.72 73.7%
Hajdú-Bihar 57.88 30.87 6.60 2.69 1.02 0.83 66.1%
Heves 54.98 33.37 7.31 2.50 0.97 0.74 69.0%
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 55.58 33.02 7.15 2.45 0.95 0.82 65.9%
Komárom-Esztergom 50.53 36.32 6.72 3.39 1.11 0.95 69.3%
Nógrád 59.00 29.27 7.66 2.15 0.80 0.68 66.9%
Pest 50.88 36.44 5.81 4.05 1.25 0.66 72.9%
Somogy 56.33 33.48 5.97 2.22 1.02 0.66 68.2%
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 61.66 29.04 5.59 1.64 0.91 0.80 65.4%
Tolna 58.95 28.49 6.67 2.46 0.90 0.81 68.8%
Vas 59.94 29.55 5.59 2.89 0.89 0.72 74.8%
Veszprém 52.57 34.44 6.88 3.39 1.00 0.76 71.8%
Zala 56.72 31.98 6.63 2.68 0.95 0.94 71.6%
Total in Hungary 52.45 36.15 6.15 3.42 1.10 0.73 70.21%
Diaspora 93.89 4.12 1.06 0.61 0.10 0.22
Total 54.13 34.44 5.88 3.27 1.04 0.70 69.59%

Aftermath

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Viktor Orbán celebrating his victory

Hungary's incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán, seeking a fourth consecutive term in office, declared victory on Sunday night, with partial results showing his Fidesz party leading the vote by a wide margin. Addressing his supporters after the partial results, Orbán said: "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."[3] Orbán would go on to declare his victory as a rebuke against the Hungarian left, international media, George Soros, the "Brussels bureaucrats", and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[30][31][32] Opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay admitted defeat shortly after Orbán's speech.[4] Reuters described it as a "crushing victory", and that "voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, 'illiberal' state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow."[5]

Although the election had been predicted to be closer than in previous years, Fidesz maintained a 5–6 percentage point lead in the polls leading up to the vote.[6] The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitored the vote amid fears of electoral fraud.[7] Preliminary results showed Fidesz was set to outperform polls, retain its supermajority, and control 135 seats of the 199-seat Hungarian Parliament, significantly ahead of the main opposition alliance United for Hungary, which was set to win 57 seats after 100% of the votes had been counted.[8] The Mi Hazánk party also entered Parliament for the first time, winning 6 seats.[9]

Analysis

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Domestically, the degree of Fidesz's victory was attributed to Fidesz's influence over the domestic media landscape, voters' desire for stability during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, strong ideological differences within the main opposition coalition, the perception of Márki-Zay as inexperienced, and urban–rural political polarization.[33] Some analysts claimed that the majority of Jobbik voters turned out for Fidesz or Mi Hazánk instead of the united opposition.[34] Márki-Zay shared this assessment, admitting that the united opposition may have lost up to "two thirds" of Jobbik voters.[35] Other opposition leaders could not immediately agree on how to assess their defeat. DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány and Jobbik leader Péter Jakab blamed Márky-Zay,[36][37][38] while Bernadett Szél and Ákos Hadházy did not.[39] Péter Ungár stated that while it was a "strategic mistake" for a centre-left alliance to nominate the conservative Márky-Zay, the united opposition's "elitist" rhetoric may have hurt it with rural voters even in traditionally left-leaning constituencies.[40]

Politico predicted Orbán's victory would lead to further clashes between the Hungarian government and European Union institutions.[41] Analysts found that Fidesz performed strongest in areas with high birthrates[42] and with lower educational or economic attainment,[43][44] while the united opposition did best in Budapest and in a few other urban areas.[45]

Conduct

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International observers' assessments of the electoral process were mixed. The OSCE monitoring mission evaluated that "the legal framework forms an adequate basis for democratic elections to be held, but a number of key aspects fall short of international standards." The OSCE added that the election day passed peacefully, with observers assessing the process as well-organized, orderly, and smooth. The monitoring mission further reported that the elections "offered voters distinct alternatives and were well run, but, while competitive, was marred by the pervasive overlapping of government and ruling coalition’s messaging that blurred the line between state and party, as well as by media bias and opaque campaign funding."[46] Human Rights Watch stated that the election was "marred by serious concerns about its fairness", adding that the "EU has responded insufficiently to the hollowing out of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary",[47] while Freedom House described the election as neither free nor fair.[48]

Anomalies over postal ballots

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Since the 2014 parliamentary election, the right to vote is extended to Hungarian citizens, after a registration process, who do not have a permanent residence in Hungary (i.e. mostly the Hungarian diaspora in the neighboring countries, who have dual citizenship); however, they can only vote for the national list of Hungarian parties, so they do not have a chance to vote in individual constituencies. Unlike those Hungarians who have a Hungarian address but live abroad, the members of the Hungarian diaspora can cast their ballots by post without having to travel to an embassy or consulate. Critics say this method do not provide sufficient guarantees to prevent election fraud. Since 2014, the ruling party Fidesz–KDNP usually acquired more than 90 percent of the vote among the Hungarian diaspora.[49]

Transtelex.ro, a Hungarian-language Romanian news portal revealed all possible frauds allowed by the legally undeveloped system. For instance, the registration process was not secure, as the data allowed a voter to register on behalf of another person and retrieve voting documents to any address. In the case of identification sheets, it was not possible to determine with absolute certainty whether it had actually been completed by the person whose name appears on it. As a result of a change in legislation in 2021, it was possible to return the vote without the posted security sealed envelope, therefore, there was no guarantee that the ballot paper had not been replaced.[50] There were several reports that a person could also easily vote on behalf of their family members. Telex.hu reported a case that grandparents of a woman from Odorheiu Secuiesc, who resided in Budapest in the weeks of the election, filled her personal data and voted on her behalf. She said, "I have already been outraged that they have filled in the official paper and sent it for me, abusing my personal rights, but, in addition, they have voted for a party that I do not support because it represents an ideologically opposed position to me".[51]

According to reports, the activists of the Fidesz-ally Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) delivered the ballot papers instead of the Pošta Srbije in Vojvodina, Serbia. News portal Szabad Magyar Szó reported that the party officials sent messages to the registered voters to come to the local offices of the VMSZ to cast their ballot there.[49] In Transylvania, Romania, pro-Fidesz organizations and parties of the Hungarian minority, including the parliamentary party Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR or RMDSZ) also urged the registered voters to pass on their votes to them and not to entrust the postal service with the delivery of their ballot papers, because there is less chance that the vote will reach Hungary. In response, the Poșta Română complained against the call.[49]

In the area between Livezeni and Târgu Mureș in Romania, a bag containing partially burnt Hungarian election postal ballot papers was found on illegal waste dump on 1 April 2022. Every ballot paper was filled out with votes for the opposition United for Hungary alliance or Our Homeland Movement.[52] The National Election Office (NVI) and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) filed a criminal complaint over the burnt ballot papers to the Hungarian Police. Péter Márki-Zay, prime minister-candidate of the United for Hungary, called on the annulment of all postal votes. Anna Orosz of the Momentum Movement demanded that the government ensure a level playing field for all Hungarian citizens voting abroad. Jobbik politician Dániel Z. Kárpát compared the scandal with the infamous "blue-ballot" election in 1947. The Fidesz blamed the United for Hungary for burning the ballot papers, saying "the desperate left-wing is capable of anything despicable". The Fidesz-ally UDMR also condemned the "accusations of election fraud", assuming "an organized provocation" against the ethnic Hungarian minority in Romania.[49] The National Election Commission (NVB) announced on 3 April it will not investigate the issue of the discarded and burned postal ballots, because the election law only covers the territory of Hungary. The Curia of Hungary upheld the NVB's decision on 10 April 2022.[53]

The ruling Fidesz acquired 93.91 percent of the mail votes, which accounted for 8% of all votes cast on the party's national list. This meant an extra mandate for Fidesz. The United for Hungary and the Our Homeland gained only 4.1 and 1.06 percent, respectively.[54]

International responses

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Heads of government and heads of state congratulating Orbán on his victory included Russian president Vladimir Putin,[55] Czech president Miloš Zeman, Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša,[56] Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković,[57] Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,[58] Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama,[59] Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,[60] Israeli president Isaac Herzog,[61] Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,[62] Bulgarian president Rumen Radev,[63] Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov,[64] Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko,[65] Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić,[64] Slovak prime minister Eduard Heger,[66] Chinese premier Li Keqiang,[64] Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer, and Czech prime minister Petr Fiala.[67]

Other politicians and political parties to congratulate Orbán included Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's Northern League and former deputy prime minister,[68] Hunor Kelemen, leader of Romania's UDMR and deputy prime minister,[69] Nigel Farage, former leader of United Kingdom's Brexit Party,[70] former Slovak prime minister Robert Fico,[59] former U.S. president Donald Trump,[71] Marine Le Pen, leader of France's National Rally,[72] Dutch Party for Freedom politician Geert Wilders, Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[67] and the Spanish political party Vox.[73] Reflecting ongoing tensions over Russian sanctions, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki was slightly more reserved but said that "regardless of [Poland's] relations with Hungary, we must note that the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance won its fourth consecutive election with the best possible results."[59]

The European Council president Charles Michel congratulated Orbán, while the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed "acknowledgment" of the results.[64] Two days after the election, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced that the commission would begin cutting funding to Hungary over rule-of-law concerns.[74] Hungarian government officials criticized the move as an attempt to "punish Hungarian voters".[75]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) was formed in 2018. In November 2018, three deputies defected from Jobbik and joined Mi Hazánk. One later left, leaving the party with two deputies. Within the National Assembly, they are labeled as independents, as the party does not have its own parliamentary group. Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP), which merged in Mi Hazánk in 2021, won 0.15% in 2018.
  2. ^ Ran in Csongrád-Csanád 04 (lost).
  3. ^ Ran in Csongrád-Csanád 02 (lost).
  4. ^ As "Common Ground Party"
  5. ^ Constituency votes only; independents cannot run for the party list component.
  6. ^ All deputies who are not members of a parliamentary group are designated as independent. There are officially 13 independent deputies in the National Assembly, of which seven are affiliated with a political party. Their composition is as follows:

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