2004 European Parliament election in Hungary

The 2004 European Parliament elections in Hungary were held on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election. This was the first European election to be held since Hungary's accession into the EU and thus the first elections in Hungary.

2004 European Parliament election in Hungary

13 June 2004
All 24 Hungarian seats to the European Parliament 13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.48%
First party Second party   Party Fidesz MSZP Alliance EPP S&D Seats won 12 9 Popular vote 1,457,750 1,054,921 Percentage 47.40% 34.30%   Third party Fourth party   Party SZDSZ MDF Alliance ALDE Group EPP Seats won 2 1 Popular vote 237,908 164,025 Percentage 7.74% 5.33%

The ruling Hungarian Socialist Party was heavily defeated by the opposition conservative Hungarian Civic Union and other conservative parties.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Fidesz	1,457,750	47.40	12
	Hungarian Socialist Party	1,054,921	34.30	9
	Alliance of Free Democrats	237,908	7.74	2
	Hungarian Democratic Forum	164,025	5.33	1
	Hungarian Justice and Life Party	72,203	2.35	0
	Workers' Party	56,221	1.83	0
	Hungarian National Alliance	20,226	0.66	0
	Social Democratic Party	12,196	0.40	0
Total		3,075,450	100.00	24
Valid votes		3,075,450	99.33
Invalid/blank votes		20,729	0.67
Total votes		3,096,179	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,046,247	38.48

By county

County	Fidesz	MSZP	SZDSZ	MDF	MIÉP	Workers' Party	MNSZ	SZDP
Bács-Kiskun	56.38	27.39	6.22	5.52	1.86	1.66	0.59	0.38
Baranya	45.18	37.98	7.03	5.51	1.53	1.92	0.47	0.39
Békés	48.87	34.55	5.48	5.40	1.84	2.72	0.66	0.49
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	43.04	41.06	5.68	4.46	2.33	2.37	0.60	0.46
Budapest	39.29	36.19	12.85	5.55	3.13	1.71	0.89	0.39
Csongrád	49.12	33.66	6.79	5.28	1.93	2.20	0.63	0.38
Fejér	49.68	33.61	7.12	4.85	2.06	1.73	0.53	0.43
Győr-Moson-Sopron	55.22	29.37	5.56	6.06	1.66	1.27	0.51	0.36
Hajdú-Bihar	53.81	31.36	5.34	4.75	2.22	1.57	0.56	0.39
Heves	42.61	39.36	6.63	5.05	2.90	2.42	0.56	0.47
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	44.64	38.36	5.86	4.89	2.04	3.12	0.60	0.49
Komárom-Esztergom	43.05	40.53	7.43	4.51	1.83	1.69	0.56	0.39
Nógrád	46.38	36.04	4.89	5.30	2.01	4.43	0.50	0.44
Pest	49.01	31.46	8.29	5.59	3.12	1.40	0.77	0.37
Somogy	52.25	34.19	5.17	4.20	1.80	1.56	0.48	0.33
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	49.59	36.86	4.65	4.22	1.92	1.55	0.82	0.38
Tolna	52.18	31.49	5.45	6.37	1.92	1.68	0.54	0.36
Vas	56.73	27.27	6.34	6.03	1.59	1.15	0.48	0.42
Veszprém	52.98	30.65	6.39	5.81	1.77	1.60	0.45	0.35
Zala	54.56	29.83	5.76	5.54	2.12	1.31	0.51	0.36
Foreign representations	44.63	27.58	18.94	6.76	1.39	0.20	0.15	0.35
Total	47.40	34.30	7.74	5.33	2.35	1.83	0.66	0.40