7 April 2002 (first round) 21 April 2002 (second round)
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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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^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p927
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