Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010
Encyclopedia
A parliamentary election was held in Hungary
on 11 and 25 April 2010 to choose MPs for the National Assembly
. They were the sixth free elections since the end of communist era
. The 386 members of parliament were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies. In the first round of the elections, the conservative party Fidesz
won the absolute majority of seats, enough to form a government on its own.
In the second round Fidesz-KDNP candidates won enough seats to achieve a two-thirds majority required to modify major laws and the country's constitution.
polling at 53–67% that month, followed by either the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party
at 12–22% or newcomer Jobbik
at 11–18%.
, trends showed the rise of right-wing parties and particularly the far right. In this vein, the foreign media cited ominous trends concerning the election results. Fidesz Member of Parliament
Oszkár Molnár
said that: "I love Hungary, I love Hungarians, and I prefer Hungarian interests to global financial capital, or Jewish capital, if you like, which wants to devour the whole world, but especially Hungary." He lster said that, it was only a response to a Shimon Peres
speech in which Peres said that his country aims to "colonise" Hungary when he spoke of Israel's investments abroad, Peres said that Israel was "buying out Manhattan, Poland, Hungary..." Jobbik leader, Gábor Vona, also stirred up controversy with allegations of chauvinism by saying "Hungary is for Hungarians" and must be defended against "foreign speculators." Molnar also claimed that the language of instruction in Jerusalem schools was Hungarian and they were "learning the language of their future homeland." His party at the time, Fidesz, did not denounce his statement but simply said it was "embarrassing." Adding that he would not even consider ousting Molnar from his party or parliamentary faction, as the remark "did not violate the party's bylaws.". However, in 2010 he was excluded from the FIDESZ, due to these remarks. Instead of him, a Lebanese-origin doctor, Pierre Daher became the Fidesz candidate. Molnár also claimed that pregnant Roma women deliberately try to induce birth defects so they can give birth to "fools to receive higher family subsidies. I have checked this and it’s true; they hit their bellies with a rubber hammer so that they’ll give birth to handicapped kids." In 2011, he denounced roma women at the hungarian police authorities.
Another Fidesz parliamentarian, Ilona Ekes, wrote to the police to ban a gay pride
event in Budapest, saying that homosexuality was a mental illness and demonstrators would scandalise people, as they did in previous years, when homosexual activists imitated sexual intercourse
on stage and other activists were allegedly blasphemous. According to Ekes, the demonstrations would harm youngsters, whose school season was to start on the same day.
A Hungarian analyst was cited as saying Fidesz tolerates such provocative rhetoric from its members because of fears they would vote for Jobbik instead.
Miscellaneous data:
Total polling stations: 10 926
Number of voters in the register at closing: 7 972 568
Number of voters included in the register using election certificate on the day of voting: 44 367
Number of voters in the register at the end of voting: 8 016 935
Number of voters in the foreign representations: 8 663
Total number of voters in the register: 8 025 598
Number of those turned out to vote in the domestic polling stations: 5 158 350
Number of statements about voting: 6 656
Total number of those turned out to vote: 5 165 006
Proportion of those turned out to vote: 64.36%
Summary of the 11 April 2010 first round National Assembly
(Országgyűlés) elections
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties
!style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"|Number of regional lists
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Individual votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Regional votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Single member seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Regional list seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total seats
|-
|align=left|Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség)
|20
|2 729 327
|2 703 857
|5 433 184
|52.73
|119
|87
|206
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Socialist Party
(Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP)
|20
|1 087 097
|989 609
|2 076 706
|19.3
|
|28
|28
|-
|align=left|Movement for a Better Hungary
(Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom)
|20
|835 841
|854 745
|1 690 586
|16.67
|
|26
|26
|-
|align=left|Politics Can Be Different
(LMP)
|20
|258 078
|382 991
|641 069
|7.47
|0
|5
|5
|
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Democratic Forum
(Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF)
|17
|72 695
|136 695
|209 390
|2.67
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Civil Movement
|9
|34 938
|45 863
|80 801
|0.89
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt)
|4
|5 668
|5 606
|11 274
|0.11
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Social Democratic Party
(MSZDP)
|4
|3 156
|4 117
|7 273
|2.67
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Independents
|
|33 702
|33 702
|0.16
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Összefogás Párt
|1
|3 422
|2 732
|6 154
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Justice and Life Party
(Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja) (MIÉP)
|2
|2 345
|1 286
|3 631
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union - Vállalkozók Pártja (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség - Vállalkozók Pártja)
|
|10 661
|
|10 661
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Independent Smallholders Party
|
|381
|
|381
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MDF- Összefogás Megyénkért
|
|4 052
|
|4 052
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MDF-AFD
|
|12 616
|
|12 616
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MESZ
|
|1 027
|
|1 027
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Association for Somogy
(Somogyért)
|
|7 470
|
|7 470
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Torgyán-Kisgazda-Koalíció
|
|3 079
|
|3 079
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Green Left
|
|1 425
|
|1 425
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total(turnout 64,37%)
|
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|10,234,972
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,107,471
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,127,501
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|119
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|146
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|265
|-
|align=left colspan=8|Source: valasztas.hu
|}
Society -- that was banned in 2007, -- had been on the national security committee; while the other three were on the defence and law enforcement committees. Staudt reacted in saying he found the result to be unconstitutional, and that he would file a criminal report with the interior minister against Defence of the Constitution Office director general László Balajti. The four would however continue to be MPs.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
on 11 and 25 April 2010 to choose MPs for the National Assembly
National Assembly of Hungary
The National Assembly or Diet is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 386 members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is based on a complex system involving both area and list election; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to enter list members...
. They were the sixth free elections since the end of communist era
End of Communism in Hungary (1989)
The Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to the end in 1989. The events were part of the Revolutions of 1989.-Pressure:Young liberals formed the Federation of Young Democrats ; a core from the so-called Democratic Opposition formed the Alliance of Free Democrats , and the...
. The 386 members of parliament were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies. In the first round of the elections, the conservative party Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36...
won the absolute majority of seats, enough to form a government on its own.
In the second round Fidesz-KDNP candidates won enough seats to achieve a two-thirds majority required to modify major laws and the country's constitution.
Polls
As polls showed both MDF and SZDSZ would be unlikely to make it into parliament on their own, they have agreed to a limited electoral cooperation. In March 2010, polls also showed that the Hungarian parliament after the election was likely to be completely dominated by FideszFidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36...
polling at 53–67% that month, followed by either the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party
Hungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
at 12–22% or newcomer Jobbik
Movement for a Better Hungary
Jobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic...
at 11–18%.
Opinion polls
| Election Party preferences in percentage (What percentage of eligible voters would have voted for the party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency | Date | Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36... |
MSZP Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and... |
Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary Jobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic... |
MDF Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology... |
LMP Politics Can Be Different Politics Can Be Different , abbreviated to LMP, is a Hungarian green liberal political party. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election.-History:... |
SZDSZ Alliance of Free Democrats The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International... |
KDNP Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others... |
Other | ||
| Medián | 25 November 2009 | 66 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 1 | ||
| Tárki | 25 November 2009 | 68 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/a | ||
| Századvég-Forsense | 26 November 2009 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | n/a | 3 | ||
| Tárki | 16 December 2009 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | ||
| Századvég-Forsense | 21 December 2009 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 4 | ||
| Medián | 25 December 2009 | 61 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 3 | ||
| Szonda Ipsos | 17 January 2010 | 63 | 21 | 12 | 2 | n/a | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Forsense | 21 January 2010 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Medián | 21 January 2010 | 65 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 2 | ||
| Századvég-Kód | 26 January 2010 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | ||
| Tárki | 27 January 2010 | 62 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | ||
| Szonda Ipsos | 12 February 2010 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Századvég-Kód | 18 February 2010 | 58 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Forsense | 22 February 2010 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 1 | ||
| Medián | 24 February 2010 | 63 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 | ||
| Tárki | 3 March 2010 | 61 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 1 | ||
| Szonda Ipsos | 11 March 2010 | 57 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nézőpont Intézet | 14 March 2010 | 53 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | ||
| Medián | 17 March 2010 | 57 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 1 | ||
| Szonda Ipsos | 18 March 2010 | 64 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | n/a | n/a | 3 | ||
| Gallup | 25 March 2010 | 67 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 0 | ||
| Századvég-Kód | 29 March 2010 | 59 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
Controversies
Following the EU elections of 2009European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
, trends showed the rise of right-wing parties and particularly the far right. In this vein, the foreign media cited ominous trends concerning the election results. Fidesz Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
Oszkár Molnár
Oszkár Molnár
Oszkár Molnár is a Hungarian politician and has been member of the National Assembly since 1998.-Biography:He was born in Sajószentpéter, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, on 1 June 1956. He finished Izsó Miklós Secondary School of Edelény in 1974. He is married, with two children...
said that: "I love Hungary, I love Hungarians, and I prefer Hungarian interests to global financial capital, or Jewish capital, if you like, which wants to devour the whole world, but especially Hungary." He lster said that, it was only a response to a Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres
GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...
speech in which Peres said that his country aims to "colonise" Hungary when he spoke of Israel's investments abroad, Peres said that Israel was "buying out Manhattan, Poland, Hungary..." Jobbik leader, Gábor Vona, also stirred up controversy with allegations of chauvinism by saying "Hungary is for Hungarians" and must be defended against "foreign speculators." Molnar also claimed that the language of instruction in Jerusalem schools was Hungarian and they were "learning the language of their future homeland." His party at the time, Fidesz, did not denounce his statement but simply said it was "embarrassing." Adding that he would not even consider ousting Molnar from his party or parliamentary faction, as the remark "did not violate the party's bylaws.". However, in 2010 he was excluded from the FIDESZ, due to these remarks. Instead of him, a Lebanese-origin doctor, Pierre Daher became the Fidesz candidate. Molnár also claimed that pregnant Roma women deliberately try to induce birth defects so they can give birth to "fools to receive higher family subsidies. I have checked this and it’s true; they hit their bellies with a rubber hammer so that they’ll give birth to handicapped kids." In 2011, he denounced roma women at the hungarian police authorities.
Another Fidesz parliamentarian, Ilona Ekes, wrote to the police to ban a gay pride
Gay pride
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
event in Budapest, saying that homosexuality was a mental illness and demonstrators would scandalise people, as they did in previous years, when homosexual activists imitated sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
on stage and other activists were allegedly blasphemous. According to Ekes, the demonstrations would harm youngsters, whose school season was to start on the same day.
A Hungarian analyst was cited as saying Fidesz tolerates such provocative rhetoric from its members because of fears they would vote for Jobbik instead.
First round
| 7:00 | 9:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.61% | 10.23% | 24.78% | 35.88% | 46.78% | 59.28% | 64.36% |
Miscellaneous data:
Total polling stations: 10 926
Number of voters in the register at closing: 7 972 568
Number of voters included in the register using election certificate on the day of voting: 44 367
Number of voters in the register at the end of voting: 8 016 935
Number of voters in the foreign representations: 8 663
Total number of voters in the register: 8 025 598
Number of those turned out to vote in the domestic polling stations: 5 158 350
Number of statements about voting: 6 656
Total number of those turned out to vote: 5 165 006
Proportion of those turned out to vote: 64.36%
Summary of the 11 April 2010 first round National Assembly
National Assembly of Hungary
The National Assembly or Diet is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 386 members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is based on a complex system involving both area and list election; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to enter list members...
(Országgyűlés) elections
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006
The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by president László Sólyom was as follows:* first round on April 9, 2006* second round on April 23, 2006...
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties
!style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"|Number of regional lists
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Individual votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Regional votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Single member seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Regional list seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total seats
|-
|align=left|Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség)
|20
|2 729 327
|2 703 857
|5 433 184
|52.73
|119
|87
|206
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Socialist Party
Hungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
(Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP)
|20
|1 087 097
|989 609
|2 076 706
|19.3
|
|28
|28
|-
|align=left|Movement for a Better Hungary
Movement for a Better Hungary
Jobbik, The Movement for a Better Hungary commonly known as Jobbik, is a Hungarian radical nationalist political party. Jobbik has been denoted by scholars, different press outlets and its political opponents as fascist, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic...
(Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom)
|20
|835 841
|854 745
|1 690 586
|16.67
|
|26
|26
|-
|align=left|Politics Can Be Different
Politics Can Be Different
Politics Can Be Different , abbreviated to LMP, is a Hungarian green liberal political party. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election.-History:...
(LMP)
|20
|258 078
|382 991
|641 069
|7.47
|0
|5
|5
|
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Democratic Forum
Hungarian Democratic Forum
The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
(Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF)
|17
|72 695
|136 695
|209 390
|2.67
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Civil Movement
Civil Movement
The Civil Movement , abbreviated to CM, is a centre-right political party in Hungary. It has a third way ideology.-Background:In the Summer of 2008 Mária Seres initiated a referendum drive on MPs’ expenses garners...
|9
|34 938
|45 863
|80 801
|0.89
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Munkáspárt)
|4
|5 668
|5 606
|11 274
|0.11
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Social Democratic Party
Hungarian Social Democratic Party
The Hungarian Social Democratic Party is a political party in Hungary. Both the MSZDP and SZDP lay claim to the same heritage: the Social Democratic Party which was part of a governing coalition in Hungary between 1945 and 1948, and a short period in 1956, which itself was renamed from the...
(MSZDP)
|4
|3 156
|4 117
|7 273
|2.67
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Independents
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
|
|33 702
|33 702
|0.16
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Összefogás Párt
|1
|3 422
|2 732
|6 154
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Hungarian Justice and Life Party
Hungarian Justice and Life Party
The Hungarian Justice and Life Party is a far-right nationalist political party in Hungary led by István Csurka...
(Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja) (MIÉP)
|2
|2 345
|1 286
|3 631
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union - Vállalkozók Pártja (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség - Vállalkozók Pártja)
|
|10 661
|
|10 661
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Independent Smallholders Party
|
|381
|
|381
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MDF- Összefogás Megyénkért
|
|4 052
|
|4 052
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MDF-AFD
|
|12 616
|
|12 616
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|MESZ
|
|1 027
|
|1 027
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Association for Somogy
Association for Somogy
The Association for Somogy is a local political party in the county of Somogy in Hungary, allied with the Hungarian Socialist Party. At the last legislative elections, April 9 and 23, 2006, the party won 1 constituency seat.It was founded on May 25, 1994, by 109 well-known politicians and...
(Somogyért)
|
|7 470
|
|7 470
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Torgyán-Kisgazda-Koalíció
|
|3 079
|
|3 079
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left|Green Left
|
|1 425
|
|1 425
|
|0
|0
|0
|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total(turnout 64,37%)
|
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|10,234,972
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,107,471
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,127,501
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|119
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|146
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|265
|-
|align=left colspan=8|Source: valasztas.hu
|}
Second round
| 7:00 | 9:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.36% | 8.50% | 19.37% | 27.11% | 33.54% | 41.89% | 46.52% |
Post-election controversies
Four Jobbik MP's -- Gábor Staudt, Gergő Balla, Zsolt Endrésik and Péter Schön—were removed from their committees because they had failed a vetting procedure that asked whether any MP's maintain contact with groups that engage in "activities that deny the basic principles of a state governed by the rule of law." Staudt, a co-founder of the Magyar GárdaMagyar Gárda
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Society -- that was banned in 2007, -- had been on the national security committee; while the other three were on the defence and law enforcement committees. Staudt reacted in saying he found the result to be unconstitutional, and that he would file a criminal report with the interior minister against Defence of the Constitution Office director general László Balajti. The four would however continue to be MPs.