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2009 European Parliament election in Hungary

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2009 European Parliament election in Hungary

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election_name2009 European Parliament election in Hungary
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typelegislative
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previous_election2004 European Parliament election in Hungary
previous_year2004
next_election2014 European Parliament election in Hungary
next_year2014
seats_for_electionAll 22 seats of Hungary in the European Parliament
election_date7 June 2009
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An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 June.

Candidates

Among the candidates that ran were:

  • Pál Schmitt, József Szájer, Kinga Gál, János Áder, László Surján, Lívia Járóka, András Gyürk, Béla Glattfelder, Ádám Kósa, Ágnes Hankiss for Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
  • Kinga Göncz, Edit Herczog, Zita Gurmai, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Gyula Hegyi, Szabolcs Fazekas, Gyula Cserei, Mihály Kökény, Gábor Harangozó for the Hungarian Socialist Party
  • Lajos Bokros, György Habsburg, Szabolcs Joó, Ibolya Dávid for the Hungarian Democratic Forum
  • István Szent-Iványi, Gabriella Béki, Gábor Demszky, György Konrád for the Alliance of Free Democrats
  • Krisztina Morvai, Zoltán Balczó, Csanád Szegedi, Judit Szima, Gábor Vona for Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary

Election

The election in Hungary took place according to the 2003 CXIII. law about European election and the 1997 C. election law. According to this the country consists of a single election district and those parties will be put on the ballot who could collect 20,000 proposal coupons. Eight qualified lists were approved by Hungarian authorities to be put on the ballot, of which two of them were shared lists. Fidesz shared its party list with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) to create a joint Fidesz-KDNP list, and Politics Can Be Different shared its party list with the Humanist Party to create a joint LMP-HP list.

Hungarian Proposal coupon used in the 2009 election

Opinion polls

SourceDateFidesz-KDNPMSZPSZDSZMDFJobbikothers
Medián25 February 200963%25%4%2%4%2%
Medián18 March 200966%23%2%4%4%1%
Tárki30 March 200962%23%3%3%4%5%
url=https://archive.today/20120222232149/http://www.marketingcentrum.hu/index.php?lang=hu&page=reszletek&id=29date=22 February 2012 }}30 March 200961%25%3%4%5%2%
Progresszív Intézet13 April 200962%25%3%5%3%2%
Medián15 April 200970%18%2%2%4%4%
Századvég-Forsense21 April 200970%18%2%1%5%4%
Forsense27 April 200963%27%2%2%6%1%
Tárki29 April 200964%22%4%2%4%4%
Gallup8 May 200968%21%1%2%5%3%
Századvég-Forsense26 May 200971%17%1%2%6%3%
Nézőpont27 May 200966%14%4%6%7%3%
Tárki27 May 200970%17%3%1%4%5%
Szonda Ipsos28 May 200967%21%2%3%4%3%
Marketing Centrum1 June 200961%19%5%4%8%5%
Medián3 June 200960%21%4%4%7%4%

Results

The European Parliament elections' biggest winners were the centre-right opposition Fidesz party, which won 56% of the vote and 14 seats. The far-right Jobbik ("For a Better Hungary") party also performed stronger than expected. The Hungarian Democratic Forum also gained one seat, so the former finance minister Lajos Bokros could travel to Brussels.

The liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) was almost wiped off the political map, attracting only 60,000 votes or 2%, compared to more than a million in the country's first free elections 19 years ago.

By county

CountyFidesz-KDNPMSZPJobbikMDFLMP-HPSZDSZMunkáspártMCFFidesz}};"Jobbik}};"Hungarian Democratic Forum}};"Politics Can Be Different}};"Alliance of Free Democrats}};"Hungarian Workers' Party}};"
Bács-Kiskun**65.34**13.3012.414.401.651.490.830.58
Baranya**59.94**18.2110.705.292.551.680.940.69
Békés**57.07**17.0216.564.581.601.341.490.35
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén**49.11**19.3022.884.051.541.151.230.75
Budapest**48.12**22.3012.596.544.884.460.930.17
Csongrád**58.32**17.6412.535.902.461.781.210.15
Fejér**58.73**16.7913.905.482.351.690.910.16
Győr-Moson-Sopron**64.48**14.3411.755.441.891.320.650.13
Hajdú-Bihar**60.63**12.5817.105.251.961.150.930.39
Heves**50.06**19.2320.174.741.751.671.191.20
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok**53.35**17.7619.024.761.651.421.730.32
Komárom-Esztergom**55.43**21.0212.535.742.051.881.070.28
Nógrád**54.04**17.7018.684.361.391.211.880.73
Pest**56.71**15.0316.635.432.982.200.730.29
Somogy**64.34**16.5110.944.181.581.250.850.34
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg**57.36**14.1518.494.181.141.040.862.77
Tolna**64.38**15.3411.684.761.531.250.710.34
Vas**68.37**13.319.254.961.781.660.530.13
Veszprém**60.11**16.4113.445.342.201.590.770.14
Zala**63.13**14.6312.945.151.601.520.700.33
Foreign representations**50.45**11.9015.406.349.845.830.030.21
Total**56.36**17.3714.775.312.612.160.960.46

List of seat winners

On the Fidesz-KDNP Party list:

  1. Pál Schmitt
  2. József Szájer
  3. Kinga Gál
  4. János Áder
  5. László Surján
  6. Tamás Deutsch
  7. Lívia Járóka
  8. György Schöpflin
  9. András Gyürk
  10. Csaba Őry
  11. Béla Glattfelder
  12. Ádám Kósa
  13. Ágnes Hankiss
  14. Enikő Győri

On the Hungarian Socialist Party list:

  1. Kinga Göncz
  2. Edit Herczog
  3. Zita Gurmai
  4. Csaba Tabajdi On the Jobbik Party list:
  5. Krisztina Morvai
  6. Zoltán Balczó
  7. Csanád Szegedi On the Hungarian Democratic Forum Party list:
  8. Lajos Bokros

Consequences

Alliance of Free Democrats Party leader Gábor Fodor announced that he will offer his resignation in case his party will not reach the 5% limit needed for representation in the European Parliament (the same limit is applied in national elections). After the election results were published Fodor repeated his statement promising to offer his resignation to the party congress the following day. The election result ultimately caused mass resignations including Fodor in the leadership of SZDSZ and internal turmoil in the party. The election results prompted an intense debate about the future of the party in MSZP as well.

References

References

  1. "EP választások 2009".
  2. [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/countries/product.htm?language=HU&ref=20081216IPR44689&secondRef=HU EP-választás 2009. június 7-én – Amit tudni érdemes]
  3. Medián, [http://median.hu/object.4c6342ea-f8cf-40ea-a9b1-de6ede194f27.ivy Jobbkanyar] {{Webarchive. link. (21 March 2009)
  4. Medián, [http://median.hu/object.5748fc63-7ae2-433f-82ca-4e24721f3579.ivy Van még lejjebb?] {{Webarchive. link. (22 March 2009)
  5. Tárki, [http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20090401.html Tájkép vihar előtt] {{Webarchive. link. (4 April 2009)
  6. link. (22 February 2012)
  7. Progresszív Intézet poll, [http://mno.hu/portal/629427 Soha nem látott mélységben az MSZP] {{Webarchive. link. (15 April 2009 in [[Magyar Nemzet]])
  8. "Medián".
  9. [http://index.hu/belfold/2009/04/21/egyre_jobban_huz_el_a_fidesz/ Századvég-Forsense]
  10. [http://index.hu/kulfold/eu/2009/valasztas/a_kicsik_kozul_csak_a_jobbik_futhat_be/ Forsense]
  11. [http://hvg.hu/itthon/20090429_tarki_kozvelemeny_kutatas.aspx/ Tárki]
  12. [http://index.hu/kulfold/eu/2009/valasztas/az_mdf-nek_es_az_szdsz-nek_nincs_eselye/ Gallup]
  13. [http://hvg.hu/itthon/20090526_fidesz_elony_mszp.aspx Századvég-Forsense]
  14. "Nézőpont".
  15. [http://www.tarki.hu/hu/news/2009/kitekint/20090527.html Tárki]
  16. [http://nol.hu/belfold/20090528-fidesz-erosodes__mszp-gyengules Szonda Ipsos]
  17. "Marketing Centrum".
  18. "Medián".
  19. "A szavazatok területi megoszlása".
  20. "Külképviseleti szavazás eredménye".
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