2022 Hungarian parliamentary election

2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
← 2018 3 April 2022 2026 →
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
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

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]

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]


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ "Megvan, mikor lesznek a 2022-es parlamenti választások". Portfolio.hu (in Hungarian). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Április 3-ára írta ki az országgyűlési választást Áder János". telex (in Hungarian). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Clinch, Matt (3 April 2022). "Nationalist Viktor Orban declares victory in Hungary election". CNBC. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ Wesolowsky, Tony (3 April 2022). "OSCE Monitors Hungarian Elections Amid Voter Fraud Fears". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Viktor Orbán declares victory in Hungarian general election | Hungary | The Guardian". The Guardian. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Toroczkai Hails Far-right Mi Hazánk's Entry to Parliament". Hungary Today. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Viktor Orbán's win shows there's still hope for Trumpism in Europe". NBC News. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2024.