1990 Hungarian parliamentary election

1990 Hungarian parliamentary election

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All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.11% (first round) 45.54% (second round)
First party Second party Third party   Leader József Antall Péter Tölgyessy Vince Vörös Party MDF SZDSZ FKGP Leader since 21 October 1989 [a] 23 March 1989 Seats won 164 / 386 92 / 386 44 / 386 1R vote and % 1,186,791 (23.9%) 1,082,965 (21.8%) 529,299 (10.7%) 2R vote and % 1,406,277 (41.6%) 1,055,449 (31.2%) 358,360 (10.6%) Party vote 1,214,359 1,050,799 576,315 % 24.73% 21.40% 11.73%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Imre Pozsgay Viktor Orbán Sándor Keresztes Party MSZP Fidesz KDNP Leader since [b] [c] 30 September 1989 Seats won 34 / 386 24 / 386 [d] 21 / 386 1R vote and % 504,995 (10.2%) 235,611 (4.8%) 287,614 (5.8%) 2R vote and % 216,561 (6.4%) 90,564 (2.7%) 126,636 (3.7%) Party vote 535,064 439,649 317,278 % 10.89% 8.95% 6.46%
Results of the election. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Government before election Németh Government (End of Communism) MSZP Government after election Antall Government MDF–FKGP–KDNP

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 25 March 1990, with a second round of voting taking place in all but five single member constituencies on 8 April.^[1] They were the first completely free and competitive elections to be held in the country since 1945, and only the second completely free elections with universal suffrage in the country's history. The conservative, nationalist Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) beat the liberal and more internationalist Alliance of Free Democrats, which had spearheaded opposition to Communist rule in 1989, to become the largest party in parliament. The Hungarian Socialist Party, the former Communist party, suffered a crushing defeat, winning only 33 seats for fourth place.

MDF leader József Antall became prime minister in coalition with the Christian Democratic People's Party and Independent Smallholders' Party. It was the first government since the end of World War II with no Communist participation.

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