2009 European Parliament election in Hungary

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Hungary was the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament 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, , 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.^[1]^[2] 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[]

Source	Date	Fidesz	MSZP	SZDSZ	MDF	Jobbik	others
Medián^[3]	25 February 2009	63%	25%	4%	2%	4%	2%
Medián^[4]	18 March 2009	66%	23%	2%	4%	4%	1%
Tárki^[5]	30 March 2009	62%	23%	3%	3%	4%	5%
Marketing Centrum^[6]	30 March 2009	61%	25%	3%	4%	5%	2%
Progresszív Intézet^[7]	13 April 2009	62%	25%	3%	5%	3%	2%
Medián^[8]	15 April 2009	70%	18%	2%	2%	4%	4%
Századvég-Forsense^[9]	21 April 2009	70%	18%	2%	1%	5%	4%
Forsense^[10]	27 April 2009	63%	27%	2%	2%	6%	1%
Tárki^[11]	29 April 2009	64%	22%	4%	2%	4%	4%
Gallup^[12]	8 May 2009	68%	21%	1%	2%	5%	3%
Századvég-Forsense^[13]	26 May 2009	71%	17%	1%	2%	6%	3%
Nézőpont^[14]	27 May 2009	66%	14%	4%	6%	7%	3%
Tárki^[15]	27 May 2009	70%	17%	3%	1%	4%	5%
Szonda Ipsos^[16]	28 May 2009	67%	21%	2%	3%	4%	3%
Marketing Centrum^[17]	1 June 2009	61%	19%	5%	4%	8%	5%
Medián^[18]	3 June 2009	60%	21%	4%	4%	7%	4%

Results[]

Summary of the results of Hungary's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz–KDNP)	EPP	Pál Schmitt	1,632,309	56.36	8.96	14 / 22	2
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	PES	Kinga Göncz	503,140	17.37	16.93	4 / 22	5
	Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	none	Krisztina Morvai	427,773	14.77	new	3 / 22	3
	Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)	EPP	Lajos Bokros	153,660	5.31	0.02	1 / 22	0
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP) + Humanist Party (HP)	none	Tímea Szabó	75,522	2.61	new	0 / 22	0
	Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)	ELDR	István Szent-Iványi	62,527	2.16	5.58	0 / 22	2
	Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (MKMP)	none	Gyula Thürmer	27,817	0.96	0.87	0 / 22	0
	Romani Alliance Party (MCF)	none	Zsolt Kis	13,431	0.46	new	0 / 22	0
Valid votes				2,896,179	99.12
Blank and invalid votes				24,769	0.85
Totals				2,920,948	99.97
Missing votes				831	0.03
Totals				2,921,779	100.00	—	22 / 22	2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				8,046,086	36.31	2.19
Source: Valasztas.hu^{[dead link]}

Party list results by county[]

County^[19]^[20]	Fidesz-KDNP	MSZP	Jobbik	MDF	LMP-HP	SZDSZ	MKMP
County^[19]^[20]
Bács-Kiskun	65.34	13.30	12.41	4.40	1.65	1.49	0.83	0.58
Baranya	59.94	18.21	10.70	5.29	2.55	1.68	0.94	0.69
Békés	57.07	17.02	16.56	4.58	1.60	1.34	1.49	0.35
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	49.11	19.30	22.88	4.05	1.54	1.15	1.23	0.75
Budapest	48.12	22.30	12.59	6.54	4.88	4.46	0.93	0.17
Csongrád	58.32	17.64	12.53	5.90	2.46	1.78	1.21	0.15
Fejér	58.73	16.79	13.90	5.48	2.35	1.69	0.91	0.16
Győr-Moson-Sopron	64.48	14.34	11.75	5.44	1.89	1.32	0.65	0.13
Hajdú-Bihar	60.63	12.58	17.10	5.25	1.96	1.15	0.93	0.39
Heves	50.06	19.23	20.17	4.74	1.75	1.67	1.19	1.20
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	53.35	17.76	19.02	4.76	1.65	1.42	1.73	0.32
Komárom-Esztergom	55.43	21.02	12.53	5.74	2.05	1.88	1.07	0.28
Nógrád	54.04	17.70	18.68	4.36	1.39	1.21	1.88	0.73
Pest	56.71	15.03	16.63	5.43	2.98	2.20	0.73	0.29
Somogy	64.34	16.51	10.94	4.18	1.58	1.25	0.85	0.34
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	57.36	14.15	18.49	4.18	1.14	1.04	0.86	2.77
Tolna	64.38	15.34	11.68	4.76	1.53	1.25	0.71	0.34
Vas	68.37	13.31	9.25	4.96	1.78	1.66	0.53	0.13
Veszprém	60.11	16.41	13.44	5.34	2.20	1.59	0.77	0.14
Zala	63.13	14.63	12.94	5.15	1.60	1.52	0.70	0.33
Foreign representations	50.45	11.90	15.40	6.34	9.84	5.83	0.03	0.21

Total	56.36	17.37	14.77	5.31	2.61	2.16	0.96	0.46

The European Parliament elections' biggest winners were the centre-right opposition Fidesz party, which won 56.4% 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 1 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 2.2%, compared to more than a million in the country's first free elections 19 years ago.

List of seat winners[]

On the Fidesz Party list:

On the Hungarian Socialist Party list:

Kinga Göncz
Edit Herczog
Zita Gurmai
Csaba Tabajdi

On the Jobbik Party list:

Krisztina Morvai
Zoltán Balczó
Csanád Szegedi

On the Hungarian Democratic Forum Party list:

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[]

^ "EP választások 2009". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
^ EP-választás 2009. június 7-én – Amit tudni érdemes
^ Medián, Jobbkanyar Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Medián, Van még lejjebb? Archived 22 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tárki, Tájkép vihar előtt Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Marketing Centrum, Gyurcsány után, Bajnai előtt: kétharmados Fidesz, erősödő Jobbik Archived 22 February 2012 at archive.today
^ Progresszív Intézet poll, Soha nem látott mélységben az MSZP Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine in Magyar Nemzet
^ "Medián". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^ Századvég-Forsense
^ Forsense
^ Tárki
^ Gallup
^ Századvég-Forsense
^ "Nézőpont". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
^ Tárki
^ Szonda Ipsos
^ "Marketing Centrum". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
^ Medián
^ "A szavazatok területi megoszlása".
^ "Külképviseleti szavazás eredménye".

[1] "EP választások 2009". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2009.

[2] EP-választás 2009. június 7-én – Amit tudni érdemes

[3] Medián, Jobbkanyar Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Medián, Van még lejjebb? Archived 22 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Tárki, Tájkép vihar előtt Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Marketing Centrum, Gyurcsány után, Bajnai előtt: kétharmados Fidesz, erősödő Jobbik Archived 22 February 2012 at archive.today

[7] Progresszív Intézet poll, Soha nem látott mélységben az MSZP Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine in Magyar Nemzet

[8] "Medián". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.

[9] Századvég-Forsense

[10] Forsense

[11] Tárki

[12] Gallup

[13] Századvég-Forsense

[14] "Nézőpont". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[15] Tárki

[16] Szonda Ipsos

[17] "Marketing Centrum". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

[18] Medián

[19] "A szavazatok területi megoszlása".

[20] "Külképviseleti szavazás eredménye".

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