Budapest 8th constituency

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Budapest
8th constituency
(District XIV.)
Constituency
for the National Assembly
Electoral district Bp08.jpg
Boundary of 8th constituency in Budapest
CityBudapest
Electorate77,554 (2018)
Major settlements14th District
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyMSZP-Dialogue
MemberCsaba Tóth[1]
Created from
Elected2014, 2018

The 8th constituency of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapesti 08. számú országgyűlési egyéni választókerület) is one of the single member constituencies of the National Assembly, the national legislature of Hungary. The constituency standard abbreviation: Budapest 08. OEVK.[2]

Since 2014, it has been represented by Csaba Tóth of the MSZP-Dialogue party alliance.

Geography[]

The 8th constituency is located in central-northeastern part of Pest.

List of districts[]

The constituency includes the following municipalities:[3][2]

  1. District XIV.: Main part of the district (except Rákosfalva, Alsórákos).

History[]

The 8th constituency of Budapest was created in 2011 and contained of the pre-2011 abolished constituencies of the 21st and part of 22nd constituency of the capital. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members[]

The constituency was first represented by Csaba Tóth of MSZP (with Unity support) from 2014,[4] and he was re-elected in 2018.[5]

Election Member Party %
2014[a] Csaba Tóth MSZP 39.9
2018 47.2

Election result[]

2018 election[]

2018 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MSZP–Dialogue Csaba Tóth 27,736 47.23 as Unity
Fidesz–KDNP Tamás Jelen 20,588 35.06 -1.28
Jobbik István Szávay 4,492 7.65 -3.24
LMP János Barta 2,410 4.1 -5.02
Momentum Attila Szűcs 1,771 3.02 New
MKKP Zsolt Victora 1,518 2.58 New
Workers' Party Kolos Szentpáli 209 0.36 -0.32
Majority 7,148 12.17
Turnout 59,256 76.41 Increase 6.82
Registered electors 77,554
MSZP–Dialogue hold Swing

2014 election[]

2014 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unity Csaba János Tóth 21,697 39.88
Fidesz–KDNP Dr. Ferenc Papcsák 19,772 36.34
Jobbik Béla Kovács 5,924 10.89
LMP János Barta 4,961 9.12
ÉLŐLÁNC András Horváth 1,006 1.85
KTI Márta Láng 474 0.87
Workers' Party Dr. József Péter Hajdu 368 0.68
JESZ Norbert Roland Török 201 0.37
Majority 1,925 3.54
Turnout 55,351 69.59
Registered electors 79,541
Unity win (new seat)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tóth is a member of MSZP, he ran as a joint candidate of the Unity electoral alliance during the 2014 parliamentary election.

References[]

  1. ^ "Biography". Hungarian National Assembly.
  2. ^ a b "Budapest 08. számú országgyűlési egyéni választókerület" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  3. ^ "A választókerületekhez tartozó települések (Budapest)" (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Assembly.
  4. ^ "Budapest parlamenti képviselői (Parlamenti Információs Rendszer 2014-2018)" (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Assembly.
  5. ^ "Budapest parlamenti képviselői (Parlamenti Információs Rendszer 2018-)" (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Assembly.
  6. ^ "Országgyűlési képviselők választása 2018 - Budapest 8. számú egyéni választókerület (székhely: Budapest XIV. kerület) eredménye" (in Hungarian). National Election Office.
  7. ^ "Result of the single-member constituencies BUDAPEST capital 08. (Budapest XIV.ker.)". National Election Office.

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