1994 Hungarian parliamentary election

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All 386 seats to theOrszággyűlés 194 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.92% (first round) 55.12% (second round)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gyula Horn Gábor Kuncze Péter Boross Party MSZP SZDSZ MDF Leader since 27 May 1990 [a] 12 December 1993[c] Last election 33 seats, 10.89% 94 seats, 21.40% 164 seats, 24.73% Seats won 209 / 386 70 / 386 38 / 386 Seat change 176 24[b] 126 1R vote and % 1,688,835 (31.3%) 1,005,658 (18.6%) 649,872 (12.0%) 2R vote and % 1,943,757 (45.3%) 1,221,069 (28.5%) 639,866 (14.9%) Party vote 1,781,504 1,065,889 633,770 % and swing 32.99%22.10pp 19.74%1.66pp 11.74%12.99pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader József Torgyán László Surján Viktor Orbán Party FKGP KDNP Fidesz Leader since 26 April 1991 27 May 1990 18 April 1993 Last election 44 seats, 11.73% 21 seats, 6.46% 22 seats, 8.95% Seats won 26 / 386 22 / 386 20 / 386 Seat change 18 1 2 1R vote and % 425,346 (7.9%) 397,873 (7.4%) 416,116 (7.7%) 2R vote and % 252,405 (5.9%) 126,616 (3.0%) 29,391 (0.7%) Party vote 476,272 379,523 379,344 % and swing 8.82%2.91pp 7.03%0.57pp 7.02%1.93pp
Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
Government before election Boross Government MDF–EKGP–KDNP Government after election Horn Government MSZP–SZDSZ

Parliamentary elections were held inHungary on 8 May 1994, with a second round of voting in 174 of the 176 single member constituencies on 29 May.^[1][2][3] They resulted in the return to power of theHungarian Socialist Party, the former Communist party, under the leadership ofGyula Horn, who becameprime minister. The Socialists achieved a remarkable revival, winning an overall majority of 209 seats out of 386, up from 33 in1990.

The governingHungarian Democratic Forum was severely defeated, falling from 165 seats to 38 for third place. It was also a disappointment for the principal opposition party of the previous parliament, theAlliance of Free Democrats, which failed to capitalize on the government's unpopularity and lost seats. Poor economic performance, apparent government incompetence and acertain nostalgia for the social security of the communist era appear to be the main reasons for the result, together with significant reform of the Socialists' policies, with commitment to the expansion for the market economy and continued compensation for the victims of communism.

While the Socialists had enough seats to govern alone, Horn decided to form a coalition with the Free Democrats, giving him a two-thirds majority. This was partly to assuage public concerns inside and outside Hungary over an ex-Communist party with an absolute majority, and partly to get hisreform package past his own party's left wing.

The unicameral National Assembly (Országgyűlés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party had to win at least 5% of the national vote (based on the total of regional list votes) to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly had 386 members, elected for a four-year term in amixed system: 176 members in single-seat constituencies by amodified two-round system, 152 in multi-seat constituencies byparty-list proportional representation (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realizesemi-proportional representation.

Party		Proportional			SMCs (first round)			SMCs (second round)			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	National	Total	+/–
	Hungarian Socialist Party	1,781,504	32.99	53	1,688,835	31.27	2	1,943,757	45.34	147	7	209	+176
	Alliance of Free Democrats	1,065,889	19.74	28	1,005,658	18.62	0	1,221,069	28.49	16	25	69	–25
	Hungarian Democratic Forum	633,770	11.74	18	649,872	12.03	0	639,866	14.93	5	15	38	–126
	Independent Smallholders' Party	476,272	8.82	14	425,346	7.88	0	252,405	5.89	1	11	26	–18
	Christian Democratic People's Party	379,523	7.03	5	397,873	7.37	0	126,616	2.95	3	14	22	+1
	Fidesz	379,344	7.02	7	416,116	7.70	0	29,391	0.69	0	13	20	–2
	Workers' Party	172,109	3.19	0	177,416	3.28	0	6,268	0.15	0	0	0	0
	Republican Party	137,561	2.55	0	104,253	1.93	0	9,774	0.23	0	0	0	New
	Agrarian Alliance	113,384	2.10	0	132,173	2.45	0	14,544	0.34	1	0	1	–1
	Hungarian Justice and Life Party	85,737	1.59	0	67,162	1.24	0				0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party of Hungary	51,110	0.95	0	32,912	0.61	0				0	0	0
	United Smallholders' Party	44,292	0.82	0	43,186	0.80	0				0	0	New
	Liberal Civic Alliance–Entrepreneurs Party	33,367	0.62	0	42,951	0.80	0				0	0	New
	National Democratic Alliance	28,075	0.52	0	32,258	0.60	0				0	0	New
	Green Party of Hungary	8,809	0.16	0	4,766	0.09	0				0	0	0
	Compromise Independent Smallholders' Party	5,918	0.11	0	4,386	0.08	0				0	0	New
	Conservative Party	2,046	0.04	0	5,240	0.10	0				0	0	New
	Green Alternative	849	0.02	0	2,638	0.05	0				0	0	New
	Market Party	635	0.01	0	5,459	0.10	0				0	0	New
	ASZ–SZDSZ				9,280	0.17	0	9,613	0.22	0	0	0	–
	VP–ASZ–SZDSZ–Fidesz				6,440	0.12	0	7,666	0.18	1	0	1	–
	SZDSZ–KP				4,664	0.09	0	5,494	0.13	0	0	0	–
	Gypsy Solidarity Party				3,282	0.06	0				0	0	New
	Independent Hungarian Democratic Party				2,366	0.04	0				0	0	0
	Democratic Coalition Party				2,117	0.04	0				0	0	New
	National Alliance of Hungarian Families				2,005	0.04	0				0	0	New
	Historic Independent Smallholders' Party				1,792	0.03	0				0	0	New
	VP–Fidesz				1,347	0.02	0				0	0	–
	Pensioners' Party				1,245	0.02	0				0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party				1,197	0.02	0				0	0	New
	Democratic Party				1,150	0.02	0				0	0	New
	EKGP–KDNP				840	0.02	0				0	0	–
	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party				704	0.01	0				0	0	New
	Party of the Hungarian Interest				416	0.01	0				0	0	New
	Union of Hungarian Biomedicists				334	0.01	0				0	0	New
	Hungarian Mothers' National Party				265	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Electoral Coalition for the Hungarians				211	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Party for Historic Hungary				203	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Hungarian Party of the Unemployed				190	0.00	0				0	0	New
	National Forces' Movement				188	0.00	0				0	0	New
	Independents				122,190	2.26	0	20,134	0.47	0	0	0	–6
Total		5,400,194	100.00	125	5,400,926	100.00	2	4,286,597	100.00	174	85	386	0
Valid votes		5,400,194	98.44		5,400,926	98.46		4,286,597	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		85,344	1.56		84,692	1.54		53,299	1.23
Total votes		5,485,538	100.00		5,485,618	100.00		4,339,896	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,959,228	68.92		7,959,206	68.92		7,873,937	55.12
Source:CLEA, Nohlen & Stöver

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