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| Turnout | 52.68% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2002 Budapest mayoral election was held on 20 October 2002 to elect theMayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day,local elections were held throughoutHungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using aFirst-past-the-post voting system. The winner of this election served for 4 years.
The election was won by three-time incumbent,Gábor Demszky.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SZDSZ | Gábor Demszky | 348 534 | 46.70% | −11.52% | |
| Independent | Pál Schmitt | 267 563 | 35.85% | −3.12%[a] | |
| MSZP | Erzsébet Gy. Németh | 98 289 | 13.17% | N/A | |
| MIÉP | István Csurka | 24 341 | 3.26% | N/A | |
| Centre | György Droppa | 4 404 | 0.59% | N/A | |
| Workers' Party | Lajosné Karacs | 3 121 | 0.42% | −2.38% | |
| Total votes | 754 674 | 100.0% | |||
 Elections in Budapest | |
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| Mayoral elections | |
| Assembly elections | |
