2019 European Parliament election in Hungary

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All 21 Hungarian seats to theEuropean Parliament
Turnout	43.48% ( 14.51%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader László Trócsányi Klára Dobrev Katalin Cseh Party Fidesz–KDNP DK Momentum Alliance EPP[a] S&D ALDE Last election 51.48%, 12 seats 9.75%, 2 seats New party Seats won 13 4 2 Seat change 1 2 new party Popular vote 1,824,220 557,081 344,512 Percentage 52.56% 16.05% 9.93% Swing 1.08 6.30 New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Bertalan Tóth Márton Gyöngyösi Party MSZP–Párbeszéd Jobbik Alliance S&D,Greens/EFA NI Last election 18.15%, 3 seats[b] 14.67%, 3 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 229,551 220,184 Percentage 6.61% 6.34% Swing 11.54 8.33

An election ofMembers of the European Parliament fromHungary to theEuropean Parliament was held on 26 May 2019,^[1]electing the 21 members of the Hungary delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.^[2]

European Parliament Elections are held every five years in theEuropean Union. The vote had to take place from 23 to 26 May 2019, but themember states could set the exact date.^[3] Since Hungarian law states elections can only take place on a Sunday,^[4] the only possible date was 26 May 2019. Accordingly,PresidentJános Áder announced on 4 March 2019 that the vote would be held on 26 May.^[1]

During early 2019, the Hungarian government launched a poster campaign targeting European commission presidentJean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American philanthropistGeorge Soros. The government campaign accuses Juncker and Soros of wanting “to weaken member states’ rights to protect their own borders” and claims “they want …migrants’ visas”.^[5] Due to the poster campaign, some members of theEuropean People's Party (EPP), which the Hungarian governing partyFidesz is a member of, started moves to remove it from the group.”^[6] Hungarian Prime MinisterViktor Orbán, called those who were calling for his removal from the EPP "Useful idiots".”^[7][8] In response to the political ad campaign,Manfred Weber,Spitzenkandidat of the EPP demanded Orbán apologize for and renounce the criticism levied against the EU by him and his party or face Fidesz's suspension from the EPP.^[9]

On 20 March 2019, the European People's Party voted to suspend the membership of Fidesz citing its anti-immigration stance, and personal attacks on Jean-Claude Juncker and George Soros. Prime Minister and Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán had threatened to pull out of the EPP if it was suspended.^[10]

According to election law, Hungary consists of a single election district and all parties that collect 20,000 valid signatures from eligible citizens are put on the ballot. By the deadline (23 April 2019, 16:00), eleven parties or party alliances had submitted signature lists. Of those, two parties were refused registration, lacking a sufficient number of valid signatures : the United Hungarian National People's Party (EMNP) and the Tea Party Hungary (TPM).^[11] Nine qualified lists were approved by the National Election Committee (NVB) to be put on the ballot, of which two of them are shared lists. All parties represented in theOrszággyűlés participated in the election, in addition to four extra-parliamentary parties. The parties appeared on the ballot papers in the following randomly drawn order:

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European group			Seats 2014	Seats 2019	Change
	European People's Party	EPP	12 / 21	13 / 21	1
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	S&D	4 / 21	5 / 21	1
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	ALDE	0	2 / 21	2
	Non-Inscrits	NI	3 / 21	1 / 21	2
	The Greens–European Free Alliance	Greens-EFA	2 / 21	0	2
			21	21

These elections marked the change of balance in Hungarian politics. Although Fidesz-KNDP remained largest and dominant party, but MSZP and Jobbik were replaced by Democratic Coalition and Momentum Movement as leading opposition parties. LMP was wiped off from political sphere. The results of the European elections in Hungary were also viewed with interest for their potential implications in the upcominglocal elections in 2019. András Bódis of Válasz Online noted possibility that in some municipalities joint opposition candidates can defeat Fidesz-KNDP candidates.^[13]

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