2002 Budapest Assembly election

The 2002 Budapest Assembly election was held on 20 October 2002, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.

2002 Budapest Assembly election
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All 66 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Erzsébet Gy. Németh Kálmán Katona
Party MSZP Fidesz-MDF
Last election 20 seats 22 seats
Seats won 24 21
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 262,998 230,992
Percentage 35.58% 31.25%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Gábor Demszky István Csurka
Party SZDSZ MIÉP
Last election 18 seats 6 seats
Seats won 16 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 171,244 48,514
Percentage 23.17% 6.56%

Mayor edit

Incumbent Gábor Demszky was directly elected mayor in a three-way race against Fidesz–KDNP supported independent candidate Pál Schmitt and MSZP candidate Erzsébet Gy. Németh with 46.70% of the vote.

Results edit

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 2002[1]
Party Candidates Vote Percentage Vote change Seats Seat change
Hungarian Socialist Party Erzsébet Gy. Németh
Tibor Bakonyi
Zoltán Ajkay
Pál Vajda
János Schiffer
...
262 998 35.58%   8.08% 24   4
Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum Kálmán Katona
Tamás Deutsch
László Szőke
András Deák
Zsolt Wintermantel
...
230 992 31.25%   0.26% 21   1
Alliance of Free Democrats Gábor Demszky
András Bőhm
János Atkári
László Rajk
István Molnár
...
171 244 23.17%   2.02% 16   2
Hungarian Justice and Life Party István Csurka
László Zsinka
Zoltán Balczó
Zoltán Fenyvessy
Péter Pál Marsi
...
48 514 6.56%   2.56% 5   1

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