European Parliament Elections
Since the EU expansion to Romania and Bulgaria, Hungary delegates 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty. Any EU citizens with residence in Hungary have the right to vote for a party-list. In case of the EU elections there are no constituency votes.
The latest EP election in Hungary took place on 7 June, 2009, which was the second one at all, after the 2004 EP election, which took place on 13 June, 2004, bit more than a month after the EU expansion to 10 Eastern European countries.
Results:
| Parties | Votes 2004 | % 2004 | Seats 2004 | Votes 2009 | % 2009 | Seats 2009 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Party | European party | |||||||
| Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz) | EPP | 1,457,750 | 47.40 | 12 | 1,632,309 | 56,36 | 14 | +2 |
| Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) | PES | 1,054,921 | 34.30 | 9 | 503,140 | 17,37 | 4 | -5 |
| Jobbik | none | did not run | - | - | 427,773 | 14,77 | 3 | +3 |
| Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) | ECR | 164,025 | 5.33 | 1 | 153,660 | 5.31 | 1 | 0 |
| Politics Can Be Different (LMP) | none | did not exist | - | - | 75,522 | 2.61 | 0 | - |
| Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) | ELDR | 237,908 | 7.74 | 2 | 62,527 | 2.16 | 0 | -2 |
| Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Munkáspárt) | none | 56,221 | 1.83 | 0 | 27,817 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Gypsy Alliance Party (MCF) | none | did not run | - | - | 13,431 | 0.46 | 0 | - |
| Total (turnout 36,31%) | 3,075,450 | 100.0 | 24 | 2,896,179 | 100.0 | 22 | ||
| Source: Valasztas.hu | ||||||||
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