2022 Hungarian parliamentary election

The next Hungarian parliamentary elections will be held in 2022 or before.

Next Hungarian parliamentary election
In or before Spring 2022
All 199 seats in the National Assembly
100 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viktor Orbán TBD
Party Fidesz–KDNP Jobbik–MSZP–PM–
DK–LMP–Momentum
Leader since 17 May 2003 23 October 2021
Last election 133 seats, 49.27% Did not exist
Seats before 133 52
Map of all of the 106 single-member constituencies up in the election.
Prime Minister before election

Viktor Orbán
Fidesz

 Elected Prime Minister

TBD

Electoral system

The 199 members of the National Assembly will be elected by two methods; 106 will be elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 93 elected from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation. The electoral threshold is set at 5%, although this is raised to 10% for coalitions of two parties and 15% for coalitions of three or more parties. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[1]

Background

Creation of joint opposition list

In 2019 local elections, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, Dialogue and numerous other parties or independent candidates ran in joint lists. It enabled opposition parties to win majority in General Assembly of Budapest and some of the other biggest cities of Hungary.

On 14 August 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, MLP,[2] UK[3] and Dialogue decided to field joint candidates in all of Hungary’s 106 constituencies and launch a joint program for the elections.[4]

On 15 November 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement and Dialogue agreed on running with a common candidate for Prime Minister, to be selected in a primary election. They expect the candidate to be selected by 23 October 2021.[5]

On 20 December 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement and Dialogue decided on running together on a common list (unnamed as of yet), solidifying their electoral alliance.[6][7] The leaders of the respective parties have also signed a declaration containing the terms of their cooperation, titled "Korszakváltás Garanciái". (literal translation: 'Principles for Hungary's governance after 2022')

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election

References
  1. Electoral system IPU
  2. "Liberálisok: Az ellenzéknek most nem szabad széthúznia" [Liberals: The opposition must not pull apart now] (in Hungarian). ATV. 14 August 2020.
  3. https://www.facebook.com/ujkezdet.hu/posts/1177571019289148
  4. https://hungarytoday.hu/opposition-to-field-joint-candidates-in-all-constituencies-in-2022/
  5. Közös miniszterelnök-jelöltet állítanak az ellenzéki pártok 2022-re, telex.hu (in Hungarian)
  6. "Megszületett a teljes ellenzéki összefogás". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  7. "Hungarian opposition unites in bid to unseat Viktor Orbán". POLITICO. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

Notes
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