European Parliament election, 2009 (Hungary)

European Parliament election

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All 22 seats of Hungary in the European Parliament
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Pál Schmitt Kinga Göncz Krisztina Morvai Party Fidesz MSZP Jobbik Alliance EPP S&D NI Last election 12 9 0 Seats won 14 4 3 Seat change 2 5 3 Popular vote 1,632,309 503,140 427,773 Percentage 56.37% 17.37% 14.77%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Lajos Bokros Tímea Szabó István Szent-Iványi Party MDF LMP SZDSZ Alliance ECR NI ALDE Last election 1 new 2 Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 new 2 Popular vote 153,660 75,522 62,527 Percentage 5.31% 2.61% 2.16%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Hungary was the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 June.

Among the candidates that ran were:

The election in Hungary took place according to the 2003 CXIII. law about European election and the 1997 C. election law. According to this the country consists of a single election district and those parties will be put on the ballot who could collect 20,000 proposal coupons. Eight qualified lists were approved by Hungarian authorities to be put on the ballot, of which two of them were shared lists. Fidesz shared its party list with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) to create a joint Fidesz-KDNP list, and Politics Can Be Different shared its party list with the Humanist Party to create a joint LMP-HP list.

The European Parliament elections' biggest winners were the centre-right opposition Fidesz party, which won 56.4% of the vote and 14 seats. The far-right Jobbik ("For a Better Hungary") party also performed stronger than expected. The Hungarian Democratic Forum also gained 1 seat, the former finance minister Lajos Bokros can travel to Brussels.

The liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) was almost wiped off the political map, attracting only 60,000 votes or 2.2%, compared to more than a million in the country's first free elections 19 years ago.

On the Fidesz Party list:

On the Hungarian Socialist Party list:

On the Jobbik Party list:

On the Hungarian Democratic Forum Party list:

Alliance of Free Democrats Party leader Gábor Fodor announced that he will offer his resignation in case his party will not reach the 5% limit needed for representation in the European Parliament (the same limit is applied in national elections). After the election results were published Fodor repeated his statement promising to offer his resignation to the party congress the following day. The election result ultimately caused mass resignations including Fodor in the leadership of SZDSZ and internal turmoil in the party. The election results prompted an intense debate about the future of the party in MSZP as well.

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