REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS OF 10 MAY 1998
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Hungarian voters cast two votes, one for a local constituency 
representative and one for a party list. The National Assembly
consists of 176 constituency members, 128 members elected from the
party lists on a regional basis and 82 members elected from the 
party lists on a national basis, a total of 386.


Parties winning seats
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* FIDESz (Fiatal Demokratak Szovetsege) Alliance of Young Democrats
* FKgP (Fuggetlen Kisgazda, Foldmunkas es Polgari Part) Independent
   Party of Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Citizens
* MDF (Magyar Demokrata Forum) Hungarian Democratic Forum
* MIEP (Magyar Igazsag es Elet Partja) Hungarian Truth and Life 
   Party
* MSzP (Magyar Szocialista Part) Hungarian Socialist Party
* SzDSz (Szabad Demokratak Szovetsege) Alliance of Free Democrats


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS
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Party                                    A      B      C      Total
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Alliance of Young Democrats (FIDESz)     55     48     10     113
Independent Smallholders etc (FKgP)      12     22     14      48
FIDESz/MDF joint candidacies             50      -      -      50 
Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)          2      -      -       2
Hungarian Truth and Life Party (MIEP)     -      3     11      14
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP)         54     50     30     134
Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz)        2      5     17      24
Others                                    1      -      -       1
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Total                                   176    128     82     386
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A = individual constituency members
B = list members elected by region
C = list members elected nationally
FIDESz and MDF contested the individual constituencies in coalition,
but ran separate lists in the regional seats


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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This table is an aggregation of votes cast in the regional
electorates. While it gives a general indication of the national
level of support for each party, there is no direct relationship 
between this vote and the overall number of seats won by each party.
The 50 seats won by joint FIDESz/MDF candidates are included in the
FIDESz total.
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8,031,084 registered voters, 4,536,254 (56.3%) voted
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Party                                   Votes      %       Seats
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Alliance of Young Democrats (FIDESz)    1,263,522  28.2    163
Independent Smallholders etc (FKgP)       617,740  13.8     48
Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)          139,934  03.1      2
Hungarian Truth and Life Party (MIEP)     249,005  05.5     14
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP)        1,445,909  32.2    134
Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz)        353,186  07.9     24
Others                                    414,590  09.2      1
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Total                                   4,483,886          386
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