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Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998
All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés
May 24, 1998
		First party	Second party
Leader		Viktor Orbán	Gyula Horn
Party		Fidesz	MSZP
Last election		20 seats	209 seats
Seats won		148	134
Seat change		+128	-75
Popular vote		1.340.826	1.497.231
Percentage		29.48%	32.92%
Map showing winning/leading parties in each provinces (Single Member Constituencies)
Incumbent PM Gyula Horn MSZP PM-elect Viktor Orbán Fidesz

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The results of the Hungarian parliamentary election of 1998 are as follows:

The election was a significant defeat for the governing Socialist Party and their coalition allies , the Alliance of Free Democrats and a narrow surprise victory for Viktor Orbán's right-wing Fidesz.The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a coalition government the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.

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[edit] Results of Single Member Constituencies

This far the 1998 elections are considered the aligning elections of Hungary. The voting patterns of this election remained largely the same for the next two elections, marking the stabilization of Hungarian party system as well as party loyalties of voters.

[edit] External links

• Országos Választási Iroda (National Electoral Office)
• (English), (Hungarian) Vision Consulting ("Vision Consulting")

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