European elections, 6 – 9 June 2024, country sheet HUNGARY
Official EE24 website: https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ep2024
Other elections/referenda held the same day: Local government elections
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 21/21
Current government: Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz, NI) and the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP, EPP) alliance
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: No
- Number of constituencies: 1
- Preferential vote: No
- Postal vote: Yes
- Threshold to get elected: 5% of the total valid votes cast
- Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 06.00 CEST
- Closing time of polling stations: 19.00 CEST
VOTERS
- Total: 7 810 297
- Minimum age: 18
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 11
- Candidates (total): 313
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 18
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- Gábor Vona (2RK Párt, unaffiliated)
- Klára Dobrev (DK, MSZP, Párbeszéd joint list, S&D)
- Tamás Deutsch (FIDESZ, KDNP joint list, NI-EPP (KDNP is part of EPP)
- Péter Róna (Jobbik, NI)
- Péter Ungár (LMP – Zöldek, Greens)
- Dénes Viktor Huszár (MEMO, unaffiliated)
- László Toroczkai (Mi Hazánk, unaffiliated)
- Marietta Le (MKKP, unaffiliated)
- Péter Márki-Zay (MMN, unaffiliated)
- Anna Donáth (Momentum, Renew Europe)
- Péter Magyar (TISZA, unaffiliated)
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
- Klára Dobrev (DK, MSZP, Párbeszéd)
- Sándor Rónai (DK, MSZP, Párbeszéd)
- Csaba Molnár (DK, MSZP, Párbeszéd)
- Tamás Deutsch (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Kinga Gál (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- András Gyürk (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- György Hölvényi (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Enikő Győri (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Ernő Schaller-Baross (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Ádám Kósa (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Edina Tóth (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Andrea Bocskor (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Andor Deli (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Balázs Hidvéghi (FIDESZ, KDNP)
- Anna Donáth (Momentum)
- Katalin Cseh (Momentum)
- Márton Gyöngyösi (Jobbik)
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
- FIDESZ-KDNP / 13 / 52.56%
- DK / 4 / 16.05%
- Momentum / 2 / 9.93%
- MSZP-Párbeszéd / 1 / 6.61%
- Jobbik / 1 / 6.34%
TURNOUT 2019
- 43,58%
Source – EU Parliament