2014 Budapest Assembly election

The 2014 Budapest Assembly election was held on 12 October 2014, concurring with other local elections in Hungary. Voters elected the Mayor of Budapest, and the mayors of the 23 districts directly, while 9 seats in the assembly were distributed proportionally, taking into account votes cast for losing district mayoral candidates. This was the first election held under these rules, previously all seats (except for the Mayor) were elected with a party-list method.

2014 Budapest Assembly election
12 Oct 2014
All 33 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader István Tarlós Csaba Horváth Gergely Karácsony[lower-alpha 1]
Party Fidesz–KDNP MSZP Együtt–PM
Last election 17 seats 10 seats New party
Seats won 20 6[lower-alpha 2] 2
Seat change 3 4 2
Popular vote 277,873 118,693 56,506
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erzsébet Gy. Németh Marcell Tokody Antal Csárdi
Party DK Jobbik LMP
Last election New party 3 3
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 2 2 2
Popular vote 49,918 40,590 32,059
Map showing district mayoral election winners by party colors. White stands for a winning independent candidate.

Background

Regarding the Budapest Assembly election, the Fidesz-dominated National Assembly amended the electoral law in June 2014 after an announcement by Fidesz politicians Lajos Kósa and Antal Rogán, half a year before the local elections took place. The amendment, according to analysts, was formed according to the current interests of the ruling party, since it forced cooperation between rival opposition parties (MSZP, DK and Together–PM) in order to win district mayoral positions (and thus Budapest Assembly seats).[1] Only parties with at least 12 mayoral candidates could submit a compensation list. According to the Political Capital analysis think tank, this meant that the three largest opposition parties would have had to give up 7 districts, where all three of them run their own underdog candidate against the plausible Fidesz winner, while in the remaining 16 districts they cooperate and distribute among themselves in a ratio of 5–5–6. The Political Capital and the opposition parties criticized the Fidesz government, for amending the electoral law according to the current political situation months before the election, thereby reducing legal certainty and violating the ruling party's own adopted Constitution.[2]

The final result of the election (see below) finally justified the criticism. Index.hu calculated that under the old electoral system (party-list proportional rules) the Fidesz would have had only 16 mandates (15 + the mayor) instead of the 20 it won, therefore, the government party majority would not have been behind Mayor István Tarlós that way in the 33-member General Assembly of Budapest.[3]

Mayor
Main article: 2014 Budapest mayoral election

Incumbent Mayor István Tarlós was reelected with 49.06% of the votes.

District mayors
DistrictElected mayorPartyNumber of votes for winner
I.Gábor Tamás NagyFidesz–KDNP5 914[4]
II.Zsolt LángFidesz–KDNP18 733[5]
III.Balázs BúsFidesz–KDNP23 615[6]
IV.Zsolt WintermantelFidesz–KDNP18 276[7]
V.Péter SzentgyörgyvölgyiFidesz–KDNP5 621[8]
VI.Zsófia HassayFidesz–KDNP5 686[9]
VII.Zsolt VattamányFidesz–KDNP7 089[10]
VIII.Máté KocsisFidesz–KDNP10 674[11]
IX.János BácskaiFidesz–KDNP7 954[12]
X.Róbert KovácsFidesz–KDNP10 585[13]
XI.Tamás HoffmannFidesz–KDNP25 777[14]
XII.Zoltán PokorniFidesz–KDNP13 893[15]
XIII.József TóthMSZP28 140[16]
XIV.Gergely KarácsonyEgyütt–PM18 126[17]
XV.László HajduDK11 294[18]
XVI.Péter KovácsFidesz–KDNP16 064[19]
XVII.Levente RizFidesz–KDNP18 887[20]
XVIII.Attila UghyFidesz–KDNP15 202[21]
XIX.Péter GajdaMSZP13 858[22]
XX.Ákos SzabadosMSZP–DK–Együtt–PM10 564[23]
XXI.Lénárd BorbélyFidesz–KDNP12 158[24]
XXII.Ferenc KarsayFidesz–KDNP8 964[25]
XXIII.Ferenc GeigerIndependent3 061[26]

Distribution of compensation seats

Compensation seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

PartyVotes for losing candidatesAdditional seats
MSZP66 1313
Fidesz–KDNP52 7812
Jobbik40 5901
DK38 6241
Együtt–PM38 3801
LMP32 0591

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Notes
  1. After the withdrawal of Ferenc Falus (hu)
  2. Including a joint candidate with other parties, Ákos Szabados (hu)

References
  1. "Megváltozott a választási rendszer Budapesten". Index.hu. 2014-06-10.
  2. "Ismét nem tudja betartani saját Alaptörvényét a Fidesz". Political Capital. 2014-05-30.
  3. "Nem lett volna meg Tarlós többsége". Index.hu. 2014-10-28.
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