Local elections were held in Hungary on 13 October 2019.[1] Mayors and assembly members were elected for a term of 5 years.
Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor, defeating incumbent István Tarlós who had been in office since 2010.
The General Assembly of Budapest consists of the directly elected mayor, the mayors of the districts, and 9 members from party electoral lists.
The opposition bloc (Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP) won a majority of 18 seats, with Fidesz–KDNP winning 13, and 2 seats going to independent politicians. This will be the first time Fidesz will not hold a majority in the assembly in over 15 years.
Parties running in the county assembly elections are subject to a 5% threshold. An asterisk indicates a party with an absolute majority. The Fidesz–KDNP coalition won a majority in all assemblies holding elections.
County Council | Number of electors | Turnout | |||||||
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Fidesz–KDNP | DK | MSZP | Jobbik | Momentum | Mi Hazánk–MIÉP– FKgP | Other | |||
Budapest[2] (District mayors) |
44,86 | 51.11 | 0.42 | 3.61 | 1,367,945 | 47,97% | |||
Baranya[3] | 57,00 | 12,38 | 8,34 | 9,23 | 8,85 | 4,20 | 189,936 | 53,31% | |
Bács-Kiskun[4] | 60,42 | 9,61 | 4,51 | 9,59 | 10,39 | 5,48 | 335,417 | 44,54% | |
Békés[5] | 53,11 | 10,71 | 7,76 | 14,36 | 8,02 | 6,04 | 237,587 | 47,11% | |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén[6] | 58,79 | 12,39 | 28,83 | — | 403,639 | 53,61% | |||
Csongrád[7] | 54,04 | 8,22 | 10,61 | 10,00 | 8,07 | 9,06 | 165,975 | 48,23% | |
Fejér[8] | 57,88 | 11,87 | 4,50 | — | 11,72 | 6,76 | 7,27 | 229,115 | 47,41% |
Győr-Moson-Sopron[9] | 62,16 | 10,60 | 4,56 | 10,78 | 11,89 | — | 221,113 | 49,55% | |
Hajdú-Bihar[10] | 60,11 | 9,58 | 5,45 | 11,41 | 8,68 | 4,77 | 270,152 | 46,04% | |
Heves[11] | 60,43 | 39,57 | — | 200,445 | 52,25% | ||||
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok[12] | 53,84 | 8,90 | 5,92 | 15,73 | 8,14 | 5,83 | 1,64 (Munkáspárt) |
248,492 | 44,69% |
Komárom-Esztergom[13] | 57,22 | 42,78 | — | 194,190 | 44,72% | ||||
Nógrád[14] | 58,22 | 10,35 | 6,70 | 10,19 | 6,85 | 5,47 | 2,21 (Munkáspárt) |
129,674 | 53,61% |
Pest[15] | 51,60 | 14,90 | 4,63 | 9,25 | 19,62 | — | 980,496 | 45,29% | |
Somogy[16] | 52,93 | 8,98 | 3,80 | 11,74 | 6,56 | — | 15,99 (Somogyért) |
207,422 | 52,03% |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg[17] | 64,93 | 6,82 | 7,74 | 11,57 | 3,44 | 5,50 | 356,764 | 54,81% | |
Tolna[18] | 58,48 | 11,01 | 6,99 | 10,14 | 8,20 | 5,18 | 157,375 | 49,79% | |
Vas[19] | 61,58 | 7,33 | 6,92 | 9,99 | 7,51 | — | 6,68 | 145,916 | 55,30% |
Veszprém[20] | 54,01 | 10,12 | 9,34 | 12,18 | 9,22 | 5,13 | 241,711 | 49,24% | |
Zala[21] | 61,34 | 10,25 | 4,26 | 10,56 | 8,39 | 5,21 | 144,926 | 52,37% | |
Hungary | 54,46 | 41,62 (incl. Somogyért and MMM) | 5,15 | 1,60 | 2,963,306 | 47,97% |
County Council | Number of seats | |||||||
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Fidesz–KDNP | DK | MSZP | Jobbik | Momentum | Mi Hazánk | Other | ||
Baranya[3] | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 |
Bács-Kiskun[4] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 |
Békés[5] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén[6] | 18 | 3 | 8 | — | — | 29 | ||
Csongrád[7] | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 20 |
Fejér[8] | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron[9] | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 21 |
Hajdú-Bihar[10] | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 |
Heves[11] | 9 | 6 | — | — | 15 | |||
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok[12] | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
Komárom-Esztergom[13] | 9 | 6 | — | — | 15 | |||
Nógrád[14] | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
Pest[15] | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 44 |
Somogy[16] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 15 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg[17] | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |
Tolna[18] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 |
Vas[19] | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 15 |
Veszprém[20] | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 |
Zala[21] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 |
Hungary | 245 | 36 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 381 |
Italics denote a mayor not running for reelection
In the 23 cities, 13 government-aligned or government-supported candidates won, with 10 going to opposition or opposition supported mayors. This is a sharp improvement for the opposition as they previously only occupied 3 of these mayorships.[28]
In most of the cities, the assembly majority is composed of members aligned with the mayor, except:[29]
In Békéscsaba, the mayor's civil organization together with Fidesz-KDNP members have a majority.
City | Fidesz-KDNP | Opposition | Others (only listed if >5%) | |||||||
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Békéscsaba[30] | none | Tibor Dancsó (DK) | 2 013 9.80% |
Péter Szarvas (Independent)[a] | 16 211 78.92% |
Attila Miklós (MSZP) | 1 788 8.70% | |||
Debrecen[31] | László Papp | 35 029 61.77% |
Zoltán Varga (DK) | 12 215 21.54% |
Csanád Ábel Kőszeghy (Jobbik) | 6 841 12.06% |
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Dunaújváros[31] | Gábor Cserna | 7 397 41.04% |
Tamás Pintér (Independent)[b] | 10 159 56.36% |
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Eger[32] | László Habis | 9 049 43.77% |
Ádám Mirkóczki (Independent)[c] | 9 842 47.60% |
Alfréd Pócs (Independent) | 1 189 5.75% |
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Érd[33] | András T. Mészáros | 10 020 40.61% |
László Csőzik (MSZP) | 12 288 49.80% |
Norbert Tekauer (Independent) | 2 366 9.59% |
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Győr[34] | Zsolt Borkai | 19 312 44.33% |
Tímea Glázer (DK) | 18 671 42.86% |
László Kovács (Independent) | 3 677 8.44% |
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Hódmezővásárhely[35] | none | Péter Márki-Zay (Independent)[f] | 13 478 57.30% |
István Grezsa (Independent, nominated by Fidesz-KDNP) | 10 042 42.70% |
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Kaposvár[36] | Károly Szita | 12 876 56.43% |
Ákos Ervin Horváth (Independent) | 8 841 38.75% |
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Kecskemét[37] | Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki | 16 279 50.21% |
Zoltán Lejer (Independent) | 12 015 37.05% |
Gábor Imre Hegedüs (Independent) | 2 755 8.50% |
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Miskolc[38] | Zoltán Alakszai | 26 177 40.83% |
Pál Veres (Independent)[g] | 35 135 54.80% |
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Nagykanizsa[39] | László Balogh | 7 189 49.30% |
Tibor Hári (Independent) | 6 695 45.91% |
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Nyíregyháza[40] | Ferenc Kovács | 20 351 52.84% |
András Jeszenszki (MSZP) | 18 167 47.16% |
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Pécs[41] | Attila Vári | 21 319 41.02% |
Attila Péterffy (Independent)[h] | 27 622 53.15% |
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Salgótarján[42] | Csaba Szabó | 5 744 42.86% |
Zsolt Fekete (MSZP) | 7 271 54.25% |
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Sopron[43] | Ciprián Farkas | 12 328 56.68% |
Norbert Varga (Independent) | 8 355 38.42% |
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Szeged[44] | none | László Botka (MSZP)[j] | 40 858 60.56% |
Pál Nemesi (Independent, nominated by Fidesz-KDNP) | 24 568 36.41% |
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Székesfehérvár[45] | András Cser-Palkovics | 22 882 60.84% |
Roland Márton (MSZP) | 12 580 33.45% |
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Szekszárd[46] | Rezső Ács | 6 353 49.77% |
Gábor László Bomba (Independent) | 6 055 47.43% |
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Szolnok[47] | Ferenc Szalay | 11 616 47.80% |
Zoltán Radócz (MSZP) | 11 364 46.77% |
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Szombathely[48] | Péter Balázsy | 16 363 47.66% |
András Nemény (MSZP) | 16 762 48.82% |
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Tatabánya[46] | Csaba Schmidt | 9 863 46.40% |
Ilona Szücsné Posztovics (DK) | 10 454 49.18% |
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Veszprém[49] | Gyula Porga | 11 117 55.02% |
Sándor Katanics (MSZP) | 9 088 44.98% |
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Zalaegerszeg[50] | Zoltán Balaicz | 14 302 69.69% |
Csaba Keresztes (DK) | 4 640 22.61% |
Italics means incumbent, bold means winner of the election.
In several major cities and districts of Budapest, the opposition took part in the election with joint candidates as some surveys said there were possibilities to gain a majority in local municipalities with a joint list.[51]
Opposition parties achieved better results as compared to the 2014 Hungarian local elections. This was the first set of local elections with a joint list of opposition parties.[52]