1998 Budapest Assembly election

1998 Budapest Assembly election

18 Oct 1998
All 66 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader János Latorcai Béla Katona Party Fidesz-MDF MSZP Last election 19 seats 21 seats Seats won 22 20 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 200,865 175,301 Percentage 31.51% 27.50%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gábor Demszky István Csurka Party SZDSZ MIÉP Last election 19 seats 7 seats Seats won 18 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 160,552 58,104 Percentage 25.19% 9.12%

The 1998 Budapest Assembly election was held on 18 October 1998, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.

Mayor

Main article: 1998 Budapest mayoral election

Incumbent Gábor Demszky won against the right-wing parties' candidate János Latorcai, 58.22% - 38.97%.

Results

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 1998
Party	Candidates	Vote	Percentage	Seats	Seat change
Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum	János Latorcai Tamás Tirts Gábor Zupkó Zoltán Cselovszki Jenő Perlaki ...	200 865	31.51%	22	3
Hungarian Socialist Party	Béla Katona Zoltán Ajkay Pál Vajda János Schiffer György Bánsági ...	175 301	27.50%	20	1
Alliance of Free Democrats	Gábor Demszky András Bőhm János Atkári Andrea Szolnoki Aladár Madarász ...	160 552	25.19%	18	1
Hungarian Justice and Life Party	István Csurka József Lukács Péter Pál Marsi Lóránt Schuster Tamás Bánovics ...	58 104	9.12%	6	1