2019 European Parliament election in Hungary


The European Parliament election, 2019 for the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament was held on 26 May 2019,
electing the 21 members of the Hungary delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.

Date of the vote

are held every five years in the European Union. The vote had to take place from 23 to 26 May 2019, but the member states could set the exact date. Since Hungarian law states elections can only take place on a Sunday, the only possible date was 26 May 2019. Accordingly, President János Áder announced on 4 March 2019 that the vote would be held on 26 May.

Background

Fidesz

During early 2019, the Hungarian government launched a poster campaign targeting European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros. The government campaign accuses Juncker and Soros of wanting “to weaken member states’ rights to protect their own borders” and claims “they want …migrants’ visas”. Due to the poster campaign, some members of the European People's Party, which the Hungarian governing party Fidesz is a member of, started moves to remove it from the group.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, called those who were calling for his removal from the EPP "Useful idiots".” In response to the political ad campaign, Manfred Weber, Spitzenkandidat of the EPP demanded Orbán apologize for and renounce the criticism levied against the EU by him and his party or face Fidesz's suspension from the EPP.
On 20 March 2019, the European People's Party voted to suspend the membership of Fidesz citing its anti-immigration stance, and personal attacks on Jean-Claude Juncker and George Soros. Prime Minister and Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán had threatened to pull out of the EPP if it was suspended.

Parties contesting

According to election law, Hungary consists of a single election district and all parties that collect 20,000 valid signatures from eligible citizens are put on the ballot. By the deadline, eleven parties or party alliances had submitted signature lists. Of those, two parties were refused registration, lacking a sufficient number of valid signatures : the United Hungarian National People's Party and the Tea Party Hungary. Nine qualified lists were approved by the National Election Committee to be put on the ballot, of which two of them are shared lists. All parties represented in the Országgyűlés participated in the election, in addition to four extra-parliamentary parties. The parties appeared on the ballot papers in the following randomly drawn order:

Opinion polling

Results

Results by county and in the diaspora

County results in %Fidesz-
KDNP		DKMomentumMSZP-PJobbikOur HomeMKKPLMPWorkers' PartyTotal Votes CastTurnout
County results in %Total Votes CastTurnout
Baranya50.1318.439.446.636.063.132.892.840.46125,67341.35%
Bács-Kiskun58.8113.437.275.087.053.672.192.100.39166,01339.80%
Békés52.7016.746.806.178.654.092.142.010.46109,77538.65%
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén51.6515.775.797.1511.694.021.821.520.59202,26838.31%
Budapest 41.1719.7917.359.043.182.323.832.980.34689,52652.51%
Csongrád49.3213.899.4711.535.384.952.992.070.42145,39343.90%
Fejér53.8316.019.155.317.033.692.581.980.43148,56343.38%
Győr-Moson-Sopron59.1713.748.444.905.793.262.282.070.35166,60246.36%
Hajdú-Bihar57.3714.167.965.547.143.172.211.950.47156,69136.55%
Heves52.6316.127.145.8310.263.951.881.740.46100,09341.38%
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok53.4414.956.006.539.605.281.931.580.70113,54237.42%
Komárom-Esztergom50.0819.658.565.597.343.502.612.220.43101,79041.40%
Nógrád56.9015.655.117.276.764.471.571.400.8661,93639.38%
Pest51.3815.5511.705.645.293.343.232.540.34449,27044.20%
Somogy55.3017.226.445.388.902.871.791.670.43102,98140.70%
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg60.6613.455.326.278.252.921.451.250.42170,75438.05%
Tolna59.0214.406.635.986.113.532.011.880.4373,03640.17%
Vas61.0313.037.425.636.432.402.011.760.29100,16948.80%
Veszprém54.7515.208.225.967.533.502.392.060.38129,67845.32%
Zala58.1315.636.914.846.813.581.861.890.34100,56544.72%
Foreign representations41.309.6029.046.372.292.075.224.000.1117,749
Diaspora95.970.600.960.450.320.630.580.360.1257,777
Total52.5616.059.936.616.343.292.622.180.42-

European groups

List of seat winners

On the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party list:
  1. László Trócsányi
  2. József Szájer
  3. Lívia Járóka
  4. Tamás Deutsch
  5. András Gyürk
  6. Kinga Gál
  7. György Hölvényi
  8. Enikő Győri
  9. Ádám Kósa
  10. Andrea Bocskor
  11. Andor Deli
  12. Balázs Hidvéghi
  13. Edina Tóth
On the Democratic Coalition list:
  1. Klára Dobrev
  2. Csaba Molnár
  3. Sándor Rónai
  4. Attila Ara-Kovács
On the Momentum Movement list:
  1. Katalin Cseh
  2. Anna Donáth
On the Hungarian Socialist Party–Dialogue for Hungary list:
  1. István Ujhelyi
On the Jobbik list:
  1. Márton Gyöngyösi