At stake in this election:

• 386 seats in the National Assembly (Orszaggyules)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Laszlo SOLYOM
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ferenc GYURCSANY
• Assembly: Hungary has a unicameral National Assembly (Orszaggyules) with 386 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Orszaggyules), 176 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 210 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Hungarian Civic Party-Hungarian Democratic Forum (FIDESZ-MDF)
  • Leader: Viktor ORBAN
  • Seats won in this election: 188
  • Seats won in last election: 165
• Party: Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
  • Leader: Laszlo KOVACS
  • Seats won in this election: 178
  • Seats won in last election: 134
• Party: Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)
  • Leader: Gabor KUNCZE
  • Seats won in this election: 19
  • Seats won in last election: 24
• Party: Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIEP)
  • Leader: Istvan CSURKA
  • Seats won in this election: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 14
• Party: Independent Smallholders (FKGP)
  • Leader: Jozsef TORGYAN
  • Seats won in this election: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 48
• Party: MSZP-SZDSZ
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Other Parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held May 10 and 24, 1998.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 10,158,608 (2002)
• Registered Voters: 8,061,101 (April 2002 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 5,331,002 (2002)

·         Is Hungary a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (6 June 1980)

·         Has Hungary ratified CEDAW: Yes (22 December 1980)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes 

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 38 (following the 2002 election)

·         Human Development Index Position: 44 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Hungary a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Hungary ratified CRPD: Yes (20 July 2007)

·         Population with a disability: 1,523,791 (est.)