Hungary

Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections, on the 9th of June

Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections

Political partiesEuropean affiliationNumber of votesPercentage of votesNumber of seatsTrend compared with 2014
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance & Christian Democratic People's Party EPP1 795 01352.33 %13
Democratic Coalition - DK S&D555 25816.19 %4
MomentumRenew Europe339 1969.89 %2New
Hungarian Socialist Party - MSZP S&D228 3336.66 %1
Jobbik - Movement for a Better Hungary 219 7156.41 %1

 

Electoral Procedures for 2024

Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 21
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 18 years
> Who can vote? European citizens living in Hungary.

 

Electoral rules

 Voting method : Closed list
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hondt Method
> Can candidates be chosen from a list? No

 

Institutions and political situation

Democratic parliamentary republic
– Head of State : Janos Ader
– Prime Minister : Viktor Orbán

 

Economy

> Currency : Forint (HUF) (exchange rate in September 2023: 1€ = 387.73 HUF)
> GDP: 170,246.8 million € (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPP): 14,370 € (2022)
> GDP growth: 0.5% (2023)
> Unemployment: 4.1% (August 2023)
> Inflation: 12.2% (September 2023)
> Public debt: 73.3% of GDP (December 2022)
> Public deficit: 6.5% of GDP (December 2022)

 

Geography and population

Surface Area : 93 030 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)

– 9,7 million inhabitants (est. 2023)

 

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