# 2024 European Parliament election in Hungary

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Hungary were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first European election to take place after Brexit and on the same day as local elections.

## Background

The European Parliament considers Hungary a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy" since 2022.

## Running parties and candidates

Running parties
| Party | Party | Party | Main ideology | Lead Candidate | European party | EP Group | 2019 result | 2019 result |
| Party | Party | Party | Main ideology | Lead Candidate | European party | EP Group | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | Fidesz–KDNP | - Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance - Christian Democratic People's Party | National conservatism Right-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism | Tamás Deutsch | none (Fidesz) EPP (KDNP) | PfE | 52.56 | 13 |
| | DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd | - Democratic Coalition - Hungarian Socialist Party - Dialogue – The Greens' Party | Social liberalism Social democracy Green politics | Klára Dobrev | PES (DK, MSZP) EGP (P) | S&D (DK, MSZP) Greens/EFA(P) | 22.66 | 5 |
| | Momentum | - Momentum Movement | Liberalism | Anna Donáth | ALDE | Renew | 9.93 | 2 |
| | Jobbik | - Jobbik – Conservatives | Conservatism | Péter Róna | ECPM | none | 6.34 | 1 |
| | MH | - Our Homeland Movement | Ultranationalism Hard Euroscepticism | László Toroczkai | none | Europe of Sovereign Nations | 3.29 | 0 |
| | MKKP | - Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party | Social liberalism Political satire | Marietta Le | PPEU | Greens/EFA | 2.62 | 0 |
| | LMP | - LMP – Hungary's Green Party | Syncretic politics Green politics | Péter Ungár | EGP (suspended) | none | 2.18 | 0 |
| | TISZA | - TISZA – Respect and Freedom Party | Syncretic politics | Péter Magyar | none | none | did not exist | did not exist |
| | 2RK | - Second Reform Era Party | Centrism | Gábor Vona | none | none | did not exist | did not exist |
| | MMN | - Everybody's Hungary People's Party | Liberal conservatism | Péter Márki-Zay | none | none | did not exist | did not exist |
| | MEMO | - Solution Movement | Digitalization | Viktor Huszár | none | none | did not exist | did not exist |
Full party lists
| | Fidesz–KDNP | DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd | Momentum | Jobbik | MH | MKKP | LMP | TISZA | 2RK | MMN | MEMO |
| 1. | Tamás Deutsch | Klára Dobrev | Anna Donáth | Péter Róna | László Toroczkai | Marietta Le | Péter Ungár | Péter Magyar | Gábor Vona | Péter Márki-Zay | Viktor Huszár |
| 2. | Kinga Gál | Csaba Molnár | Katalin Cseh | Márton Gyöngyösi | Dóra Dúró | Katalin Törley | Erzsébet Schmuck | Dóra Dávid | Emese Pekárné Farkas | Botond Szalma | Dóra Karl |
| 3. | András Gyürk | Ágnes Vadai | Tamás Győző Deli | Zoltán Balczó | Zsuzsanna Borvendég | Veronika Juhász | Örs Tetlák | Zoltán Tarr | Balázs Búzás | Tibor Bana | Dániel László Bogó |
| 4. | Balázs Győrffy | Sándor Rónai | Viktória Vajda | Anita Kvárik | Szilveszter Kispalkó | Imre Tóth | Máté Kanász-Nagy | András Kulja | Adrián Száki | Anita Putz | Piroska Paksi |
| 5. | György Hölvényi | Kata Tüttő | Dániel Berg | Róbert Dudás | József Árgyelán | András Becker | Krisztina Hohn | Eszter Lakos | Gábor Tóth | Tamás Mellár | Norbert Szilágyi |
| 6. | Pál Szekeres | Zsolt Gréczy | Benedek Farkas | László György Lukács | Andreas Héjj | András Ecsedi-Derdák | János Kendernay | Gabriella Gerzsenyi | Andrásné Szilvási | Péter Pál Ember | Ferenc Horváth |
| 7. | Viktória Ferenc | Richárd Barabás | Bedő Erik | Bence Nagy | Gyula Popély | Balázs Sándor | Gábor Hanák | Kinga Kollár | Viktor Póka | Balázs Kiss | Mihály Tóth |
| 8. | Annamária Vicsek | Péter Heil | Máté Urfi | Béla Adorján | Patrik Orosz | Zakota Tamás | Dorottya Szabolcs | Csaba Bogdán | Árpád Burány | Fanni Kecskés | |
| 9. | Enikő Győri | Zita Gurmai | Levente Takács | Attila Fazekas | Ágnes Szent-Iványi | Richárd Szin | Viktor D'Elia | Viktor Weisz | Miklós Orbán | | |
| 10. | András László | Lajos Oláh | Evelin Hornyák | Péter Balassa | Mihály Földesi | | Mónika Andrasek | Dániel Molnár | Lívia Győri-Nagy | | |
| 11. | Ernő Schaller-Baross | Krisztián Kocsis | Barnabás Kádár | Réka Lakatos | András Grundtner | | László Perneczky | Andrea Anna Bujdosó | Marcell Imre | | |
| 12. | Boglárka Ballester-Bólya | Balázs Barkóczi | Anna Mária Benza | Zoltán Magyar | János Lantos | | András Szabó | Ildikó Sopov | Pál Ágoston | | |
| 13. | Bernadett Petri | Gábor Harangozó | Mátyás Szilvási | Rajmund Baucsek | Zsuzsanna Fiszter | | Zoltán Ságodi | | Márton Tóth | | |
| 14. | Barbara Hegedűs | László Sebián-Petrovszki | Zsuzsanna Nagy | Miklós Vincze | Attila László | | Balázs Haladi-Bús | | Róbert Oláh | | |
| 15. | Ádám Kavecsánszki | Tímea Szabó | Alexandra Nikoletta Hulse | Krisztián Berta | Balázs Éberling | | | | Norbert Riczu | | |
| 16. | Hajnalka Juhász | László Andor | Péter Sajószegi | Dénes Szarka | Csaba Binder | | | | József Dakó | | |
| 17. | Ádám Kósa | Gergely Arató | Koppány Bendegúz Szarvas | | Attila Vidó | | | | Eszter Judit Kiss | | |
| 18. | Dóra Hidas | Levente Dávid Bazin | György Juhász | | Csongor Vékony | | | | Martin Zsolt Gillich | | |
| 19. | Edina Tóth | Olga Kálmán | András Csaba Horváth | | Jenő Páli | | | | Csanád Terdik | | |
| 20. | Ágnes Zsófia Magyar | Gábor Erőss | Gábor Baranyi | | Barna Bartha | | | | Balázs Szőke | | |
| 21. | Gábor Tordai-Lejko | Mátyás Eörsi | Dávid Bedő | | Tamás Varga | | | | Klára Simon | | |

### MEPs not standing for re-election

| Name | Party | Date announced |
| István Ujhelyi | Opportunity Community | 2 June 2023 |
| László Trócsányi | Fidesz | 22 January 2024 |
| Andor Deli | Fidesz | 4 April 2024 |
| Balázs Hidvéghi | Fidesz | 4 April 2024 |
| Andrea Bocskor | Fidesz | 4 April 2024 |
| Lívia Járóka | Fidesz | 4 April 2024 |
| Attila Ara-Kovács | Democratic Coalition | 25 April 2024 |

## Campaign
### Debates

| Location | Date | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants |
| Location | Date | Fidesz–KDNP | DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd | TISZA | Momentum | MH | MKKP | Jobbik | LMP | MMN | 2RK | MEMO |
| Partizán | 2024-05-17 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | not invited | not invited | not invited | not invited | not invited |
| M1 | 2024-05-30 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| ATV | 2024-06-01 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | not invited | not invited | not invited | not invited | not invited |

## Opinion polling

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Fidesz-KDNP PfE | Momentum Renew | DK S&D | MSZP S&D | Párbeszéd G/EFA | LMP G/EFA | Jobbik NI | MMN EPP | MH ESN | MKKP G/EFA | MEMO EPP | NP NI | 2RK NI | TISZA EPP | Other | Lead |
| Publicus | 3–5 June 2024 | 1,001 | 43 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | 25 | 1 | 18 |
| Medián | 27-29 May 2024 | 1,000 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 29 | – | 19 |
| IDEA | 20–29 May 2024 | 1,500 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 26 | 2 | 18 |
| Társadalomkutató | May 2024 | 4,000 | 51 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 25 | – | 26 |
| Real-PR 93 | 27-29 May 2024 | 1,000 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | 28 | – | 17 |
| Alapjogokért Központ | 22-24 May 2024 | 1,000 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 26 | – | 21 |
| Századvég | 20-28 May 2024 | 1,000 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | – | – | 1 | 23 | – | 22 |
| Nézőpont | 20-22 May 2024 | 1,000 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 24 | – | 23 |
| Závecz Research | 2–10 May 2024 | 1,000 | 39 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 26 | 0 | 13 |
| IDEA | 25 Apr–4 May 2024 | 1,500 | 40 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| Nézőpont | 29 Apr – 2 May 2024 | 1,000 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | 21 | – | 27 |
| Publicus | 26–30 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 42 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 23 | – | 18 |
| Medián | 26–29 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 25 | – | 20 |
| Iránytű | 17–19 Apr 2024 | 1,073 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 26 | 1 | 24 |
| Iránytű | 9–12 Apr 2024 | 1,073 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| Závecz Research | 4–11 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | – | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | 7 |
| Nézőpont | 2–4 Apr 2024 | 1,000 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | – | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
| Ipsos | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 1,025 | 47.6 | 7.2 | 16.5 | – | – | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 2.0 | – | – | – | 4.7 | 31.1 |
| Nézőpont | 26–28 Feb 2024 | 1,000 | 47 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | – | 1 0 | 4 0 | – | – | 33 |
| 21 Kutatóközpont | 22–26 Feb 2024 | 1,200 | 44 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 26 |
| 21 Kutatóközpont | 22–26 Feb 2024 | 1,200 | 44 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | 27 |
| Republikon | Jun 2023 | – | 46 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Nézőpont | 15–17 May 2023 | 1,000 | 51 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 35 |
| Závecz Research | 28 Apr–5 May 2023 | 1,000 | 46 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Nézőpont | 2–4 Jan 2023 | 1,000 | 56 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 42 |
| 2022 parliamentary election | 3 Apr 2022 | – | 54.1 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 1.3 | 19.7 |
| 2019 election | 26 May 2019 | – | 52.6 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 6.3 | – | 3.3 | 2.6 | – | – | – | – | 0.4 | 36.5 |

## Results
### Turnout

| Time | Votes | % Turnout | ±% from 2019 |
| 7:00 | 148 427 | 1,88% | 0.4pp |
| 9:00 | 785 546 | 9,98% | 2.2pp |
| 11:00 | 1 802 332 | 22,89% | 5.73pp |
| 13:00 | 2 609 173 | 33,14% | 9.13pp |
| 15:00 | 3 310 686 | 42,04% | 11.52pp |
| 17:00 | 3 991 444 | 50,69% | 13.63pp |
| 18:30 | 4 416 794 | 56,09% | 14.35pp |
| Overall | 4 640 398 | 59,46% | 15.98pp |

### Results

| | Fidesz–KDNP | 2,048,211 | 44.82 | 11 | –2 |
| | Respect and Freedom Party | 1,352,699 | 29.60 | 7 | New |
| | DK–MSZP–Dialogue | 367,162 | 8.03 | 2 | –3 |
| | Our Homeland Movement | 306,404 | 6.71 | 1 | +1 |
| | Momentum Movement | 169,082 | 3.70 | 0 | –2 |
| | Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party | 163,960 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jobbik – Conservatives | 45,404 | 0.99 | 0 | –1 |
| | LMP – Hungary's Green Party | 39,646 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 |
| | Second Reform Era Party | 30,961 | 0.68 | 0 | New |
| | Everybody's Hungary People's Party | 29,285 | 0.64 | 0 | New |
| | Solution Movement | 16,806 | 0.37 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 4,569,620 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,569,620 | 98.58 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 65,949 | 1.42 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,635,569 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,655,344 | 60.55 | | |
| Source: Nemzeti Választási Iroda ||||||

### Results by county and in the diaspora

| County | Fidesz-KDNP | TISZA | DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd | MH | Momentum | MKKP | Jobbik | LMP | 2RK | MMN | MEMO |
| Bács-Kiskun | 48.36 | 28.60 | 6.25 | 8.66 | 2.28 | 2.91 | 0.85 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.40 |
| Baranya | 46.59 | 27.14 | 9.39 | 6.31 | 3.00 | 3.60 | 1.16 | 1.14 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.45 |
| Békés | 45.57 | 29.82 | 7.23 | 8.67 | 2.32 | 2.63 | 1.26 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.41 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 48.77 | 27.30 | 7.97 | 7.57 | 2.13 | 2.32 | 1.77 | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.46 |
| Budapest | 33.12 | 32.81 | 12.30 | 4.46 | 7.89 | 5.92 | 0.40 | 1.39 | 0.91 | 0.50 | 0.32 |
| Csongrád-Csanád | 38.32 | 31.71 | 7.84 | 8.52 | 3.61 | 4.03 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 3.76 | 0.33 |
| Fejér | 45.88 | 29.21 | 7.14 | 7.42 | 3.00 | 3.83 | 1.18 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.52 | 0.43 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 48.02 | 30.55 | 5.97 | 6.58 | 2.66 | 3.07 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.37 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 48.13 | 30.28 | 5.89 | 7.46 | 2.94 | 2.54 | 0.83 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
| Heves | 47.13 | 28.74 | 7.41 | 7.34 | 2.53 | 2.42 | 2.04 | 0.50 | 1.13 | 0.45 | 0.32 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 47.16 | 29.69 | 7.21 | 6.91 | 1.94 | 2.23 | 2.35 | 1.16 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.28 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 42.65 | 31.74 | 8.79 | 7.08 | 2.81 | 3.46 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.44 |
| Nógrád | 51.60 | 24.43 | 8.04 | 8.85 | 1.66 | 2.30 | 1.07 | 0.75 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.35 |
| Pest | 41.38 | 32.09 | 7.10 | 7.22 | 4.42 | 4.50 | 0.64 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 0.42 |
| Somogy | 50.18 | 27.19 | 7.85 | 6.80 | 1.86 | 2.40 | 1.62 | 0.66 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.41 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 54.47 | 26.80 | 6.33 | 6.36 | 1.30 | 1.61 | 1.37 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.39 |
| Tolna | 51.94 | 24.94 | 7.02 | 7.75 | 2.30 | 2.57 | 1.21 | 0.87 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.38 |
| Vas | 51.30 | 26.73 | 7.15 | 5.91 | 2.70 | 2.98 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.37 |
| Veszprém | 45.56 | 29.28 | 8.12 | 6.94 | 2.74 | 3.49 | 1.32 | 1.07 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
| Zala | 49.83 | 28.19 | 7.14 | 6.74 | 2.83 | 2.52 | 0.99 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.32 |
| Foreign representations | 18.86 | 50.82 | 3.77 | 2.26 | 12.08 | 9.65 | 0.20 | 0.58 | 1.07 | 0.54 | 0.16 |
| Diaspora | 90.03 | 4.42 | 0.83 | 1.97 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.14 |
| Total | 44.82 | 29.60 | 8.03 | 6.71 | 3.70 | 3.59 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.37 |

### Results by settlement size

| Settlement size | Fidesz-KDNP | TISZA | DK-MSZP-Párbeszéd | MH |
| Budapest | 33.1 | 32.8 | 12.3 | 4.5 |
| Cities with county rights | 38.8 | 35.1 | 9.2 | 6.1 |
| 20,000- | 39.9 | 34.0 | 8.4 | 7.0 |
| 10,000-20,000 | 44.5 | 30.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 5,000-10,000 | 47.8 | 28.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| 3,000-5,000 | 49.4 | 27.3 | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| 1,000-3,000 | 53.6 | 24.3 | 5.8 | 8.0 |
| 0-1,000 | 58.3 | 20.4 | 5.5 | 7.8 |