# Budapest 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapesti 08. számú országgyűlési egyéni választókerület) is one of the single member constituencies of the National Assembly, the national legislature of Hungary. The constituency standard abbreviation: Budapest 08. OEVK.
Since 2014, it has been represented by Csaba Tóth of the MSZP-Dialogue party alliance.

## Geography

The 8th constituency is located in the central-northeastern part of Pest.
The constituency borders the 11th and 12th constituencies to the north, the 13th constituency to the east, the 9th and 6th constituencies to the south, and the 5th and 7th constituencies to the west.

### List of districts

The constituency includes the following municipalities:
* District XIV.: Main part of the district (except Rákosfalva, Alsórákos).

## History

The current 8th constituency of Budapest was created in 2011 and contains the pre-2011 21st constituency and part of the pre-2011 22nd constituency of Budapest. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Csaba Tóth of MSZP (with Unity support) from 2014, and he was re-elected in 2018.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 2014 | Csaba Tóth | MSZP | 39.9 |
| 2018 | Csaba Tóth | MSZP | 47.2 |
| 2022 | Ákos Hadházy | Ind. | 54.1 |

## Election result
### 2022 election

Result 2022
2022 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United for Hungary | Dr. Ákos Hadházy | 30,159 | 54.09 | |
| | Fidesz–KDNP | Ádám Borbély | 20,373 | 36.54 | +1.48 |
| | Mi Hazánk | János Czeglédi | 2,108 | 3.78 | New |
| | MKKP | Regina Rózsa | 1,946 | 3.49 | +0.91 |
| | MEMO | István Janicsák | 816 | 1.46 | New |
| | NÉP | Norbert Duma | 255 | 0.46 | New |
| | Leftist Alliance | Lajosné Karacs | 104 | 0.19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,786 | 17.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,351 | 75.35 | 1.06 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,785 | | |
| | United for Hungary hold | United for Hungary hold | Swing | +5.4 | |

### 2018 election

Result 2018
2018 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MSZP–Dialogue | Csaba Tóth | 27,736 | 47.23 | as Unity |
| | Fidesz–KDNP | Tamás Jelen | 20,588 | 35.06 | −1.28 |
| | Jobbik | István Szávay | 4,492 | 7.65 | −3.24 |
| | LMP | János Barta | 2,410 | 4.1 | −5.02 |
| | Momentum | Attila Szűcs | 1,771 | 3.02 | New |
| | MKKP | Zsolt Victora | 1,518 | 2.58 | New |
| | Workers' Party | Kolos Szentpáli | 209 | 0.36 | −0.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,148 | 12.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,256 | 76.41 | 6.82 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 77,554 | | |
| | MSZP–Dialogue hold | MSZP–Dialogue hold | Swing | +8.6 | |

### 2014 election

Result 2014
2014 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unity | Csaba János Tóth | 21,697 | 39.88 | |
| | Fidesz–KDNP | Dr. Ferenc Papcsák | 19,772 | 36.34 | |
| | Jobbik | Béla Kovács | 5,924 | 10.89 | |
| | LMP | János Barta | 4,961 | 9.12 | |
| | ÉLŐLÁNC | András Horváth | 1,006 | 1.85 | |
| | KTI | Márta Láng | 474 | 0.87 | |
| | Workers' Party | Dr. József Péter Hajdu | 368 | 0.68 | |
| | JESZ | Norbert Roland Török | 201 | 0.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,925 | 3.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,351 | 69.59 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 79,541 | | |
| | Unity win (new seat) | Unity win (new seat) | Unity win (new seat) | Unity win (new seat) | Unity win (new seat) |