# 2019 Budapest Assembly election

The 2019 Budapest Assembly election was held on 13 October 2019, concurring with other local elections in Hungary. Voters elected the Mayor of Budapest, and the mayors of the 23 districts directly, while 9 seats in the assembly were distributed proportionally, taking into account votes cast for losing district mayoral candidates.

## Mayor

Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor with 50.86% of the vote, defeating incumbent István Tarlós who held the office since 2010.

## District mayors

The opposition won the majority of district mayoral races.
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Mayor | Party |
| I. | Gábor Tamás Nagy | Fidesz–KDNP | Márta V. Naszályi | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| II. | Zsolt Láng | Fidesz–KDNP | Gergely Őrsi | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| III. | Balázs Bús | Fidesz–KDNP | László Kiss | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| IV. | Zsolt Wintermantel | Fidesz–KDNP | Tibor Déri | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| V. | Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi | Fidesz–KDNP | Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi | Fidesz–KDNP |
| VI. | Zsófia Hassay | Fidesz–KDNP | Tamás Soproni | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| VII. | Zsolt Vattamány | Fidesz–KDNP | Péter Niedermüller | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| VIII. | Botond Sára | Fidesz–KDNP | András Pikó | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| IX. | János Bácskai | Fidesz–KDNP | Krisztina Baranyi | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| X. | Róbert Kovács | Fidesz–KDNP | Róbert Kovács | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XI. | Tamás Hoffmann | Fidesz–KDNP | Imre László | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XII. | Zoltán Pokorni | Fidesz–KDNP | Zoltán Pokorni | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XIII. | József Tóth | MSZP | József Tóth | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XIV. | Gergely Karácsony | PM | Csaba Horváth | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XV. | Angéla Németh | DK | Angéla Németh | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XVI. | Péter Kovács | Fidesz–KDNP | Péter Kovács | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XVII. | Levente Riz † | Fidesz–KDNP | Tamás Horváth | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XVIII. | Attila Ughy | Fidesz–KDNP | Sándor Szaniszló | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XIX. | Péter Gajda | MSZP | Péter Gajda | Opposition coalition Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP |
| XX. | Ákos Szabados | Independent | Ákos Szabados | Independent |
| XXI. | Lénárd Borbély | Fidesz–KDNP | Lénárd Borbély | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XXII. | Ferenc Karsay | Fidesz–KDNP | Ferenc Karsay | Fidesz–KDNP |
| XXIII. | Ferenc Geiger | Independent | Ferenc Bese | Independent |
* Italics denote a mayor not running for reelection
In case of joint candidates, bold denotes the party to which the candidate personally belongs. In the 23 districts, 14 opposition or opposition supported candidates won, with 9 government-aligned or government-supported mayors. This is a sharp improvement for the opposition as they previously only occupied 4 of these mayorships.
In most of the cities, the assembly majority is composed of members aligned with the mayor, except:
* X., with a Fidesz-KDNP mayor, and no clear majority
* XX., with an independent (Fidesz-KDNP supported) mayor, and opposition majority
* XXI., with a Fidesz-KDNP mayor, and no clear majority
* XXII., with a Fidesz-KDNP mayor, and opposition majority
In XXIII., the mayor's civil organization together with Fidesz-KDNP members have a majority.

## Party list seats

| Party | Votes for losing candidates | Additional seats |
| Fidesz–KDNP | 195 274 | 6 |
| Momentum–DK–MSZP–Párbeszéd–LMP | 86 380 | 3 |
Number in parentheses is the candidate's original position on the list, as some list candidates were elected to a mayorship.
Tarlós announced on 15 October 2019, that he won't take his seat. This caused Attila Ughy (list position 15) to take his seat instead. Zsolt Wintermantel did not take either his seat on 28 October; he was replaced by Gábor Pintér, according to the request of the Fidesz–KDNP alliance. Botond Sára (9.) and Tamás Hoffmann (11.) were elected into the local representative bodies in their districts, therefore they were excluded from the party compensation list.

## Breakdown of seats

The opposition won a majority in the Assembly, breaking over 15 years of a Fidesz majority.
| Party | Seats (mayor) | Seats (district) | Seats (list) | All | Change | Group |
| MSZP | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| DK | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Momentum | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Párbeszéd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | 18 |
| Other opposition | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Fidesz–KDNP | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Independents | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

## Detailed results

| District | Fidesz-KDNP | Fidesz-KDNP | Opposition | Opposition | Others (only listed if >2%) | Others (only listed if >2%) | Others (only listed if >2%) | Others (only listed if >2%) |
| I. | Gábor Tamás Nagy | 5 904 47.34% | Márta V. Naszályi (Dialogue) | 6 025 48.31% | Eszter Jakab-Novák (Independent) | 542 4.35% | | |
| II. | Zsolt Láng | 19 377 47.34% | Gergely Őrsi (MSZP) | 21 557 52.66% | | | | |
| III. | Balázs Bús | 26 749 49.58% | László Kiss (MSZP) | 27 206 50.42% | | | | |
| IV. | Zsolt Wintermantel | 18 257 45.7% | Tibor Déri (Momentum) | 20 174 50.5% | Tibor Pajor (Our Homeland Movement) | 891 2.23% | | |
| V. | Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi | 5 450 52.49% | Kata Tüttő (MSZP) | 4 410 42.47% | Pál Losonczy (Jobbik) | 371 3.57% | | |
| VI. | Zsófia Hassay | 5 409 42.51% | Tamás Soproni (Momentum) | 7 314 57.49% | | | | |
| VII. | Zsolt Vattamány | 7 093 41.04% | Péter Niedermüller (DK) | 8 279 47.9% | László Moldován (Independent) | 1 009 5.84% | György Hunvald (Independent) | 902 5.22% |
| VIII. | Botond Sára | 10 972 48.42% | András Pikó (nominated by Momentum) | 11 241 49.6% | | | | |
| IX. | János Bácskai | 8 376 39.54% | Krisztina Baranyi (Independent, selected in a primary) | 12 188 57.53% | | | | |
| X. | Róbert Kovács | 12 569 51.48% | Csaba Somlyódy (MSZP) | 10 922 44.73% | István Tubák (Jobbik) | 693 2.84% | | |
| XI. | Tamás Hoffmann | 26 854 43.19% | Imre László (DK) | 31 411 51.48% | Domokos Lengyel (Independent) | 2 014 3.24% | | |
| XII. | Zoltán Pokorni | 16 462 59.57% | Norbert Élő (DK) | 11 171 40.43% | | | | |
| XIII. | Gábor Bagdy | 8 554 18.11% | József Tóth (MSZP) | 38 669 81.89% | | | | |
| XIV. | Zoltán Rozgonyi | 18 302 37.03% | Csaba Horváth (MSZP) | 24 873 50.33% | László Várnai (Independent) | 5 177 10.48% | | |
| XV. | Gábor Pintér | 12 063 39.32% | Angéla Németh (DK) | 16 860 54.96% | Judit Victorné Kovács (Independent) | 1 505 4.91% | | |
| XVI. | Péter Kovács | 18 803 57.42% | Gábor Nemes (DK) | 12 705 38.8% | Viktor Schaffer (Independent) | 1 238 3.78% | | |
| XVII. | Tamás Horváth | 18 711 51.82% | Erzsébet Gy. Németh (DK) | 13 364 37.01% | Gergő Fachet (Independent) | 4 030 11.16% | | |
| XVIII. | Attila Ughy | 18 554 45.73% | Sándor Szaniszló (MSZP) | 20 698 51.02% | István Luka (Independent) | 854 2.1% | | |
| XIX. | Gabriella Dódity | 8 810 37.17% | Péter Gajda (MSZP) | 13 885 58.58% | Gyula Fonyódi (Independent) | 1 008 4.25% | | |
| XX. | none | none | Róbert Balog | 10 549 48.63% | Ákos Szabados (Independent) | 11 144 51.37% | | |
| XXI. | Lénárd Borbély | 14 899 52.54% | Éva Erdősi (MSZP) | 12 260 43.23% | József Pákozdi (Independent) | 971 3.42% | | |
| XXII. | Ferenc Karsay | 11 311 48.15% | Gábor Havasi (Momentum) | 10 999 46.82% | János Iván (Independent) | 1 181 5.03% | | |
| XXIII. | none | none | Miklós Bereczki (Jobbik) | 4 077 46.25% | Ferenc Bese (Independent) | 4 291 48.68% | Zoltán Bernáth (Independent) | 447 5.07% |
Italics means incumbent, bold means winner of the election.