2010 Budapest mayoral election

2010 Budapest mayoral election
3 October 2010
Turnout43.59 %
 
Candidate István Tarlós Csaba Horváth
Party Fidesz–KDNP MSZP
Vote 321 908 177 783
Percentage 53.37% 29.47%
 
Candidate Benedek Jávor Gábor Staudt
Party LMP Jobbik
Vote 59 638 43 839
Percentage 9.89% 7.27%
Mayor before election

Gábor Demszky
SZDSZ

Elected Mayor

István Tarlós
Fidesz–KDNP

The 2010 Budapest mayoral election was held on 3 October 2010 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. The winner of this election served for 4 years.

The election was won by the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.

Campaign

Five-term incumbent Gábor Demszky did not run,[1] due to low approval and the collapse of his party SZDSZ.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
István TarlósFidesz-KDNP321,90853.37+8.17
Csaba HorváthHungarian Socialist Party177,78329.47–17.39[a]
Benedek JávorPolitics Can Be Different59,6389.89New
Gábor StaudtJobbik43,8397.27New
Total603,168100.00–

Notes

  1. ^ Compared to the SZDSZ-MSZP candidate in the previous election.

References

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