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APPENDIX:
List of Major Parties and Their Acronyms
Alliance of Free Democrats - SzDSz
Christian Democratic People’s Party - KDNP
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union - FiDeSz-MPSz
Hungarian Democratic Forum - MDF
Hungarian Socialist Party - MSzP
Independent Smallholders Party - FKgP
Party of Hungarian Justice and Life - MIÉP
Workers’ Party - MP
Relevant Election Results
(% of votes, major parties only)
Party / Coalition
1990 1994 1998 2002
Workers‘ Party
MP
3.7 3.2 4.0 2.2
Hungarian Socialist Party
MSzP
10.9 33.0 32.9 42.1
Alliance of Free Democrats
SzDSz
21.4 19.7 7.6 5.6
Independent Smallholders Party
FKgP
11.7 8.8 13.2 0.8
Christian Democratic People‘s Party KDNP
6.5 7.0 2.3
Federation of Young Democrats
FiDeSz-MPSz 9.0 7.0 29.5 41.1
Hungarian Democratic Forum MDF
24.7 11.7 2.8
Party of Hungarian Justice and Life MIEP
1.6 5.5 4.4
Notes:
• A mixed election system is used in the country, thus the table shows the share of party
list votes only.
• MDF ran in 2002 on a joint list with Fidesz-MPSz.
Presidents:
Mátyás Szűrös
(23 October 1989 – 2 May 1990; provisional president)
Árpád Göncz
(2 May 1990 – 3 August 1990; provisional president)
Árpád Göncz
(3 August 1990 – 3 August 2000)
Ferenc Mádl
(4 August 2000 – 3 August 2005)
László Sólyom
(4 August 2005 – present)
Governments:
1.
József Antall
(23 May 1990 – 12 December 1993)
2.
Péter Boross
(21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994)
3.
Gyula Horn
(15 July 1994 – 1 July 1998)
4.
Viktor Orbán
(3 July 1998 – 27 May 2002)
5.
Péter Medgyessy
(27 May 2002 – 28 September 2004)
6.
Ferenc Gyurcsány
(28 September 2004 – present)
