2002 Budapest Assembly election

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All 66 seats in the General Assembly of Budapest 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Erzsébet Gy. Németh Kálmán Katona Party MSZP Fidesz-MDF Last election 20 seats 22 seats Seats won 24 21 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 262,998 230,992 Percentage 35.58% 31.25%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gábor Demszky István Csurka Party SZDSZ MIÉP Last election 18 seats 6 seats Seats won 16 5 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 171,244 48,514 Percentage 23.17% 6.56%

The 2002 Budapest Assembly election was held on 20 October 2002, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.

Incumbent Gábor Demszky was directly elected mayor in a three-way race against Fidesz–KDNP supported independent candidate Pál Schmitt and MSZP candidate Erzsébet Gy. Németh with 46.70% of the vote.

List seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method.

Budapest Assembly election, 2002[1]
Party	Candidates	Vote	Percentage	Vote change	Seats	Seat change
Hungarian Socialist Party	Erzsébet Gy. Németh Tibor Bakonyi Zoltán Ajkay Pál Vajda János Schiffer ...	262 998	35.58%	8.08%	24	4
Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum	Kálmán Katona Tamás Deutsch László Szőke András Deák Zsolt Wintermantel ...	230 992	31.25%	0.26%	21	1
Alliance of Free Democrats	Gábor Demszky András Bőhm János Atkári László Rajk István Molnár ...	171 244	23.17%	2.02%	16	2
Hungarian Justice and Life Party	István Csurka László Zsinka Zoltán Balczó Zoltán Fenyvessy Péter Pál Marsi ...	48 514	6.56%	2.56%	5	1