Index – Abroad – We looked into the list of Hungarian parties and saw unexpected names

Among the registered organizations are the parties with parliamentary representation:

Fidesz,
KDNP,
Democratic Coalition,
Better,
LMP,
We are our country movement,
momentum,
MSZP,
Dialogue – Greens.

The parties that currently do not have a representative in either the Hungarian or the European Parliament, but according to public opinion poll data, may cross the 5 percent threshold, were also registered:

Such is Péter Magyar’s Respect and Freedom Party,
and the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party led by Zsuzsanna “Suzi” Döme and Gergely Kovács.

The Solution Movement, which achieved 1.04 percent in the 2022 parliamentary election, is not missing from the list, nor is the Normal Life Party, which managed 0.70 percent two years ago.

Parties led by people from national politics, such as Gábor Vona’s Second Reform or the People’s Party founded by Péter Jakab, are also trying to win seats. Péter Márki-Zay, the prime ministerial candidate of the six-party opposition coalition in 2022, is also collecting recommendations for the launch of the People’s Party of Everyone’s Hungary.

Among the organizations, we found familiar names from earlier stages of Hungarian political history, such as the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) or the Labor Party. The Hungarian Liberal Party and New Start were also registered.

From the imperial movement to national unification

The other organizations are:

Party of Hungarian Entrepreneurs and Employers,
Alternative Party,
Left Circle Party,
Civil Movement,
Party of the Middle Way and Reason,
Unification Movement,
Unity for Civilians Party,
Romajó Independent Democratic Association,
Party of Social Democrats,
Free Country Movement,
Tea Party Community,
New Alternative,
New Hungarian Imperial Movement,
Association of Entrepreneurs,
Greens.

Recommendations must be collected by the beginning of May

President Tamás Sulyok announced the date of the 2024 local government and European Parliament elections on March 12. Those entitled to it can decide on June 9 which party representatives they would send to the European Parliament, as well as to whom they would entrust the management of local affairs and the management of settlements. You can find our big analysis of the campaign starter here. You can read our weekend campaign report here.

In the EP elections, only the party that collects 20,000 valid recommendations from voters by 4 p.m. on May 3 can present a list. In the election of local government representatives and mayors, the number of recommendations required for candidacy was determined by the clerks based on the population of the settlements.

Candidates running for mayor must collect at least 300 recommendations in settlements with more than ten thousand but less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and at least 500 in settlements with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, five thousand recommendations are required for the mayoral candidacy. Candidates must collect their recommendations by 4:00 p.m. on May 6.

(Cover photo: Emília Németh / Index)

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