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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
| type = parliamentary
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
| previous_election = 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election
| previous_year = 2018
| previous_mps = List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
| next_election = 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election
| next_year = 2026
| seats_for_election = All 199 seats in the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|Országgyűlés]]
| majority_seats = 100
| election_date = 3 April 2022
| turnout = 69.59% ({{decrease}} 0.14 [[Percentage point|pp]])
| 1blank = Constituency&nbsp;vote
| 2blank = %
| 3blank = Party vote
| 4blank = % and swing
| image1 = [[File:Виктор Орбан (18-01-2022).jpg|160x160px]]
| candidate1 = [[Viktor Orbán]]
| party1 = [[Fidesz]]
| alliance1 = [[Fidesz–KDNP]]
| colour1 = FF6A00
| leader_since1 = 17 May 2003
| last_election1 = 133 seats, 49.27%
| seats1 = {{Composition bar compact|135|199|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2
| 1data1 = '''2,823,419'''
| 2data1 = '''52.52%'''
| 3data1 = '''3,060,706'''
| 4data1 = '''54.13%''' {{increase}} 4.86 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| image2 = [[File:Márki-Zay_Péter_cropped.jpg|160x160px]]
| candidate2 = [[Péter Márki-Zay]]
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Everybody's Hungary Movement|MMM]])
| alliance2 = [[United for Hungary|EM]]
| colour2 = 4CB5A2
| leader_since2 = [[2021 Hungarian opposition primary|17 October 2021]]
| last_election2 = ''Did not exist''
| seats2 = {{Composition bar compact|57|199|{{party color|United for Hungary}}}}
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}8
| 1data2 = 1,983,708
| 2data2 = 36.90%
| 3data2 = 1,947,331
| 4data2 = 34.44% {{decrease}} 12.03 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| image3 = [[File:Toroczkai László.png|160x160px]]
| candidate3 = [[László Toroczkai]]
| party3 = [[Our Homeland Movement|MH]]
| alliance3 = 
| colour3 = 688D1B
| leader_since3 = 23 June 2018
| last_election3 = ''Did not exist''{{efn|name=Mi Hazánk|[[Our Homeland Movement]] (Mi Hazánk) was formed in 2018. In November 2018, three deputies defected from [[Jobbik]] and joined Mi Hazánk. One later left, leaving the party with two deputies. Within the National Assembly, they are labeled as independents, as the party does not have its own parliamentary group. [[Hungarian Justice and Life Party]] (MIÉP), which merged in Mi Hazánk in 2021, won 0.15% in 2018.}}
| seats3 = {{Composition bar compact|6|199|hex={{party color|Our Homeland Movement}}}}
| seat_change3 = ''New party''
| 1data3 = 307,064
| 2data3 = 5.71%
| 3data3 = 332,487
| 4data3 = 5.88% ''New''
| map_image = 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election - Tentative results.png
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Results of the election. A darker shade indicates a higher vote share. Proportional list results are displayed in the top left.
| title = [[Government of Hungary|Government]]
| posttitle = Government after election
| before_election = [[Fourth Orbán Government]]
| before_party = Fidesz–KDNP
| after_election = [[Fifth Orbán Government]]
| after_party = Fidesz–KDNP
| country = Hungary
| elected_members = [[List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)|elected members]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Party list]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Party list]]{{efn|Ran in [[Csongrád-Csanád 04]] (lost).}}
| leaders_seat3 = [[Party list]]{{efn|Ran in [[Csongrád-Csanád 02]] (lost).}}
}}

Parliamentary elections were held in [[Hungary]] on 3 April 2022 to elect the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]], coinciding with [[2022 Hungarian LGBT in education referendum|a referendum]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Megvan, mikor lesznek a 2022-es parlamenti választások|url=https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/20220111/megvan-mikor-lesznek-a-2022-es-parlamenti-valasztasok-520568|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Portfolio.hu|date=11 January 2022 |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2022|title=Április 3-ára írta ki az országgyűlési választást Áder János|url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/01/11/aprilis-3-ara-irta-ki-a-valasztast-ader-janos|access-date=11 January 2022|website=telex|language=hu}}</ref> Hungary's incumbent prime minister [[Viktor Orbán]] won re-election to a fourth term. Addressing his supporters after the partial results showed [[Fidesz]] leading by a wide margin, Orbán said: "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."<ref name=":0" /> Opposition leader [[Péter Márki-Zay]] admitted defeat shortly after Orbán's speech.<ref name=":1" /> [[Reuters]] described it as a "crushing victory".<ref name=":2" />

With 54.13% of the popular vote, Fidesz received the highest vote share by any party since the [[Fall of Communism]] in 1989. The election had been predicted to be closer than in previous years but Fidesz still held a 5–6 percentage point lead in the polls leading up to the vote.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Clinch |first=Matt |date=3 April 2022 |title=Nationalist Viktor Orban declares victory in Hungary election |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/hungary-election-prime-minister-viktor-orban-and-fidesz-in-nationwide-vote.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> [[OSCE]] deployed a full monitoring mission for the vote.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |title=OSCE Monitors Hungarian Elections Amid Voter Fraud Fears |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-elections-osce-orban-fraud/31783927.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=3 April 2022 |last1=Wesolowsky |first1=Tony }}</ref> The results showed that Fidesz outperformed polls, winning its first absolute majority of the vote share since [[2010 Hungarian parliamentary election|2010]] while expanding its supermajority to control 135 seats of the 199-seat Parliament, comfortably ahead of the opposition alliance [[United for Hungary]], which was set to win 57 seats after 100% of the votes had been counted.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Viktor Orbán declares victory in Hungarian general election {{!}} Hungary {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/viktor-orban-expected-to-win-big-majority-in-hungarian-general-election |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 April 2022 }}</ref> The [[Our Homeland Movement|Mi Hazánk]] party won seats for the first time, obtaining 6 seats.<ref name="hungarytoday.hu">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=Toroczkai Hails Far-right Mi Hazánk's Entry to Parliament |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/mi-hazank-election-result-parliament-2022/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref>

Internationally, the election was seen as a victory for [[right-wing populism]] with Orbán being an ally of then former US President [[Donald Trump]] and other right-wing figures.<ref name="NBC News">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Viktor Orbán’s win shows there’s still hope for Trumpism in Europe |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/putin-war-ukraine-hungary-orban-trump-rcna22881 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
===Amendment of the electoral law===
The electoral law, under which the previous two elections were held ([[2014 Hungarian parliamentary election|2014]] and [[2018 Hungarian parliamentary election|2018]]), specified the number of constituency candidates a party needed to run nationwide at 27, in at least 9 counties. On 15 December 2020, the National Assembly, in which the governing parties held the needed a two-third majority, voted to increase the requirements to a total of 71 constituency candidates in at least 14 counties and the [[Budapest|capital]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2011. évi CCIII. törvény az országgyűlési képviselők választásáról|trans-title=Act CCIII. of 2011. on the election of members of the National Assembly|url=https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=a1100203.tv|url-status=live|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122359/https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=A1100203.TV |archive-date=15 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Megszavazták a választási törvény és az alaptörvény módosítását is|date=15 December 2020|url=https://24.hu/belfold/2020/12/15/alaptorveny-alkotmany-szavazas-parlament/|url-status=live|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215113318/https://24.hu/belfold/2020/12/15/alaptorveny-alkotmany-szavazas-parlament/ |archive-date=15 December 2020 }}</ref>

===Creation of joint opposition list===
In [[2019 Hungarian local elections|2019 local elections]], [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]], [[Jobbik]], [[LMP – Hungary's Green Party|LMP]], [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]], [[Momentum Movement]], [[Dialogue for Hungary|Dialogue]], and numerous other parties or [[independent candidates]] ran in joint lists. It enabled opposition parties to win the majority in the [[General Assembly of Budapest]] and in ten of the 23 cities with county rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Helyi önkormányzati választás 2019 - Nemzeti Választási Iroda |url=https://www.valasztas.hu/d4/onk19/szavossz/onkval/hu/kiemelt.html |work=www.valasztas.hu |accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref> On 13 August 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, [[Hungarian Liberal Party|MLP]],<ref>{{cite news|date=14 August 2020|title=Liberálisok: Az ellenzéknek most nem szabad széthúznia |language=hu |trans-title=Liberals: The opposition must not pull apart now |publisher=[[ATV (Hungary)|ATV]] |url=http://www.atv.hu/videok/video-20200814-liberalisok-az-ellenzeknek-most-nem-szabad-szethuznia }}</ref> [[New Start (Hungary)|UK]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ujkezdet.hu/posts/1177571019289148|title=KÖZLEMÉNY|date=14 August 2020|website=Facebook|language=hu}}</ref> and Dialogue decided to field joint candidates in all of Hungary's 106 constituencies and launch a joint program for the elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/opposition-to-field-joint-candidates-in-all-constituencies-in-2022/|title=Opposition to Field Joint Candidates in All Constituencies in 2022|date=14 August 2020}}</ref>

On 15 November 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement and Dialogue agreed on running with a common candidate for [[Prime Minister of Hungary|Prime Minister]], to be selected in a [[2021 Hungarian opposition primary|primary election]]. They expect the candidate to be selected by 23 October 2021.<ref>[https://telex.hu/belfold/2020/11/16/kozos-miniszterelnok-jeloltet-allitanak-az-ellenzeki-partok-2022-re Közös miniszterelnök-jelöltet állítanak az ellenzéki pártok 2022-re], ''telex.hu'' (in Hungarian)</ref> On 20 December 2020, Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, LMP, MSZP, Momentum Movement, and Dialogue decided on running together on a common list, solidifying their electoral alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 December 2020|title=Megszületett a teljes ellenzéki összefogás|url=https://m.hvg.hu/itthon/20201220_Megszuletett_a_teljes_ellenzeki_osszefogas|access-date=23 December 2020|website=hvg.hu|language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Lili|last1=Bayer|date=20 December 2020|title=Hungarian opposition unites in bid to unseat Viktor Orbán|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-opposition-unites-in-bid-to-unseat-orban/|access-date=23 December 2020|website=POLITICO|language=en-US}}</ref> The leaders of the respective parties have also signed a declaration containing the terms of their cooperation, titled "Korszakváltás Garanciái" ("Principles for Hungary's governance after 2022"). The opposition coalition was very ideologically diverse, something described by observers as a potential hindrance to presenting a united front to defeat Orbán.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Bayer | first1=Lili | title=Inside the Hungarian campaign to beat Viktor Orbán | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/inside-the-hungarian-opposition-uphill-battle-to-beat-viktor-orban-fidesz-party/ | date=26 July 2021 | work=[[Politico]] | access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>

===Opposition primary===
{{Main|2021 Hungarian opposition primary}}
The [[United for Hungary|Opposition]] primary was held in [[Hungary]], between 12 and 27 September 2021 (first round) and 10–16 October 2021 (second round), to select the candidate for [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] supported by the opposition parties to form a coalition to compete in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election. It was the first countrywide primary election in the political history of Hungary. On 17 October 2021, non-partisan candidate [[Péter Márki-Zay]] won in the runoff (second round) of the [[2021 Hungarian opposition primary|opposition primary]], becoming the [[United for Hungary|United Opposition]] candidate in the election for prime minister. The parties had also selected common candidates for [[single-member district]]s via the primary in the first round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bayer |first=Lili |date=17 October 2021 |title=Conservative wins Hungarian opposition race to face Orbán in 2022 |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/conservative-peter-marki-zay-wins-hungary-opposition-race-to-face-viktor-orban-in-2022/}}</ref>

==Electoral system==
The 199 members of the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]] are to be elected by [[mixed-member majoritarian representation]] with two methods; 106 are elected in single-member constituencies by [[first-past-the-post voting]], with the remaining 93 elected from a single nationwide constituency mostly by [[proportional representation]], via a [[Scorporo|partially compensatory system]] (a hybrid of [[parallel voting]] and [[mixed single vote]]). The electoral threshold is set at 5%, although this is raised to 10% for coalitions of two parties and 15% for coalitions of three or more parties. Seats are allocated using the [[d'Hondt method]].<ref>[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2141_B.htm Electoral system] IPU</ref>

The governing party is allowed to draw the boundaries of the single-member constituencies, and the boundaries were gerrymandered by the Fidesz government prior to the 2014 elections. The redrawing was done in a way that smaller constituencies (with fewer than 70,000 voters) had higher concentrations of Fidesz voters than larger constituencies (over 80,000 voters), meaning fewer votes were required to elect Fidesz constituency candidates.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/02/a-wild-gerrymander-makes-hungarys-fidesz-party-hard-to-dislodge A wild gerrymander makes Hungary’s Fidesz party hard to dislodge] The Economist, 2 April 2022</ref> In 2010, seats varied in population by 35%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ezért érhet kevesebbet az ellenzéki szavazat, mint a Fideszre adott – választásföldrajzi gyorstalpaló {{!}} Válasz Online |url=https://www.valaszonline.hu/2022/01/18/valasztasi-foldrajz-keruletek-lakossag-aranytalansag-elemzes/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |language=hu}}</ref>

Since 2014 each of the Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, [[Rusyn people|Rusyn]], Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian ethnic minorities can win one of the 93 party lists seats if they register as a specific list and reach a lowered quota of <math>\frac{1}{4 \times 93}=\frac{1}{372}\approx0.27\%</math> of the total of party list votes. Each minority is able to send a minority spokesman – without the rights of an MP – to the National Assembly, if the list does not reach this lowered quota.<ref>[http://www.valasztas.hu/web/national-election-office/parliamentary-elections-2018 Nemzeti Választási Iroda] National Election Office</ref> Due to internal disputes, the National Self-Government of Romani did not participate in the election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaufmann |first1=Balázs |title=Botrányos közgyűlés után nemzetiségi lista nélkül maradt az Országos Roma Önkormányzat |url=https://444.hu/2022/02/01/botranyos-kozgyules-utan-nemzetisegi-lista-nelkul-maradt-az-orszagos-roma-onkormanyzat |access-date=11 April 2022 |work=444.hu}}</ref>

==Parties and coalitions==
The following parties are represented in the National Assembly, or are commonly included in public opinion polling:
{| class=wikitable
! rowspan=2 colspan=4| Party/Coalition<br />{{small|Full name}}
! rowspan=2| Ideology
! rowspan=2| Leader(s)
! colspan=2| 2018 result
! rowspan=2| Seats just before the election
|-
! {{nowrap|Votes (%)}}
! Seats
|-
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Fidesz}}| 
| rowspan=2| [[Fidesz–KDNP]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Fidesz}}| 
| [[Fidesz]]<br />{{small|Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance}}
| [[National conservatism]]
| [[Viktor Orbán]]
| rowspan=2 align=center| 49.27
| {{Composition bar|116|199|{{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| {{Composition bar|116|199|{{party color|Fidesz}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}| 
| [[Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)|KDNP]]<br />{{nowrap|{{small|Christian Democratic People's Party}}}}
| [[Christian right]]
| [[Zsolt Semjén]]
| {{Composition bar|17|199|{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|17|199|{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)}}}}
|-
| rowspan=6 bgcolor={{party color|United Opposition (Hungary)}}| 
| rowspan=6| {{nowrap|[[United for Hungary|EM]]}}<br />{{small|United for Hungary}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Jobbik (2020)}}| 
| [[Jobbik]]<br />{{small|Movement for a Better Hungary}}
| [[Conservatism]]
| [[Péter Jakab]]
| align=center| 19.06
| {{Composition bar|26|199|{{party color|Jobbik (2020)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|17|199|{{party color|Jobbik (2020)}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}| 
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]<br />{{small|Hungarian Socialist Party}}
| [[Social democracy]]
| [[Bertalan Tóth]]<br />[[Ágnes Kunhalmi]]
| rowspan=2 align=center| 11.31
| {{Composition bar|17|199|{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|15|199|{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}| 
| [[Dialogue for Hungary|Párbeszéd]]<br />{{small|Dialogue for Hungary}}
| [[Green politics]]
| [[Gergely Karácsony]]<br />[[Tímea Szabó]]
| {{Composition bar|3|199|{{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}}}
| {{Composition bar|5|199|{{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Coalition (Hungary)}}| 
| [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|DK]]<br />{{small|Democratic Coalition}}
| [[Social liberalism]]
| [[Ferenc Gyurcsány]]
| align=center| 5.38
| {{Composition bar|9|199|{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Hungary)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|9|199|{{party color|Democratic Coalition (Hungary)}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|LMP – Hungary's Green Party}}| 
| [[LMP – Hungary's Green Party|LMP]]<br />{{small|LMP – Hungary's Green Party}}
| [[Green liberalism]]
| {{nowrap|[[Máté Kanász-Nagy]]<br />[[Erzsébet Schmuck]]}}
| align=center| 7.06
| {{Composition bar|8|199|{{party color|Politics Can Be Different}}}}
| {{Composition bar|6|199|{{party color|Politics Can Be Different}}}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Momentum Movement}}| 
| [[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]<br />{{small|Momentum Movement}}
| [[Liberalism]]
| [[Anna Donáth]]
| align=center| 3.06
| {{Composition bar|0|199|{{party color|Momentum Movement}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|199|{{party color|Momentum Movement}}}}
|-
| bgcolor=#688D1B| 
| colspan=3| [[Our Homeland Movement|MH]]<br />{{small|Our Homeland Movement}}
| {{nowrap|[[Hungarian nationalism]]}}
| [[László Toroczkai]]
| colspan=2 align=center| ''Did not exist''{{efn|name=Mi Hazánk|[[Our Homeland Movement]] (Mi Hazánk) was formed in 2018. In November 2018, three deputies defected from [[Jobbik]] and joined Mi Hazánk. One later left, leaving the party with two deputies. Within the National Assembly, they are labeled as independents, as the party does not have its own parliamentary group. [[Hungarian Justice and Life Party]] (MIÉP), which merged in Mi Hazánk in 2021, won 0.15% in 2018.}}
| {{Composition bar|2|199|#688D1B}}
|-
| bgcolor=#808080| 
| colspan=3| [[Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party|MKKP]]<br />{{small|Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party}}
| [[Joke party]]
| [[Gergely Kovács (politician)|Gergely Kovács]]
| align=center| 1.73
| {{Composition bar|0|199|#808080}}
| {{Composition bar|0|199|#808080}}
|-
| bgcolor=#0E264A| 
| colspan=3| Normális Élet Pártja (NÉP)<br />{{small|Party of Normal Life}}
| [[Vaccine hesitancy]]
| György Gődény
| align=center| 0.07{{efn|As "Common Ground Party"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|199|#0E264A}}
| {{Composition bar|0|199|#0E264A}}
|-
| bgcolor=#A60000| 
| colspan=3| [[Solution Movement|MEMO]]<br />{{small|Solution Movement}}
| {{nowrap|[[Digital transformation|Digitalization]]}}
| [[György Gattyán]]
| colspan=2 align=center| ''Did not exist''
| {{Composition bar|0|199|#A60000}}
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| colspan=3| [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| –
| –
| align=center| 1.01{{efn|Constituency votes only; independents cannot run for the party list component.}}
| {{Composition bar|1|199|{{party color|Independent politician}}}}
| {{Composition bar|6|199|{{party color|Independent politician}}}}{{efn|name=Independents}}
|}

==Opinion polls==
{{Main|Opinion polling for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election}}
{{#section-h: Opinion polling for the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election|Graphical summary}}

==Results==
{| class=wikitable
|+Turnout (within Hungary only, excluding eligible voters abroad)<ref name="results">{{Cite web |title=Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Országgyűlési Választás 2022. |trans-title=National Electoral Commission - Election of National Assembly Representatives 2022 |url=https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2022 |date=16 April 2022 |language=hu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422042153/https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2022 |archive-date=22 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
!7:00
!9:00
!11:00
!13:00
!15:00
!17:00
!18:30
!Overall
|-
|1.82%
|10.31%
|25.77%
|40.01%
|52.75%
|62.92%
|67.80%
|70.21%
|}

{{Election results
|image=[[File:2022 Hungary National Assembly.svg]]
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency
|party1=[[Fidesz-KDNP]]|votes1=3060706|seats1=48|votes1_2=2823419|seats1_2=87|totseats1=135|sc1=+2
|party2=[[United for Hungary]]|votes2=1947331|seats2=38|votes2_2=1983708|seats2_2=19|totseats2=57|sc2=–8
|party3=[[Our Homeland Movement]]|votes3=332487|seats3=6|votes3_2=307064|seats3_2=0|totseats3=6|sc3=New
|party4=[[Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party|Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party]]|votes4=185052|seats4=0|votes4_2=126648|seats4_2=0|totseats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Solution Movement]]|votes5=58929|seats5=0|votes5_2=64341|seats5_2=0|totseats5=0|sc5=New|color5=#AC0A0E
|party6=Party of Normal Life|votes6=39720|seats6=0|votes6_2=31495|seats6_2=0|totseats6=0|sc6=New|color6=#0E264A
|party7=[[National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary|National Self-Government of Germans]]|votes7=24630|seats7=1|votes7_2=|seats7_2=|totseats7=1|sc7=0
|party8=National Self-Government of Croats|votes8=1760|seats8=0|votes8_2=|seats8_2=|totseats8=0|sc8=0
|party9=National Self-Government of Slovaks|votes9=1208|seats9=0|votes9_2=|seats9_2=|totseats9=0|sc9=0
|party10=National Self-Government of Rusyns|votes10=645|seats10=0|votes10_2=|seats10_2=|totseats10=0|sc10=0
|party11=National Self-Government of Romanians|votes11=526|seats11=0|votes11_2=|seats11_2=|totseats11=0|sc11=0
|party12=National Self-Government of Serbs|votes12=418|seats12=0|votes12_2=|seats12_2=|totseats12=0|sc12=0
|party13=National Self-Government of Ukrainians|votes13=396|seats13=0|votes13_2=|seats13_2=|totseats13=0|sc13=0
|party14=National Self-Government of Poles|votes14=281|seats14=0|votes14_2=|seats14_2=|totseats14=0|sc14=0
|party15=National Self-Government of Greeks|votes15=232|seats15=0|votes15_2=|seats15_2=|totseats15=0|sc15=0
|party16=National Self-Government of Slovenes|votes16=219|seats16=0|votes16_2=|seats16_2=|totseats16=0|sc16=0
|party17=National Self-Government of Armenians|votes17=163|seats17=0|votes17_2=|seats17_2=|totseats17=0|sc17=0
|party18=National Self-Government of Bulgarians|votes18=157|seats18=0|votes18_2=|seats18_2=|totseats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=[[Leftist Alliance (Hungary)|Leftist Alliance]]|votes19=|seats19=|votes19_2=8678|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|sc19=New
|party20=True Democratic Party|votes20=|seats20=|votes20_2=989|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=[[Civic Response]]|votes21=|seats21=|votes21_2=521|seats21_2=0|totseats21=0|sc21=New
|party22=Our Party – IMA|votes22=|seats22=|votes22_2=326|seats22_2=0|totseats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=[[Party of Greens (Hungary)|Party of Greens]]|votes23=|seats23=|votes23_2=208|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=Democratic Organisation of the Hungarian Poor and Workers|votes24=|seats24=|votes24_2=177|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=[[Hungarian Liberal Party]]|votes25=|seats25=|votes25_2=152|seats25_2=0|totseats25=0|sc25=0
|party26=Independents|votes26=|seats26=|votes26_2=28416|seats26_2=0|totseats26=0|sc26=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=57065|invalid2=65239
|electorate=8215304|electorate2=7703191
|source=National Electoral Commission,<ref name="results"/> [https://static.valasztas.hu/dyn/ogy2022/jkvimage/OrszList/OGY-OL.pdf National Electoral Commission]
}}

=== Result by constituency ===
{{see also|2022 Hungarian parliamentary election results by constituency}}

=== Party list results by county and in the diaspora ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:200px;" rowspan="2"| [[Counties of Hungary|County]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksh.hu/s/kiadvanyok/fenntarthato-fejlodes-indikatorai-2022/2-24#2-abra|title=Részvételi arány az országgyűlési választásokon|publisher=ksh.hu}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Fidesz-KDNP]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[United for Hungary|EM]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Our Homeland Movement|MH]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party|MKKP]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Solution Movement|MEMO]]
! style="width:40px;"| NÉP
! rowspan="2"| Turnout <ref>{{cite web|url=https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2022/orszagos-listak?tab=parties|title=Országgyűlési képviselők választása 2022 - országos listás szavazás eredménye|publisher=valasztas.hu}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fidesz}};"|
! style="background:#4CB5A2;"|
! style="background:#688D1B;"|
! style="background:{{party color|Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Solution Movement|MM}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Party of Normal Life}};"|
|-
| align="left"| [[Bács-Kiskun County|Bács-Kiskun]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''57.25'''
| 29.66
| 7.58
| 3.08
| 1.01
| 0.81
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 67.5%
|-
| align="left"| [[Baranya County|Baranya]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''49.67'''
| 36.08
| 5.93
| 3.54
| 0.93
| 0.86
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 67.5%
|-
| align="left"| [[Békés County|Békés]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''52.81'''
| 34.36
| 7.64
| 2.62
| 0.92
| 0.89
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 66.4%
|-
| align="left"| [[Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''54.38'''
| 34.29
| 6.89
| 2.31
| 0.99
| 0.78
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 64.7%
|-
| align="left"| [[Budapest]]
| 40.84
|style="background:#D4F7F6" |'''47.84'''
| 4.11
| 5.19
| 1.26
| 0.53
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 75.5%
|-
| align="left"| [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád-Csanád]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''47.44'''
| 39.69
| 7.34
| 3.61
| 1.10
| 0.72
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 70.5%
|-
| align="left"| [[Fejér County|Fejér]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''53.55'''
| 33.80
| 6.62
| 3.52
| 1.15
| 0.76
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 71.5%
|-
| align="left"| [[Győr-Moson-Sopron County|Győr-Moson-Sopron]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''57.07'''
| 30.83
| 6.21
| 3.28
| 1.33
| 0.72
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 73.7%
|-
| align="left"| [[Hajdú-Bihar County|Hajdú-Bihar]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''57.88'''
| 30.87
| 6.60
| 2.69
| 1.02
| 0.83
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 66.1%
|-
| align="left"| [[Heves County|Heves]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''54.98'''
| 33.37
| 7.31
| 2.50
| 0.97
| 0.74
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 69.0%
|-
| align="left"| [[Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''55.58'''
| 33.02
| 7.15
| 2.45
| 0.95
| 0.82
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 65.9%
|-
| align="left"| [[Komárom-Esztergom County|Komárom-Esztergom]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''50.53'''
| 36.32
| 6.72
| 3.39
| 1.11
| 0.95
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 69.3%
|-
| align="left"| [[Nógrád County|Nógrád]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''59.00'''
| 29.27
| 7.66
| 2.15
| 0.80
| 0.68
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 66.9%
|-
| align="left"| [[Pest County|Pest]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''50.88'''
| 36.44
| 5.81
| 4.05
| 1.25
| 0.66
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 72.9%
|-
| align="left"| [[Somogy County|Somogy]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''56.33'''
| 33.48
| 5.97
| 2.22
| 1.02
| 0.66
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 68.2%
|-
| align="left"| [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''61.66'''
| 29.04
| 5.59
| 1.64
| 0.91
| 0.80
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 65.4%
|-
| align="left"| [[Tolna County|Tolna]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''58.95'''
| 28.49
| 6.67
| 2.46
| 0.90
| 0.81
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 68.8%
|-
| align="left"| [[Vas County|Vas]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''59.94'''
| 29.55
| 5.59
| 2.89
| 0.89
| 0.72
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 74.8%
|-
| align="left"| [[Veszprém County|Veszprém]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''52.57'''
| 34.44
| 6.88
| 3.39
| 1.00
| 0.76
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 71.8%
|-
| align="left"| [[Zala County|Zala]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''56.72'''
| 31.98
| 6.63
| 2.68
| 0.95
| 0.94
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 71.6%
|-
|colspan=10| 
|-
| align="left"| Total in Hungary
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''52.45'''
| 36.15
| 6.15
| 3.42
| 1.10
| 0.73
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 70.21%
|-
| align="left"| [[Hungarian diaspora|Diaspora]]
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''93.89'''
| 4.12
| 1.06
| 0.61
| 0.10
| 0.22
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| –
|-
|colspan=10|
|-
| align="left"| Total
| style="background:#ffd27f;"|'''54.13'''
| 34.44
| 5.88
| 3.27
| 1.04
| 0.70 
|style="background:#C9C0BB;"| 69.59%
|}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Peace and Security (1).png|thumb|Viktor Orbán celebrating his victory]]   
Hungary's incumbent prime minister [[Viktor Orbán]], seeking a fourth consecutive term in office, declared victory on Sunday night, with partial results showing his Fidesz party leading the vote by a wide margin. Addressing his supporters after the partial results, Orbán said: "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=Hungary's pro-Putin PM Orban claims victory in national vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-viktor-orban-europe-nato-budapest-e29b5d42a86086bb65b413e2b6d1c2bc |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> Orbán would go on to declare his victory as a rebuke against the Hungarian left, international media, [[George Soros]], the "Brussels bureaucrats", and [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hungary election: PM Viktor Orban criticises Ukraine's Zelensky as he wins vote |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60977917 |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=BBC News |date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hungary's authoritarian leader slams Zelensky after winning re-election |url=https://www.axios.com/hungary-election-orbn-slams-zelensky-after-win-d54ce9a0-ccb5-4aa5-b9bb-a392198cef87.html |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Axios |date=4 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Picheta |first1=Rob |last2=Bardi |first2=Balint |title=Viktor Orban, key Putin ally, calls Zelensky an 'opponent' after winning Hungary election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/03/europe/hungary-election-results-viktor-orban-intl/index.html |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=CNN |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Opposition leader [[Péter Márki-Zay]] admitted defeat shortly after Orbán's speech.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Clinch |first=Matt |date=3 April 2022 |title=Prime Minister Viktor Orban declares victory in Hungary election |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/hungary-election-prime-minister-viktor-orban-and-fidesz-in-nationwide-vote.html |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> [[Reuters]] described it as a "crushing victory", and that "voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, 'illiberal' state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow."<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Komuves |first1=Anita |last2=Szakacs |first2=Gergely |date=3 April 2022 |title=Orban on track for crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungarians-vote-orbans-12-year-rule-tight-ballot-overshadowed-by-ukraine-war-2022-04-03/ |access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref>

Although the election had been predicted to be closer than in previous years, Fidesz maintained a 5–6 percentage point lead in the polls leading up to the vote.<ref name=":4" /> The [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) monitored the vote amid fears of [[electoral fraud]].<ref name=":5" /> Preliminary results showed Fidesz was set to outperform polls, retain its supermajority, and control 135 seats of the 199-seat Hungarian Parliament, significantly ahead of the main opposition alliance [[United for Hungary]], which was set to win 57 seats after 100% of the votes had been counted.<ref name=":3" /> The [[Our Homeland Movement|Mi Hazánk]] party also entered Parliament for the first time, winning 6 seats.<ref name="hungarytoday.hu"/>

=== Analysis ===
Domestically, the degree of Fidesz's victory was attributed to Fidesz's influence over the domestic media landscape, voters' desire for stability during the ongoing [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], strong ideological differences within the main opposition coalition, the perception of Márki-Zay as inexperienced, and [[urban–rural political polarization]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dull |first1=Szabolcs |title=A Fidesz újabb kétharmadának öt fontos tanulsága |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/04/a-fidesz-ujabb-ketharmadanak-ot-fontos-tanulsaga-ot-pontban |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu}}</ref> Some analysts claimed that the majority of [[Jobbik]] voters turned out for Fidesz or Mi Hazánk instead of the united opposition.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Jobbik szavazói hiányozhattak leginkább az ellenzéki együttműködés mögül |url=https://politicalcapital.hu/hirek.php?article_read=1&article_id=2989 |publisher=Political Capital |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Márki-Zay shared this assessment, admitting that the united opposition may have lost up to "two thirds" of Jobbik voters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Presinsky |first1=Judit |last2=Cseke |first2=Balázs |title=Márki-Zay Péter: A baloldali szavazók megvoltak dekára, a jobbikosok kétharmada elveszett |date=4 April 2022 |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/04/valasztas-2022-marki-zay-peter-ellenzek-fidesz |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Other opposition leaders could not immediately agree on how to assess their defeat. DK leader [[Ferenc Gyurcsány]] and Jobbik leader [[Péter Jakab]] blamed Márky-Zay,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Presinszky |first1=Judit |title=Gyurcsány Ferenc szerint Márki-Zay nem volt a legjobb kapitány |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/03/gyurcsany-ferenc-valasztas-2022-eredmeny |website=Telex.hu |date=3 April 2022 |publisher=Telex |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Presinsky |first1=Judit |last2=Cseke |first2=Balázs |title=Jakab Péter szerint ő már eleget mosta Márki-Zay szennyesét, aki ellenzéki előnyből fél év alatt brutális hátrányt csinált |date=4 April 2022 |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/04/jakab-peter-jobbik-valasztas-2022-marki-zay-peter-eredmeny |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jakab Péter: Épp eleget mostam már Márki-Zay szennyesét |url=https://hang.hu/belfold/jakab-peter-epp-eleget-mostam-mar-marki-zay-szennyeset-139141 |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Magyar Hang |date=4 April 2022}}</ref> while [[Bernadett Szél]] and [[Ákos Hadházy]] did not.<ref>{{cite web |title=Szél Bernadett szerint Magyarországot egy fortélyos hatalom irányítja, Hadházy szerint nem Márki-Zay a kudarc oka, Navracsics meglepődött |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/03/valasztas-2022-percrol-percre-elo-tudositas |website=Telex.hu |date=4 April 2022 |publisher=Telex |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> [[Péter Ungár]] stated that while it was a "strategic mistake" for a centre-left alliance to nominate the conservative Márky-Zay, the united opposition's "elitist" rhetoric may have hurt it with rural voters even in traditionally left-leaning constituencies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cseke |first1=Balázs |title=Ungár Péter: Stratégiai hiba, hogy jobboldali jelöltje lett a baloldali centrumú ellenzéknek |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/04/ungar-peter-lmp-valasztas-atv |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu |publisher=Telex}}</ref>

''[[Politico]]'' predicted Orbán's victory would lead to further clashes between the Hungarian government and European Union institutions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Lili |title=Orbán win sets stage for more EU battles on democracy and Russia |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/orban-win-sets-stage-for-more-eu-battles-on-democracy-and-russia/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Politico}}</ref> Analysts found that Fidesz performed strongest in areas with high birthrates<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/more-people-vote-for-governing-fidesz-in-places-with-many-children/|title = More People Vote for Governing Fidesz in Places with Many Children|date = 13 April 2022|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> and with lower educational or economic attainment,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungary-lower-education-level-support-fidesz-opposition-2022-elections/|title = Hungarian People of Lower Education Level Show Overwhelming Support for Fidesz|date = 11 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungary-fidesz-voters-villages/|title = Hungary's Poorest Villages Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of Fidesz|date = 4 April 2022}}</ref> while the united opposition did best in Budapest and in a few other urban areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gosling |first1=Tim |last2=Inotai |first2=Edit |last3=Szekeres |first3=Edward |last4=Ciobanu |first4=Claudia |title= Aftermath of Hungary Election |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/04/08/democracy-digest-aftermath-of-hungary-election/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |work=Democracy Digest |date=8 April 2022}}</ref>

=== Conduct ===
International observers' assessments of the electoral process were mixed. The OSCE monitoring mission evaluated that "the legal framework forms an adequate basis for democratic elections to be held, but a number of key aspects fall short of international standards." The OSCE added that the election day passed peacefully, with observers assessing the process as well-organized, orderly, and smooth.  The monitoring mission further reported that the elections "offered voters distinct alternatives and were well run, but, while competitive, was marred by the pervasive overlapping of government and ruling coalition’s messaging that blurred the line between state and party, as well as by media bias and opaque campaign funding."<ref>{{cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Hungary's parliamentary elections well-run and offered distinct alternatives but undermined by absence of level playing field, international observers say|url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/515135|access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] stated that the election was "marred by serious concerns about its fairness", adding that the "EU has responded insufficiently to the hollowing out of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary",<ref>{{cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Hungary: Ruling Party's Lock On Power Threatens EU|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/05/hungary-ruling-partys-lock-power-threatens-eu|access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Human Rights Watch}}</ref> while [[Freedom House]] described the election as neither free nor fair.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Democratic Decline to Authoritarian Aggression |url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2022/from-democratic-decline-to-authoritarian-aggression |website=Freedom House |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=en |date=21 April 2022}}</ref>

===Anomalies over postal ballots===
Since the [[2014 Hungarian parliamentary election|2014 parliamentary election]], the right to vote is extended to Hungarian citizens, after a registration process, who do not have a permanent residence in Hungary (i.e. mostly the [[Hungarian diaspora]] in the neighboring countries, who have dual citizenship); however, they can only vote for the national list of Hungarian parties, so they do not have a chance to vote in individual constituencies. Unlike those Hungarians who have a Hungarian address but live abroad, the members of the Hungarian diaspora can cast their ballots by post without having to travel to an embassy or consulate. Critics say this method do not provide sufficient guarantees to prevent election fraud. Since 2014, the ruling party Fidesz–KDNP usually acquired more than 90 percent of the vote among the Hungarian diaspora.<ref name=targumures>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Discarded, Burnt Postal Ballots Found – Growing Scandals around Postal Voting in Hungary |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/discarded-burnt-postal-ballots-scandals-postal-voting-hungary-fidesz-opposition-rmdsz/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref>

Transtelex.ro, a Hungarian-language Romanian news portal revealed all possible frauds allowed by the legally undeveloped system. For instance, the registration process was not secure, as the data allowed a voter to register on behalf of another person and retrieve voting documents to any address. In the case of identification sheets, it was not possible to determine with absolute certainty whether it had actually been completed by the person whose name appears on it. As a result of a change in legislation in 2021, it was possible to return the vote without the posted security sealed envelope, therefore, there was no guarantee that the ballot paper had not been replaced.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Babos |first1=Krisztina |last2=Kádár |first2=Kata |title="Jobb így, mintha elveszne egy szavazat". Egyszerű levélben szavazni mások helyett |url=https://transtelex.ro/kozelet/2022/03/30/magyarorszagi-valasztasok-levelszavazatok-visszaeles |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=Transtelex.ro}}</ref> There were several reports that a person could also easily vote on behalf of their family members. [[Telex.hu]] reported a case that grandparents of a woman from [[Odorheiu Secuiesc]], who resided in Budapest in the weeks of the election, filled her personal data and voted on her behalf. She said, "I have already been outraged that they have filled in the official paper and sent it for me, abusing my personal rights, but, in addition, they have voted for a party that I do not support because it represents an ideologically opposed position to me".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tőkés |first1=Hunor |title=Választási csalás: saját nagyszülei nyúlták le egy székelyudvarhelyi nő szavazatát |url=https://telex.hu/kozelet/2022/03/31/sajat-nagyszulei-nyultak-le-a-szavazatat-a-szekelyudvarhelyi-lakosnak |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu}}</ref>

According to reports, the activists of the Fidesz-ally [[Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians]] (VMSZ) delivered the ballot papers instead of the [[Pošta Srbije]] in [[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]]. News portal ''Szabad Magyar Szó'' reported that the party officials sent messages to the registered voters to come to the local offices of the VMSZ to cast their ballot there.<ref name=targumures/> In [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]], pro-Fidesz organizations and parties of the Hungarian minority, including the parliamentary party [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR or RMDSZ) also urged the registered voters to pass on their votes to them and not to entrust the postal service with the delivery of their ballot papers, because there is less chance that the vote will reach Hungary. In response, the [[Poșta Română]] complained against the call.<ref name=targumures/>

In the area between [[Livezeni]] and [[Târgu Mureș]] in Romania, a bag containing partially burnt Hungarian election postal ballot papers was found on illegal waste dump on 1 April 2022. Every ballot paper was filled out with votes for the opposition United for Hungary alliance or Our Homeland Movement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Watch: Dumped Hungarian Postal Ballots Found in Transylvania |url=https://xpatloop.com/channels/2022/04/dumped-hungarian-postal-ballots-found-in-transylvania.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=XpatLoop |language=en}}</ref> The National Election Office (NVI) and the [[Hungarian Civil Liberties Union]] (TASZ) filed a criminal complaint over the burnt ballot papers to the [[Hungarian Police]]. Péter Márki-Zay, prime minister-candidate of the United for Hungary, called on the annulment of all postal votes. [[Anna Orosz]] of the Momentum Movement demanded that the government ensure a level playing field for all Hungarian citizens voting abroad. Jobbik politician [[Dániel Z. Kárpát]] compared the scandal with the infamous [[1947 Hungarian parliamentary election|"blue-ballot" election in 1947]]. The Fidesz blamed the United for Hungary for burning the ballot papers, saying "the desperate left-wing is capable of anything despicable". The Fidesz-ally UDMR also condemned the "accusations of election fraud", assuming "an organized provocation" against the ethnic Hungarian minority in Romania.<ref name=targumures/> The National Election Commission (NVB) announced on 3 April it will not investigate the issue of the discarded and burned postal ballots, because the election law only covers the territory of Hungary. The [[Curia of Hungary]] upheld the NVB's decision on 10 April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iván-Nagy |first1=Szilvia |title=A Kúria szerint sem vizsgálhatja az NVB a Marosvásárhelyen talált levélszavazatok ügyét |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/10/a-kuria-szerint-sem-vizsgalhatja-az-nvb-a-marosvasarhelyen-talalt-levelszavazatok-ugyet |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu}}</ref>

The ruling Fidesz acquired 93.91 percent of the mail votes, which accounted for 8% of all votes cast on the party's national list. This meant an extra mandate for Fidesz. The United for Hungary and the Our Homeland gained only 4.1 and 1.06 percent, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haszán |first1=Zoltán |title=A levélszavazatok 93,98 százaléka ment a Fideszre |url=https://444.hu/2022/04/09/a-levelszavazatok-9398-szazaleka-ment-a-fideszre |access-date=10 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu}}</ref>

=== International responses ===
Heads of government and heads of state congratulating Orbán on his victory included Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/putin-orban-hungary-election-victory-congratulates/ |title=Vladimir Putin Congratulates Viktor Orbán on Election Victory |date=4 April 2022 |work=hungarytoday.hu |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Czech president [[Miloš Zeman]], Slovenian prime minister [[Janez Janša]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Janša congratulates Orban on re-election |url=https://english.sta.si/3021907/jansa-congratulates-orban-on-re-election |website=STA English}}</ref> Croatian prime minister [[Andrej Plenković]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premijer Plenković čestitao Orbanu i Vučiću |url=https://www.glasistre.hr/svijet/premijer-plenkovic-cestitao-orbanu-i-vucicu-788369 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=glasistre.hr |date=4 April 2022 |language=hr}}</ref> Kazakh president [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]],<ref>{{cite web |trans-title=President Tokayev sends congratulatory letter to Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán |title=Все права защищены. Используйте активную ссылку на |url=https://www.inform.kz/en/president-tokayev-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-prime-minister-of-hungary-viktor-orb-n_a3918972 |website=Kazinform, inform.kz |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]], Albanian prime minister [[Edi Rama]],<ref name="these">{{cite web |title=These heads of government congratulated Orbán on his election victory – UPDATE |url=https://dailynewshungary.com/these-heads-of-government-congratulated-orban-on-his-election-victory/ |website=Daily News Hungary |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> Egyptian president [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]],<ref>{{Cite web |work=Origo |title=Egyiptom elnöke és a NATO főtitkára is gratulált Orbán Viktornak |date=13 April 2018 |url=https://www.origo.hu/nagyvilag/20180413-abdel-fattah-esz-sziszi-es-jens-stoltenberg-gratulalt-orban-viktornak.html |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=hu}}</ref> Israeli president [[Isaac Herzog]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-07 |title=Herzog gratulált Orbánnak |url=https://izraelinfo.com/2022/04/07/izrael-elnoke-is-gratulalt-orban-viktornak/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Izraelinfo |language=hu}}</ref> Turkish president [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telefonon tárgyalt Erdoğan és Orbán {{!}} TRT Magyar |url=https://www.trt.net.tr/magyar/turkiye-30/2022/04/05/telefonon-targyalt-erdogan-es-orban-1807687 |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=www.trt.net.tr |language=hu-HU }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Bulgarian president [[Rumen Radev]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Radev congratulates Orban and Vucic for their election victories |url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/101626959/president-radev-congratulates-orban-and-vucic-for-their-election-victories |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=bnr.bg |language=en}}</ref> Kyrgyz president [[Sadyr Japarov]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Donald Trump felhívta Orbán Viktort, hogy gratuláljon a győzelméhez |url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20220405_donald_trump_orban_viktor_gratulacio |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=hvg.hu |language=hu}}</ref> Belarusian president [[Alexander Lukashenko]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Lukasenko is gratulált Orbán Viktornak a választási győzelemhez |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/05/lukasenko-is-gratulalt-orban-viktornak-a-valasztasi-gyozelemhez |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=telex |language=hu}}</ref> Serbian president [[Aleksandar Vučić]],<ref name=":6" /> Slovak prime minister [[Eduard Heger]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heger is gratulált Orbánnak a választási győzelméhez |url=https://ujszo.com/kozelet/heger-is-gratulalt-orbannak-a-valasztasi-gyozelmehez |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=ujszo.com |date=4 April 2022 |language=hu}}</ref> Chinese premier [[Li Keqiang]],<ref name=":6" /> Austrian chancellor [[Karl Nehammer]], and Czech prime minister [[Petr Fiala]].<ref name="Telex.hu">{{cite news |last1=Előd |first1=Fruzsina |title=Lukasenko is gratulált Orbán Viktornak a választási győzelemhez |url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/04/05/lukasenko-is-gratulalt-orban-viktornak-a-valasztasi-gyozelemhez |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu |agency=Telex}}</ref>

Other politicians and political parties to congratulate Orbán included [[Matteo Salvini]], leader of Italy's [[Lega Nord|Northern League]] and former deputy prime minister,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/salvini-first-to-hail-orban-win/ |title=Salvini First to Hail Orbán Win |date=4 April 2022 |work=hungarytoday.hu |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> [[Hunor Kelemen]], leader of Romania's [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]] and deputy prime minister,<ref>[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=522298022586008&id=100044174450694 Hunor Kelemen] ''m.facebook.com'' 'Congratulations...' (in Hungarian) accessed 4 April 2022</ref> [[Nigel Farage]], former leader of United Kingdom's [[Reform UK|Brexit Party]],<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Farage |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Farage |user=Nigel_Farage |number=1510881124297367553 |date=4 April 2022 |title=Congratulations to Viktor Orbán!🗳 |language=ro |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404072559/https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1510881124297367553 |archive-date=4 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> former Slovak prime minister [[Robert Fico]],<ref name=these/> former U.S. president [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Donald Trump is gratulált Orbán Viktor győzelméhez |url=https://www.vg.hu/kozelet/2022/04/donald-trump-is-gratulalt-orban-viktor-gyozelmehez |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Világgazdaság |language=hu}}</ref> [[Marine Le Pen]], leader of France's [[National Rally]],<ref>https://www.facebook.com/MarineLePen/posts/523621595799415 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=May 2022}}</ref> Dutch [[Party for Freedom]] politician [[Geert Wilders]], [[Milorad Dodik]], the Serb member of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]],<ref name="Telex.hu"/> and the Spanish political party [[Vox (political party)|Vox]].<ref>{{cite tweet |author=VOX 🇪🇸 |user=vox_es |number=1510741887887499264 |date=3 April 2022 |title=🇪🇸🤝🇭🇺 ¡Felicidades al pueblo húngaro y a Viktor Orbán por su victoria arrolladora en las elecciones! Seguiremos forjando la Europa de las naciones y las libertades frente al proyecto fallido de los progres y globalistas. https://t.co/Uzf3cNMpIB |language=es |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403221342/https://twitter.com/vox_es/status/1510741887887499264 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Reflecting ongoing tensions over Russian sanctions, Polish prime minister [[Mateusz Morawiecki]] was slightly more reserved but said that "regardless of [Poland's] relations with Hungary, we must note that the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance won its fourth consecutive election with the best possible results."<ref name=these/>

The [[European Council]] president [[Charles Michel]] congratulated Orbán, while the [[NATO]] Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]] expressed "acknowledgment" of the results.<ref name=":6" /> Two days after the election, the European Commission president [[Ursula von der Leyen]] announced that the commission would begin cutting funding to Hungary over rule-of-law concerns.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bayer |first1=Lili |title=EU launches process to slash Hungary's funds over rule-of-law breaches |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-to-trigger-rule-of-law-budget-tool-against-hungary/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Politico |agency=Politico.eu}}</ref> Hungarian government officials criticized the move as an attempt to "punish Hungarian voters".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tenczer |first1=Gábor |title=Reagált a kormány a jogállamisági eljárásra: Brüsszel hibázik, amikor ugyanazt a nótát fújja, mint a magyar baloldal |url=https://telex.hu/belfold/2022/04/05/reagalt-a-kormany-a-jogallamisagi-eljarasra-brusszel-hibazik-amikor-ugyanazt-a-notat-fujja-mint-a-magyar-baloldal |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=Telex.hu |publisher=Telex}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Fifth Orbán Government]]
*[[List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)]]

==Notes==
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{{efn|name=Independents|All deputies who are not members of a parliamentary group are designated as independent. There are officially 13 independent deputies in the National Assembly, of which seven are affiliated with a political party. Their composition is as follows:
*{{Color box|#688d1b|border=silver}} [[Our Homeland Movement|Mi hazánk]] (2)
*{{Color box|#FF6347|border=silver}} [[Civil Response]] (2)
*{{Color box|#FFDF00|border=silver}} ReforMers (1)
*{{Color box|#CBAF05|border=silver}} [[Volner Party]] (1)
*{{Color box|#DC143C|border=silver}} [[Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement|ISZOMM]] (1)}}

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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.valasztas.hu/ Valasztas]

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