Fidesz–KDNP

Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (Hungarian: Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége) is a right-wing national conservative political alliance of two political parties in Hungary, the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The two parties jointly contested every national election since the 2006 parliamentary election. The Fidesz–KDNP party alliance has governed Hungary since 2010, altogether obtaining a two-thirds majority in each of the 2010, 2014 and 2018 national elections.

Fidesz–KDNP
Co-Presidents	Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) Zsolt Semjén (KDNP)
Founded	10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)
Ideology	National conservatism Christian democracy Right-wing populism Soft euroscepticism Anti-immigration
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	European People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
European Parliament group	European People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
Colours	Orange
National Assembly	133 / 199
European Parliament	13 / 21
County Assemblies	245 / 419
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The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005.[2] After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament.[3]

Technically Fidesz and KDNP are a coalition, but many consider that KDNP is actually the satellite party of Fidesz,[4][5] since it has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since 1994 when it barely passed the election threshold of 5% of votes. Without Fidesz, its support cannot be measured,[6][7][8] and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.[9]

Electoral results

National Assembly

Election	Votes			Seats		Rank	Government	Leader
	#	%	±pp	#	+/−
2006	2,272,979	42.03%		164 / 386		2nd	in opposition	Viktor Orbán
2010	2,706,292	52.73%	10.70	263 / 386	99	1st	Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority	Viktor Orbán
2014	2,264,486	44.87%	7.86	133 / 199	130	1st	Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority	Viktor Orbán
2018	2,824,206	49.27%	4.40	133 / 199	0	1st	Fidesz-KDNP Supermajority	Viktor Orbán

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2009	1,632,309	56.36% (1st)	14 / 22
2014	1,193,991	51.48% (1st)	12 / 21	2
2019	1,824,220	52.56% (1st)	13 / 21	1

Notes

1. Fidesz is currently suspended from the EPP (since 20 March 2019), while KDNP still has full membership.[1]

See also

• CDU/CSU

References

1. Bayer, Lili; de La Baume, Maïa (3 September 2019). "European center right suspends Hungarian PM Orbán". Politico. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
2. "A Fidesz országos választmányi ülést, a KDNP országos nagygyűlést tart". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
3. "Megalakult a Fidesz–KDNP-frakciószövetség". mno.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
4. Alexander Herholz (2012-02-12). "Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?".
5. Dr. Agnes Batory (2010). "Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010" (PDF).
6. hvg.hu (2010-07-21). "Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága".
7. Szonda Ipsos polls (2009-07-02). "Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
8. "Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)". 2011-05-13.
9. hvg.hu (2011-07-18). "Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)".

Sources

• Vida, István (2011). Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010) [Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)] (in Hungarian). Gondolat Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-693-276-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)