2014 Budapest mayoral election

2014 Budapest mayoral election

12 October 2014
Turnout	43.1%
Candidate István Tarlós Lajos Bokros Party Fidesz–KDNP MoMa Vote 290 675 213 550 Percentage 49.06% 36.04%   Candidate Gábor Staudt Antal Csárdi Party Jobbik LMP Vote 42 093 33 689 Percentage 7.10% 5.69%
Mayor before election István Tarlós Fidesz–KDNP Elected Mayor István Tarlós Fidesz–KDNP

The 2014 Budapest mayoral election was held on 12 October 2014 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. In contrast with previous elections where the Mayor served a 4-year term, the winner of this election served for 5 years.

The election was won by incumbent Mayor, and the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.

Campaign

Originally, the left-wing opposition, which ran united in the parliamentary elections of April, selected Ferenc Falus, a hospital director nominated by the Together (Együtt) party as its candidate. After bad polling, and campaign mistakes (including an Ice Bucket Challenge video), Falus withdrew on 29 September and endorsed minor party candidate and former Minister of Finance Lajos Bokros.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	István Tarlós	Fidesz–KDNP	290,675	49.06	–4.31
	Lajos Bokros	Modern Hungary Movement	213,550	36.04	New
	Gábor Staudt	Jobbik	42,093	7.10	–0.17
	Antal Csárdi	Politics Can Be Different	33,689	5.69	–4.20
	Zoltán Bodnár	Hungarian Liberal Party	12,461	2.10	New
Total			592,468	100.00	–