2010 Budapest mayoral election

2010 Budapest mayoral election

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Turnout	43.59 %
Candidate István Tarlós Csaba Horváth Party Fidesz–KDNP MSZP Vote 321 908 177 783 Percentage 53.37% 29.47%   Candidate Benedek Jávor Gábor Staudt Party LMP Jobbik Vote 59 638 43 839 Percentage 9.89% 7.27%
Mayor before election Gábor Demszky SZDSZ Elected Mayor István Tarlós Fidesz–KDNP

The 2010 Budapest mayoral election was held on 3 October 2010 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. The winner of this election served for 4 years.

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

Campaign

Five-term incumbent Gábor Demszky did not run,^[1] due to low approval and the collapse of his party SZDSZ.

Results

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