:Fidesz–KDNP
{{Short description|Hungarian political alliance}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance
| native_name = Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség
| logo = Logo of the Fidesz–KDNP.png
| colorcode = {{party color|Fidesz}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2005|12|10|df=y}}
| headquarters =
| international =
| website =
| country = Hungary
| leader1_title = Co-Presidents
| leader1_name = {{plainlist|
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| youth_wing =
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
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| position = {{nowrap|Right-wing{{cite journal |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Tamás |last2=Gárdos-Orosz |first2=Fruzsina |date=8 March 2022 |title=Populism and Law in Hungary – Introduction to the Special Issue |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/rela/47/1/article-p1_001.pdf |department=Introduction |journal=Review of Central and East European Law |publisher=Brill–Nijhoff |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=5 |doi=10.1163/15730352-bja10058 |doi-access=free |issn=1573-0352 |access-date=24 December 2023}} to far-right
{{cite book |last=Berberoglu |first=Berch |editor-last=Berberoglu |editor-first=Berch |date=23 September 2020 |chapter=Introduction: Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization and the Rise of Authoritarianism in the Early 21st Century |title=The Global Rise of Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization and the Nationalist Response |edition=1st |location=New York and London |publisher=Routledge |page=10 |doi=10.4324/9780367854379 |isbn=978-0-367-85437-9 |quote=He points out that since gaining a two-thirds majority in the 2010 general elections, the formerly conservative and now far-right Fidesz–KDNP government led by Viktor Orbán has carried out a rootand-branch transformation of Hungarian society. |quote-page=10}}}}
| european = Patriots.eu (Fidesz)
| europarl = Patriots for Europe
| affiliation1_title = Alliance parties
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|135|199|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| seats2_title = European Parliament
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|11|21|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| seats3_title = County Assemblies
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|227|381|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|10|33|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}}
| seats4_title = General Assembly of Budapest
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Fidesz}}|border=darkgray}} Orange
| flag =
}}
Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance ({{langx|hu|Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség}}), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity ({{langx|hu|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 supermajority in each of the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 national elections.
History
The two parties formed their permanent electoral coalition on 10 December 2005.{{Cite news|url=https://mno.hu/migr/a-fidesz-orszagos-valasztmanyi-ulest-a-kdnp-orszagos-nagygyulest-tart-545987|title=A Fidesz országos választmányi ülést, a KDNP országos nagygyűlést tart|newspaper=mno.hu|language=hu|access-date=23 April 2018}} After the 2006 election, Fidesz and KDNP separately formed parliamentary groups, but they established a caucus alliance in the Hungarian parliament.{{Cite news|url=https://mno.hu/migr/megalakult-a-fideszkdnpfrakcioszovetseg-504860|title=Megalakult a Fidesz–KDNP-frakciószövetség|newspaper=mno.hu|language=hu|access-date=23 April 2018}}
Technically Fidesz and KDNP are a coalition, but many consider KDNP to actually be a satellite party of Fidesz,{{cite web|url=http://www.fairobserver.com/article/sanctions-hungary-what-and-why-now|title=Sanctions on Hungary: What For and Why Now?|author=Alexander Herholz|date=12 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/documents/epern-election-briefing-no-51.pdf|title=Election Briefing no. 51: Europe and the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections of April 2010|author=Dr. Agnes Batory|year=2010}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/itthon/20100719_merheto_kdnp_nepszeruseg_tamogatottsag|title=Nemigen mérhető a KDNP támogatottsága|author=hvg.hu|date=2010-07-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsos.hu/site/javul-fidesz-s-jobbik-stagn-l-mszp/|title=Javuló Fidesz és Jobbik, stagnáló MSZP|author=Szonda Ipsos polls|date=2 July 2009|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202113851/http://www.ipsos.hu/site/javul-fidesz-s-jobbik-stagn-l-mszp|archive-date=2 February 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://harrachpeter.fidesz.hu/index.php?id_cikk=15622|title=Interjú Harrach Péterrel az Origo.hu hírportálon (Interview with KDNP politician Péter Harrach)|date=13 May 2011}} and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár stated in 2011 that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government.{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/itthon/20110718_lazar_kdnp_nem_koalicios_kormany|title=Lázár a KDNP-nek: "ez nem egy koalíciós kormány" (Lázár: This is not a coalition government)|author=hvg.hu|date=18 July 2011}}
On 3 March 2021, the Fidesz left the European People's Party Parliamentary Group, while KDNP remained a member.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} In response to the admission of the Tisza Party to the EPP following the 2024 European Parliament election, the KDNP decided to leave the EPP and its parliamentary group on 18 June 2024.{{Cite web|title=A Tisza Párt felvétele miatt a KDNP kilép az Európai Néppártból|url=https://444.hu/2024/06/18/a-tisza-part-felvetele-miatt-a-kdnp-kilep-az-europai-neppartbol|access-date=2024-06-19|website=444.hu|date=18 June 2024|language=hu}}
Electoral results
= [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]] =
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Leader ! colspan=2| SMCs ! colspan=2| MMCs ! rowspan=2| Seats ! rowspan=2| +/– ! rowspan=2| Status |
|---|
| Votes
! % ! Votes ! % |
| 2006
| rowspan="2" | Viktor Orbán | 2,269,241 | 41.99 (#1) | 2,272,979 | 43.21 (#2) | {{Composition bar|164|386|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | New | {{no2|Opposition}} |
| 2010
| 2,732,965 | 53.43 (#1) | 2,706,292 | 52.73 (#1) | {{Composition bar|262|386|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{increase}} 99 | {{yes|Supermajority}} |
| rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Leader ! colspan=2| Constituency ! colspan=2| Party list ! rowspan=2| Seats ! rowspan=2| +/– ! rowspan=2| Status |
| Votes
! % ! Votes ! % |
| 2014
| rowspan="3" | Viktor Orbán | 2,165,342 | 44.11 (#1) | 2,264,780 | 44.87 (#1) | {{Composition bar|133|199|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{decrease}} 130 | {{yes|Supermajority}} |
| 2018
| 2,636,201 | 47.89 (#1) | 2,824,551 | 49.27 (#1) | {{Composition bar|133|199|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{yes|Supermajority}} |
| 2022
| 2,823,419 | 52.52 (#1) | 3,060,706 | 54.13 (#1) | {{Composition bar|135|199|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | {{yes|Supermajority}} |
=[[European Parliament]]=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |
| Election
! List leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/− ! EP Group |
|---|
| 2009
| 1,632,309 | 56.36 (#1) | {{Composition bar|14|22|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | New | rowspan=3 | EPP |
| 2014
| 1,193,991 | 51.48 (#1) | {{Composition bar|12|21|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 |
| 2019
| 1,824,220 | 52.56 (#1) | {{Composition bar|13|21|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |
| 2024
| 2,048,211 | 44.82 (#1) | {{Composition bar|11|21|hex={{party color|Fidesz}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 | PfE |
Notes
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See also
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|author-last=Vida|author-first=István|title=Magyarországi politikai pártok lexikona (1846–2010) [Encyclopedia of the Political Parties in Hungary (1846–2010)]|publisher=Gondolat Kiadó|year=2011|isbn=978-963-693-276-3|language=hu}}
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