HUNGARY

Party: Fidesz

Leader: Viktor Orbán

Type leader: Autocrat

% National Vote:  Fidesz won 54% of the popular vote in Hungary’s last parliamentary elections (2022), providing the party with a supermajority of 135 of 199 seats in the General Assembly – enough votes to form a government without needing a coalition with minority parties. 

Position in Government: Fidesz has ruled Hungary since 2010, with Orbán as a strongman leader; the party also holds the prime ministership and represents the majority in Hungary’s parliament. Platform: Arch-conservative and nationalist, traditional Catholic values, anti-immigration (strong borders), national sovereignty, anti-LGBTQIA+, anti-reproductive rights, anti-diversity policies.

European Parliament:  With 52.5% of the vote, Fidesz won 11 of 21 of Hungary’s seats in the 2022 European legislative elections, and joined the Patriots for Europe (PfE) coalition of far-right EU parties.