Budapest 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapesti 08. számú országgyűlési egyéni választókerület) is one of the single member constituencies of the National Assembly, the national legislature of Hungary. The constituency standard abbreviation: Budapest 08. OEVK.^[2]

Budapest 8th constituency (District XIV.)
Constituency for the National Assembly
Boundary of 8th constituency in Budapest
City	Budapest
Electorate	77,554 (2018)
Major settlements	14th District
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	MSZP-Dialogue
Member	Csaba Tóth[1]
Created from	Constituency no. 21 Constituency no. 22
Elected	2014, 2018

Since 2014, it has been represented by Csaba Tóth of the MSZP-Dialogue party alliance.

Geography

The 8th constituency is located in the central-northeastern part of Pest.

The constituency borders the 11th and 12th constituencies to the north, the 13th constituency to the east, the 9th and 6th constituencies to the south, and the 5th and 7th constituencies to the west.

List of districts

The constituency includes the following municipalities:^[3][2]

1. District XIV.: Main part of the district (except Rákosfalva, Alsórákos).

History

The current 8th constituency of Budapest was created in 2011 and contains the pre-2011 21st constituency and part of the pre-2011 22nd constituency of Budapest. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Csaba Tóth of MSZP (with Unity support) from 2014,^[4] and he was re-elected in 2018.^[5]

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014[a]	Csaba Tóth	MSZP	39.9
	2018			47.2
	2022	Ákos Hadházy	Ind.	54.1

Election result

2022 election

Result 2022

1. Dr. Ákos Hadházy, United for Hungary (54.1%)
2. Ádám Borbély, Fidesz–KDNP (36.5%)
3. János Czeglédi, Our Homeland (3.80%)
4. Regina Rózsa, MKKP (3.50%)
5. István Janicsák, MEMO (1.50%)
6. Other parties (less than 1%) (0.60%)

2022 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United for Hungary	Dr. Ákos Hadházy	30,159	54.09
	Fidesz–KDNP	Ádám Borbély	20,373	36.54	+1.48
	Mi Hazánk	János Czeglédi	2,108	3.78	New
	MKKP	Regina Rózsa	1,946	3.49	+0.91
	MEMO	István Janicsák	816	1.46	New
	NÉP	Norbert Duma	255	0.46	New
	Leftist Alliance	Lajosné Karacs	104	0.19
Majority			9,786	17.55
Turnout			56,351	75.35	1.06
Registered electors			74,785
	United for Hungary hold		Swing	+5.4

2018 election

Result 2018

1. Csaba Tóth, MSZP-P (47.2%)
2. Tamás Jelen, Fidesz–KDNP (35.1%)
3. István Szávay, Jobbik (7.70%)
4. János Barta, LMP (4.10%)
5. Attila Szűcs, Momentum (3.00%)
6. Zsolt Victora, MKKP (2.60%)
7. Kolos Szentpáli, Workers' Party (0.30%)

2018 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MSZP–Dialogue	Csaba Tóth	27,736	47.23	as Unity
	Fidesz–KDNP	Tamás Jelen	20,588	35.06	−1.28
	Jobbik	István Szávay	4,492	7.65	−3.24
	LMP	János Barta	2,410	4.1	−5.02
	Momentum	Attila Szűcs	1,771	3.02	New
	MKKP	Zsolt Victora	1,518	2.58	New
	Workers' Party	Kolos Szentpáli	209	0.36	−0.32
Majority			7,148	12.17
Turnout			59,256	76.41	6.82
Registered electors			77,554
	MSZP–Dialogue hold		Swing	+8.6

2014 election

Result 2014

1. Csaba János Tóth, Unity (39.9%)
2. Dr. Ferenc Papcsák, Fidesz–KDNP (36.3%)
3. László Benke, Jobbik (10.9%)
4. János Barta, LMP (9.10%)
5. András Horváth, ÉLŐLÁNC (1.90%)
6. Other parties (less than 1%) (1.90%)

2014 parliamentary election: Budapest - 8th constituency^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unity	Csaba János Tóth	21,697	39.88
	Fidesz–KDNP	Dr. Ferenc Papcsák	19,772	36.34
	Jobbik	Béla Kovács	5,924	10.89
	LMP	János Barta	4,961	9.12
	ÉLŐLÁNC	András Horváth	1,006	1.85
	KTI	Márta Láng	474	0.87
	Workers' Party	Dr. József Péter Hajdu	368	0.68
	JESZ	Norbert Roland Török	201	0.37
Majority			1,925	3.54
Turnout			55,351	69.59
Registered electors			79,541
	Unity win (new seat)

Notes

1. Tóth is a member of MSZP, he ran as a joint candidate of the Unity electoral alliance during the 2014 parliamentary election.