This article lists political parties in Hungary. Hungary has a multi-party system since it gained independence following the Revolutions of 1989. Since 2026, the political landscape has been dominated by two major parties: the Tisza Party which has a supermajority in the National Assembly, and the Fidesz–KDNP alliance which consists of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). The latter is currently the main opposition party.
Political parties have been a core part of Hungarian politics since the Hungarian Reform Era and the long debate leading up to the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, with liberals being represented by the Opposition Party and conservatives being represented by the Conservative Party. Political parties continued to play a role in Hungarian politics following the Kiegyezés of 1867, especially among Hungarian liberal nationalists. Under the authoritarian regency of the Horthy era, political parties were still allowed, although the Unity Party came to act as the party of power under early Hungarian fascism with support from the Hungarian nobility. Following Operation Panzerfaust, the only legal political party in Hungary was the pro-Nazi and "" Arrow Cross Party, which perpetrated the Holocaust in Hungary.
Following the Second World War, a brief period of multi-party democracy returned to Hungary, albeit under Soviet occupation. With Soviet aid and utilizing salami tactics, the Hungarian Communist Party and its Left Bloc coalition seized power in the 1947 "blue ballot" election. In 1948, the Hungarian Communist Party rebranded as the Hungarian Working People's Party, or MDP for short, and in 1949 wrote a constitution which
established a Stalinist one-party dictatorship. Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the MDP reorganized as the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, or MSZMP for short, as part of Hungary's broader program of de-Stalinization.
In 1989, various different political parties participated in the Hungarian Round Table Talks and demonstrations against communist rule. Most of the political parties of Hungary today are in some way descended from these political parties, such as Fidesz and its outgrowth, the Tisza Party. The Democratic Coalition is an outgrowth of the Hungarian Socialist Party, which itself is an outgrowth of the reformist wing of the MSZMP. With growing opposition to the early liberal governments in Hungary and the rise of Viktor Orbán, far-right political movements began to emerge, culminating in the founding of Jobbik, which in 2018 became the largest opposition force in Hungary. However, Jobbik started to brand itself as a moderate conservative party to court mainstream voters, leading hardliners to break away and form the current main far-right party in Hungary, Our Homeland Movement; the opposition, meanwhile, formed the United for Hungary coalition, which was headed by the Democratic Coalition and became the largest opposition party in 2022.
Active parties
Parties represented in the National Assembly and/or European Parliament
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |Name
!Abbr.
!Leader
!Ideology
!MPs
!MEPs
!Political<br/>position
!EP<br/>group
|-
! style="background:" |
| style=text-align:center|80px|center
|
|TISZA
|Péter Magyar
|
|
|
|Centre to<br/>centre-right
|EPP
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| style=text-align:center|80px|center
|
|Fidesz
|Viktor Orban
|
|
|
|Right-wing<br/>to far-right
|PfE
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| style=text-align:center|
|
|KDNP
|Zsolt Semjén
|
|
|
|Right-wing
|PfE
|-
! style="background:" |
| style=text-align:center|
|
|MH
|László Toroczkai
|
|
|
|Far-right
|ESN
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| style=text-align:center|80px|center
|
|DK
|Vacant
|
|
|
|Centre-left
|S&D
|}
Minor parties
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
! Leader
! Ideology
! Political<br/>position
! EP<br/>group
|-
! style="background: " |
| 60px|center
| Hungarian Socialist Party<br />
| MSZP
| Imre Komjáthi
|
| Centre-left<br />to left-wing
| S&D
|-
! style="background:" |
| 60px|center
| Dialogue – The Greens' Party<br />
| PZ
|
|
| Centre-left<br />to left-wing
| Greens/<wbr />EFA
|-
! style="background:" |
| 60px|center
| Momentum Movement<br />
| MoMo
| Márton Tompos
|
| Centre
| RE
|-
! style="background:" |
| 50px|center
| Movement for a Better Hungary<br />
| Jobbik
| Béla Adorján
|
| Right-wing
| NI
|-
! style="background:" |
| 65px|center
| LMP – Hungary's Green Party<br />
| LMP
|
|
| Centre to<br/>centre-left
| Greens/<wbr/>EFA
|-
! style="background: #023854" |
|
| On the People's Side<br />
| NP
| Péter Jakab
|
| Centre-right
|
|-
! style="background:" |
| 60x60px|center
| National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary<br />
| MNOÖ
| Ibolya Hock-Englender
| German minority interests
| Centre-right
|
|-
! style="background: #F8F9FA" |
|
| <br />
| MROÖ
| Mihály Dancs
| Romani minority interests
| Centre
|
|-
! style="background-color:#FFDF00;" |
|
| ReforMers<br />
| ReforMerek
| Andrea Varga-Damm
|
| Centre-right<br/>to right-wing
|-
! style="background: #d30200;" |
|
| Yes Solidarity for Hungary Movement<br />
| ISZOMM
| Tibor Szanyi
|
| Left-wing to Far-left
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| 60px|center
| Hungarian Liberal Party<br />
| Liberálisok
| Anett Bősz
|
| Centre to<br/>centre-left
|-
! style="background-color: " |
|
| Huxit Party<br />
| VP
| János Volner
|
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background: " |
| 60px|center
| Everybody's Hungary People's Party<br />
| MMN
| Péter Márki-Zay
|
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background:red" |
|
| Hungarian Workers' Party<br />
| Munkáspárt
| Gyula Thürmer
|
| Far-left
|-
! style="background-color: " |
|
| Social Democratic Party of Hungary<br />
| MSZDP
| László Andráska
| Social democracy
| Centre-left<br/>to left-wing
|-
! style="background:#808080" |
| 60px|center
| Hungarian Two Tailed Dog Party<br />
| MKKP
| Gergely Kovács
|
|
|-
! style="background:red |
|
| Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left<br />
| Európai Baloldal
| Attila Vajnai
|
| Left-wing
|-
! style="background:black |
|
| Motherland Party<br />
| HP
| Árpád Kásler
|
| Centre
|-
! style="background:#80BB3D |
|
| Civil Movement<br />
| CM
| Mária Seres<small>(hu)</small>
| Third Way
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: #58AB27 |
|
| Hungarian Environmentalists' Party<br />
| ZÖLDEK
| Zoltán Medveczki
| Green conservatism
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background:#f8362a |
| 60px|center
| Solution Movement<br />
| MEMO
| Dániel Bogó
| Digitalization
| Centre
|-
! style="background:#002147 |
|
| Party of Normal Life<br />
| NÉP
| Ottó Stekler
| Vaccine hesitancy
| Centre
|-
! style="background: " |
|
| Socialists and Democrats<br />
|
| Attila Mesterházy
|
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background:white |
|
| Prayer - Our Party<br />
| IMA
| Vince Száva
| Ethnic party
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background:yellow |
|
| Libertarian Party<br />
|Libertáriusok
| Balázs Gábori L.
| Libertarianism
| Centre
|-
! style="background:red |
|
| White Raven Order Party<br />
|Fehér Holló
| André Nyerges
| Third Way
| Centre
|-
! style="background:yellow |
|
| Alternative Party<br />
|
| Péter Dóczi
| Social democracy
| Centre-left<br/>to left-wing
|-
! style="background:gold |
|
| Second Reform Era Party<br />
| 2RK
| Gábor Vona
| Centrism
| Centre
|-
! style="background:yellow |
|
| Cut taxes by 75%<br />
| LA75
| Áron Ecsenyi
| Libertarianism
| Right-wing
|}
Historical parties
Before the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; text-align:center;"
|+ List of political parties in Hungary before the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
|-
!English name
!Hungarian name
!Active
!Ideology
|-
| Centralists|| Centralisták || (1843–1849) || Centralism <br />Classical liberalism
|-
| Conservative Party || Konzervatív Párt || (1846–1849) || Conservatism <br />Liberal conservatism
|-
| Opposition Party || Ellenzéki Párt || (1847–1849) || Classical liberalism <br />National liberalism
|-
| Peace Party|| Békepárt || (1848–1849) || Peace with Austria <br />Conservative liberalism
|}
Between the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Ausgleich (1867)
After the Revolution of 1848 three different political directions were created - '47ers, '48ers and '49ers.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; text-align:center;"
|+ List of political parties in Hungary between the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Ausgleich (1867)
|-
!English name
!Hungarian name
!Active
!Ideology
|-
| Address Party || Felirati párt || (1861–1865) || Ideology of the '48ers <br />National liberalism
|-
| Resolution Party || Határozati párt || (1861) || Ideology of the '49ers <br />Radical liberalism
|-
| Left Centre || Balközép || (1865–1875) || Ideology of the '48ers (before the Ausgleich (1867)) <br />Ideology of the '49ers (after the Ausgleich (1867))
|}
During the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; text-align:center;"
|+ List of political parties in Hungary during the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)
|-
!English name
!Hungarian name
!Active
!Ideology
|-
| Principled Left Centre|| Elvhű Balközép || (1873–1874) || '48 ideology
|-
| Far-Left || Szélsőbal || (1861–1874) || '49 ideology (before the Ausgleich (1867)) <br />'67 ideology (after the Ausgleich (1867)))
|-
| Deák Party || Deák Párt || (1865–1875) || '48 ideology (before the Ausgleich (1867)) <br />'67 ideology (after the Ausgleich (1867))
|-
| Liberal Party || Liberális Párt / Szabadelvű Párt || (1875–1906) || Classical liberalism <br />'67 ideology
|-
| Independence Party|| Függetlenségi Párt || (1874–1884) || '48 ideology
|-
| Independence Party of 1848|| Negyvennyolcas Függetlenségi Párt || (1874–1884) || '48 ideology
|-
| National Antisemitic Party|| Országos Antiszemita Párt || (1883–1892) || Antisemitism
|-
| Party of Independence and '48 || Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt || (1884–1945) || Classical liberalism <br />'48 ideology
|-
| MSZDP || Magyar Szociáldemokrata Párt || (1890–?) || Social democracy
|-
| Catholic People's Party || Katolikus Néppárt || (1894–1918) || Christian socialism
|-
| National Constitution Party || Országos Alkotmánypárt || (1905–1918) || Classical liberalism <br />'67 ideology
|-
| National Party of Work || Nemzeti Munkapárt || (1910–1918) || Classical liberalism <br />'67 ideology
|-
| Radical Civic Party|| Polgári Radikális Párt || (1914–1919) || Civic radicalism
|-
| 48-er Constitution Party|| 48-as Alkotmánypárt || (1918) || '48 ideology <br />Classical liberalism
|-
| Independent Socialist Party || Független Szocialista Párt || (1897–1905) || Socialism <br />Agrarian socialism
|}
During the First Hungarian Republic and Transitional period (1918–1920)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
!Active
!Ideology
!Political position
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| 30px|center
| Hungarian Communist Party<br /><small>Magyar Kommunista Párt</small>
| MKP
| (1918–1948)
| Marxism<br />Communism
| Far-left
|-
|}
During the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; text-align:center;"
|-
!English name
!Hungarian name
!Active
!Ideology
|-
| Christian National Party || Keresztény Nemzeti Párt || (1919–1920) || Legitimism<br />Christian conservatism<br />National conservatism
|-
| Christian Social and Economic Party || Keresztény Szociális és Gazdasági Párt || (1919–1920) || Social conservatism<br />Christian democracy
|-
| Christian Socialist Party || Keresztényszocialista Párt || (1920–?) || Christian socialism
|-
| National Democratic Party || Nemzeti Demokrata Párt || (1920–?) || Liberalism
|-
| Civic Freedom Party || Polgári Szabadságpárt || (1921–1944) || Liberalism
|-
| '48 Smallholders Party || 48-as Kisgazda Párt || (1922–?) || Agrarianism<br />National conservatism
|-
| Alliance of Christian Unity || Keresztény Egység Tábora || (1922–?) || Christian democracy
|-
| Christian National Agricultural Workers' and Civic Party || Keresztény Nemzeti Földmíves és Polgári Párt || (1922–?) || Agrarianism<br />Christian democracy
|-
| Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party || Keresztény Földmíves és Iparos Párt || (1922–?) || Agrarianism<br />Christian democracy
|-
| Christian Women's League || Keresztény Női Tábor || (1918–1922) || Christian democracy<br />Christian feminism
|-
| Christian National Economic Party || Keresztény Nemzeti Gazdasági Párt || (1925–1926) || Christian democracy<br />Royalism
|-
| Socialist Workers Party of Hungary || Magyarországi Szocialista Munkáspárt || (1925–1928) || Social democracy<br />Communism<br />Catch-all party
|-
| Christian Economic and Social Party || Keresztény Gazdasági és Szociális Párt || (1926–1937) || Christian democracy
|-
| Christian Opposition || Keresztény Ellenzék || (1922–1939) || Christian democracy
|-
| Hungarian National Socialist Party || Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt || (1920s–1944) || Nazism<br />Antisemitism<br />Hungarian Turanism
|-
| Unity Party || Egységes Párt || (1922–1944) || Szeged Idea
|-
| Agrarian Party || Agrár Párt || (1926–?) || Agrarianism<br />National conservatism
|-
| Christian National Opposition Party || Keresztény Nemzeti Ellenzéki Párt || (1931–?) || Christian democracy<br />National conservatism
|-
| United Opposition || Egyesült Ellenzék || (1931–?) ||
|-
| Christian Economic Opposition Party || Keresztény Gazdasági Ellenzéki Párt || (1931–?) || Christian democracy
|-
| United Hungarian National Socialist Party || Egyesült Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt || (1933–1940) || National socialism
|-
| National Legitimist Party || Nemzeti Legitimista Néppárt || (1935–1937) || Christian democracy
|-
| Arrow Cross Party || Nyilaskeresztes Párt || (1935–1945) || Hungarian Turanism<br />Fascism<br />Nazism
|-
| Christian National Front || Keresztény Nemzeti Front || (1935–?) || Christian democracy
|-
| Reform Generation || Reformnemzedék || (1935–?) ||
|-
| Christian National Socialist Front || Keresztény Nemzeti Szocialista Front || (1937–1940) || National socialism
|}
During the Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
!Active
!Ideology
!Political position
|-
! style="background: #96825A |
| 55px|center
| Civic Democratic Party<br />
| PDP
| 1944–1949
|
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: #E30B5C |
| 55px|center
| Hungarian Radical Party<br />
| MRP
| 1945–1949,<br />1989–1998
|
| Left-wing
|-
! style="background: purple |
| 55px|center
| Hungarian Freedom Party<br />
| MSZP
| 1946–1947,<br />1956,<br />1989–1999
|
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background: black |
| 65px|center
| Hungarian Independence Party<br />
| MFP
| 1947, 1956,<br />1989–1990
|
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background: #50C878 |
| 55px|center
| Independent Hungarian Democratic Party<br />
| FMDP
| 1947–1949,<br />1989–2011
| Liberalism
| Centre
|-
! style="background: lightblue |
| 55px|center
| Christian Women's League<br />
| KNT
| 1947–1949
|
| Centre-right
|-
|}
During the Hungarian People's Republic (1949-1989)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
!Active
!Ideology
!Political position
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| 60px|center
| Hungarian Working People's Party<br />
| MDP
| (1948–1956)
|
| Far-left
|-
! style="background-color: " |
| 60px
| Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party<br />
| MSZMP
| (1956–1989)
|
| Far-left
|}
During the Third Republic (since 1989)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! colspan=3 | Name
! Abbr.
!Active
!Ideology
!Political position
|-
! style="background: #58AB27 |
|
| Green Party of Hungary<br />
| MZP
| (1989–2011)
| Green conservatism
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background: #FA8072 |
| 60px|center
| Democratic Coalition Party<br />
| DKP
| (1990-2001)
| Christian socialism
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: #1560BD |
| 60px|center
| Democratic Party<br />
| DEMP
| (1993–1994)
| Democratic liberalism
| Centre
|-
! style="background: #00FF7F |
|
| Green Alternative<br />
| ZA
| (1993–2000)
| Green politics
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: |
| 55px|center
| Hungarian Justice and Life Party<br />
| MIÉP
| (1993–2021)
| Hungarian nationalism<br />National conservatism<br />Hard Euroscepticism
| Right-wing to far-right
|-
! style="background-color: " |
|
| Hungarian Democratic Forum<br />
| MDF
| (1987–2011)
| Conservatism
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: blue |
| 50px|center
| Alliance of Free Democrats<br />
| SZDSZ
| (1988–2013)
| Social liberalism<br />Economic liberalism
| Centre
|-
! style="background: #DAA520 |
| 50px|center
| Holy Crown Society<br />
| SZKT
| (1989–1990)<br /><small>as Party</small>
| Monarchism
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background: blue |
|
| Republican Party (Hungary)<br />
| SZKT
| (1992–2003)
| Conservative liberalism
| Centre to centre-left
|-
! style="background: red |
|
| Social Democratic Party (Hungary)<br />
| SZDP
| (1989–2013)
| Social democracy
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: orange |
|
| Centre Party (Hungary)<br />
| Centrum
| (2001–2013)
| Centrism
| Centre
|-
! style="background: green |
| 60px|center
| Hungarian Democratic People's Party<br />
| MDNP
| (1996–2006)
| Conservatism<br />Christian democracy
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: Orange |
| 60px|center
| Humanist Party<br />
| HP
| (1993–2003–2012)
| Anti-globalization<br />Neohumanism
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: #00FF7F |
|
| Alliance of Green Democrats<br />
| ZDSZ
| (2000–2009)
| Green politics
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: #ED1B34 |
|
| 4K! – Fourth Republic!<br />
| 4K!
| (2012–2016)
| Social Democracy<br />Left-wing nationalism
| Left-wing
|-
! style="background: #80BB3D |
|
| Unity Party<br />
| ÖP
| (2009–2018)
| Centrism<br />Third Way
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: #008301 |
|
| Green Left<br />
| ZB
| (2009–2018)<br /><small>as Party</small>
| Eco-socialism
| Left-wing
|-
! style="background: #FED500 |
| 60px|center
| Together (Hungary)<br />
| Együtt
| (2013–2018)
| Social democracy<br />Social liberalism
| Centre
|-
! style="background: #007DC0 |
| 55px|center
| Modern Hungary Movement<br />
| MoMa
| (2013–2019)
| Liberal conservatism<br />Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: blue |
|
| Hungarian Gypsy Party<br />
| MCP
| (2013–2019)
| Ethnic party
| Centre
|-
! style="background: red |
|
| New Hungary Party<br />
| ÚMP
| (2013–2019)
| Third Way
| Centre
|-
! style="background-color: " |
|
| Independent Smallholders' Party<br />
| FKgP
| (1930–2021)<br /><small>The Party is under liquidation</small>
| Social conservatism<br />Agrarianism<br />National conservatism
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background:red |
|
| People's Front<br />
| Népi Front
| (2012–2021)<br /><small>as Party</small>
| Marxism-Leninism<br />Kádárism
| Far-left
|-
! style="background:#e50081 |
| 55px|center
| New World People's Party,<br />
| ÚVN
| (2020–2022)
| Liberal conservatism<br />Economic liberalism<br />Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background: #00FF7F |
|
| Party of Greens<br />
| Zöldek Pártja
| (2006–2022)
| Green politics
| Centre-left
|-
! style="background: aquamarine |
|
| Community for Social Justice People's Party<br />
| KTI
| (2013–2023)<br /><small>The Party is under liquidation</small>
| Third Way
| Centre
|-
! style="background: green |
|
| Forum of Hungarian Gypsies<br />
| MCF
| (2002–2023)
| Ethnic party
| Centre
|-
! style="background:#002147 |
| 60px|center
| Civic Conservative Party<br />
| PKP
| (2013–2023)
| Liberal conservatism<br />Economic liberalism<br />Pro-Europeanism
| Right-wing
|-
! style="background:#80BB3D |
| 75px|center
| Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom<br />
| JESZ
| (2011–2023)
| Liberal conservatism<br />Christian democracy
| Centre-right
|-
! style="background:#f8362a |
|
| Táncsics – Radical Left Party<br />
| Táncsics
| (2014–2023)<br /><small>The Party is under liquidation</small>
| Democratic socialism
| Left-wing
|-
! style="background: #af413c;" |
| 60px|center
| Civic Response<br />
| PV
| (2021–2024)<br /><small>The Party is under liquidation</small>
| Conservatism
| Centre-right to right-wing
|-
! style="background: white |
|
| Hungarian Republican Political Party<br />
| MRPP
| (2008–2024)
| Conservatism, Nationalism
| Centre-right to right-wing
|-
! style="background-color:blue" |
| 70px|center
| New Start<br />
| ÚK
| (2017–2025)
| Third way, <br />Conservative liberalism
| Centre-right
|}
See also
- Politics of Hungary
- List of political parties by country
- List of political parties in Europe
- Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary