Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April.
Although FideszâÂÂHungarian Democratic Forum gained the most seats in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the alliance narrowly failed from absolute majority. Therefore, the centre-left party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats, just like in 1994.
The unicameral National Assembly (Országgyà ±lés), the highest organ of state authority, initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister. A party had to win at least 5% of the national vote (based on the total of regional list votes) to form a parliamentary faction. The National Assembly had 386 members, elected for a four-year term in a mixed system: 176 members in single-seat constituencies by a modified two-round system, 152 in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation (using territorial lists) and 58 members (using a national list) to realize semi-proportional representation.