The Electorate, 1990-1998

Gábor Tóka, Gergely Karácsony

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In this chapter we review the voters' behavior in the parliamentary elections of 1990, 1994, and 1998. 1 As the reader will recall, these were not the only competitive elections in Hungarian history in which a large majority of citizens could vote. However, unlike, for instance, the elections of 1920, 1938, 1945 or 1947, the electoral contests of the 1990's took place in a political context characterized by widespread consensus on fundamental democratic values among the relevant political parties. For the first time ever, no relevant political player was intimidated or barred from participating in the elections, and citizens could reasonably expect both that the votes were to be counted fairly and that the democratic game was to continue indefinitely after the election.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHungary: Government and Politics 1848-2000
Place of PublicationNew York, New York
PublisherEast European Monographs
Pages495-518
Number of pages24
ISBN (Print)0880334800
StatePublished - 2001

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