2006-2010 Parliament
At parliamentary elections in 2006, four parties or party alliances passed the minimum threshold: the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) (190 seats), the coalition party Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) (20 seats), the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union in alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) (164 seats in common, 141 for Fidesz and 23 for KDNP), and the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) (11 seats) and 1 independent (István Gyenesei) got into the Parliament, winning a constituency in Somogy county.
The heads of the factions were:
- MSZP: Ildikó Lendvai (2006-2009), Attila Mesterházy (2009-2010)
- Fidesz: Tibor Navracsics
- KDNP: Zsolt Semjén
- SZDSZ: Gábor Kuncze (2006-2007), Mátyás Eörsi (2007), János Kóka (2007-2010).
- MDF: Károly Herényi (2006-2009). The faction of MDF broke up in 2009.
The head of the allied faction Fidesz-KDNP was Viktor Orbán. The head of the minority government (since 2008, when SZDSZ left the coalition) was Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány then Gordon Bajnai. The speaker of the Assembly was Katalin Szili (2006-2009) then Béla Katona (2009-2010) of the MSZP.
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