The Centre Party (, ) was a

centrist Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policie ...

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History

The Centre Party came into being in 2001, with the cooperation of the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), the

Hungarian Democratic People's Party The Hungarian Democratic People's Party (, ; MDNP) was a political party in Hungary between 1996 and 2005. History The National conservatism, national conservative party formed on 4 March 1996, when Iván Szabó and his supporters left Hungarian ...

(MDNP), the Alliance of Green Democrats (SZDSZ) and Third Way for Hungary (HOM). The unusual alliance of centre-right and centre-left groups hindered the Centre Party's effectiveness and, eventually, two of the founding political formations quit the party. The Christian Democratic People's Party, after long internal disputes and legal battles, joined ranks with

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 200 ...

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It has increasingly identified as illiberal. Originally formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as ...

and the Hungarian Democratic People's Party re-merged with the

Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum (, , MDF) was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a Hungarian nationalist, national-conservative, Christian-democratic ideology. The party was represented continuously in the National Assembly from t ...

(MDF).

Mihály Kupa Mihály Kupa (3 April 1941 – 2 September 2024) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1993. He was arrested in 1958 for ten months. He finished his studies at the Karl Marx University of Economic Scienc ...

was the leader of the party until 2007. At the

legislative elections A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

, on 9 and 23 April 2006, the party won 0.32% of the popular vote and no seats. The Centre party joined as a member to the Community for Social Justice People's Party (KTI) in 2013.

Electoral results

National Assembly

References

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* 2001 establishments in Hungary 2013 disestablishments in Hungary Defunct political parties in Hungary Political parties disestablished in 2013 Political parties established in 2001 Centrist parties in Hungary {{Hungary-party-stub