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27 March
At the first round of the parliamentary elections held on 25 March, the KDNP received a total
of 6.46 % of votes and became the sixth largest Hungarian political party.

30 March
The MDF, the KDNP and the FKgP entered into an election alliance for the second round of
the elections. The three parties called on their voters to support the candidate in the best
position in each constituency.

8 April
In the two-round parliamentary elections, the party obtained 21 mandates. Three candidates
were elected directly: Sándor Tóth, Péter Juhász and Gábor Kovács, all three of them from
Nógrád county. The other members of the faction were Gábor Balogh, Gyula Cséfalvay, Béla
Csépe, Tibor Füzessy, Miklós Gáspár, György Giczy, Miklós Hasznos, János Herczeg, Ferenc
Inotay, Tamás Isépy, Sándor Karcsay, Sándor Keresztes, Tamás Lukács, Miklós Lukáts, Miklós
Pálos, Nándor Rott, László Seszták and Emese Ugrin.

15 April

On the second day of the two-day meeting of the KDNP’s parliamentary faction and the
Managing Committee, officials were elected for the parliamentary faction. Tibor Füzessy was
elected as faction leader and Miklós Gáspár as faction secretary. The delegation charged with
coalition negotiations (comprising Ferenc Balogh, Tibor Füzessy, Keresztes Sándor, Miklós
Pálos and Emese Ugrin) was assigned to enter into bilateral talks about the coalition
government’s programme not only with the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) but with
the Smallholders’ Party (FKgP) as well.

23 April
Second national convention of the party held. Sándor Keresztes and Emese Ugrin were left out
from the executive board and the general secretary position was terminated. The new party
chairman was László Surján. The associate chairmen were János Birkás, Tamás Lukács, Miklós
Pálos and László Varga. Executive board members: Zsuzsa Dobrányi, Péter Farkas, István
Fazekas, Tibor Füzessy, Péter Harrach, Pál Marik, Zsolt Semjén, Terézia Szilágyiné Császár,
Sándor Tóth and Miklós Hasznos.

3 May
From the KDNP faction, Sándor Tóth and Gábor Balogh were elected as parliamentary
notaries.
16 May
József Antall’s coalition government entered office (MDF, KDNP, FKgP). KDNP chairman
László Surján was assigned to lead the Ministry of Welfare.

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