2006 Budapest mayoral election
# 2006 Budapest mayoral election

The 2006 Budapest mayoral election was held on 1 October 2006 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. The winner of this election served for 4 years.

The election was won by four-time incumbent, Gábor Demszky.

## Results

2006 Budapest mayoral election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | SZDSZ | Gábor Demszky | 362 289 | 46.86% | +0.16% |
| | Independent | István Tarlós | 349 412 | 45.20% | +9.35% |
| | MDF | Kálmán Katona | 46 367 | 6.00% | N/A |
| | MIÉP | László Zsinka | 10 791 | 1.40% | -1.86% |
| | Workers' Party | Péter Székely | 4 212 | 0.54% | +0.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | '773 071' | '100.0%' | |
| | SZDSZ hold | SZDSZ hold | SZDSZ hold | SZDSZ hold | SZDSZ hold |
