title: 2006 Budapest mayoral election
text: # 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 |
  