Strategic error or strong competition? The 2018 parliamentary elections in Hungary and the stagnation of Jobbik’s success

Earlier research shows that the electoral system, political competition, the type of electoral campaign, access to the media and the political leader’s traits could influence the success of political actors. By using the case study approach, this paper shows why the electoral success of the far-right Hungarian party Jobbik stagnated during the 2018 parliamentary elections even though its success continously grew between 2006-2014. To answer this question the paper uses mostly secondary data (i.e. from the literature and the media). The results indicate that all the aforementioned factors (i.e. electoral system, political competition, type of electoral campaign, access to the media and the leader’s traits) were crucial in influencing the Jobbik’s lack of success during the 2018 elections.