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Who won Hungary’s first postcommunist election in 1990?
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Hungary’s first postcommunist election in 1990 was won by a right-center coalition led by the Hungarian Democratic Forum. This coalition, which also included the Smallholders and the Christian Democrats, secured nearly three-fifths of the seats in the National Assembly. József Antall emerged as the dominant figure of this alliance and served as the country's first postcommunist prime minister.12