Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

) to serve a 5-year term. In the Hungarian Parliament, 176 members are elected in single-member constituencies and 210 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system. All members serve four-year terms. 

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Politics of Hungary

(courtesy of wikipedia)

Politics of Hungary takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Hungary is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The party system is dominated by the socialist Hungarian Socialist Party and the conservative Hungarian Civic Union or FIDESZ. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Since the constitutional amendment of 23 October 1989, Hungary is a parliamentary republic.

Recent elections

National referendum - 2008

 
- Do you agree that students in state-subsidised higher education should be exempt from tuition fees?

- Do you agree that family doctor care, dentistry care and special outpatient care should be exempt from consultation fees with effect from 1 January in the year after the referendum is held on the present issue?

- Do you agree that inpatient care should be exempt from daily hospital fees with effect from 1 January in the year after the referendum is held on the present issue?

A wide range of information is uploaded onto the website of the National Election Office of Hungary. Available here.

If you click, here you will find the Information booklet for international observers and the media prepared by the National Election Office of Hungary for the national referendum of 2008.

Parliamentary elections - 2006

On 9th and 23rd April the Hungarians voted in the first and second round of the parliamentary elections in which the two main parties faced each other: the Socialist Party (MSZP) led by the Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, ruling in a coalition with the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) since 2002, and the Alliance of Young Democrats-Civic Union (FIDESZ-MPP) led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.  A comprehenshive analysis  by the Robert Schuman Foundation is found here. Results of the first round is here. Results of the second round is here.  The official webpage of the National Election Office offers a  comprehenshive and detailed information sources on the 2006 Parliamentary elections, including candidates, lists, relevant laws, turnout reports and results.

If you click, here you will find the Information booklet for international observers prepared by the National Election Office of Hungary for the parliamentary elections 2006.

Local elections - 2006
The president of the Republic of Hungary set the date of the local elections for the 1st of October 2006. The official webpage of the National Election Office of Hungary offers a comprehenshive and detailed information sources on the 2006 Local elections, including an election calendar, relevant laws, voter turnout reports and results.

If you click, here you will find the Information booklet for international observers prepared by the National Election Office of Hungary for the local elections 2006.

Past elections

Elections to the European Parliament - 2004

A binding national referendum was held on the accession of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union in compliance with the Accession Treaty. The question to be put to the referendum was as follows: "Do you agree that the Republic of Hungary will be part of the European Union?"

The referendum held on 12 April 2003 was conclusive. 83.76 % of voters casting a valid ballot gave the answer YES. Detailed information on this referendum is here.

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Hungary was the election of MEP representing Hungary constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The election took place on June 13, 2004. The website of the National Election Office of Hungary provides a detailed information sources on the Elections to the European Parliament in Hungarian, English, German and French. This website includes candidates, lists, relevant laws, reports, voter turnouts, analyses etc.

The 2002 parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Hungary on 7 April 2002 with the second round on 21 April. General information on this Parliamentary elections can be found on the webpage of the National Election Office of Hungary. The list of candidates are detailed here. For final election results, you should click here. If you are interested in OSCE-ODIHR final report, you can find it here.

As Parliamentary elections are of two rounds, the first round of the 1998 Parliamentary elections was on May 10, 1998, the second two weeks later, on May 24, 1998. For detailed information, click the website of the former National Election Office. OSCE-ODIHR final report can be found here. The results of the Parliamentary election of 1998 are here.

Local elections - 2002

Any information on the 2002 Local elections are found at the website

of the National Election Office of Hungary.

Local elections - 1998

Any information on the 2002 Local elections are found at the website

of the National Election Office of Hungary.