National Assembly of Hungary
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The National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) is the national parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 386 members elected to 4-year terms. Parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to enter the assembly. The Assembly includes 25 standing committees to debate and report on introduced bills and to supervise the activities of the ministers. The Constitutional Court of Hungary has the right to challenge legislation on the grounds of constitutionality. The assembly has met in the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest since 1902.
[edit] 2006-2010 Parliament
At the last parliamentary elections in 2006, four parties or party alliances passed the minimum threshold: the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) (190 seats), the coalition party Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) (20 seats), the Hungarian Civic Party (FIDESZ) in alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) (164 seats in common, 141 for Fidesz and 23 for KDNP), and the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) (11 seats) and 1 independent got into the Parliament, winning a constituency in Somogy county.
The heads of the factions are: Ildikó Lendvai (MSZP), Tibor Navracsics (FIDESZ), Zsolt Semjén (KDNP), Gábor Kuncze (SZDSZ) and Károly Herényi (MDF). The head of the allied faction FIDESZ-KDNP is Viktor Orbán. The head of the coalition is Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány (MSZP). The current speaker of the Assembly is Dr. Katalin Szili of the MSZP.
| Parties | List Votes | % | Constituencies 1st round |
% | Constituencies 2nd round |
% | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) | 2,336,705 | 43.21 | 2,175,316 | 40.26 | 1,510,360 | 46.62 | 186 |
| Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, SZDSZ) | 351,612 | 6.50 | 340,750 | 6.31 | 64,501 | 1.99 | 18 |
| Joint candidates MSZP-SZDSZ | 154,616 | 2.86 | 72,802 | 2.25 | 6 | ||
Fidesz-KDNP
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2,272,979 | 42.03 | 2,269,244 | 41.96 | 1,511,426 | 46.65 | 164 |
| Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF) | 272,831 | 5.04 | 238,570 | 4.41 | 15,973 | 0.50 | 11 |
| Joint candidates Fidesz/KNDP-MDF | 34,109 | 0.63 | 33,029 | 1.02 | 0 | ||
| Joint candidates MDF and other parties | 14,838 | 0.27 | 3,640 | 0.11 | 0 | ||
MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP-Jobbik a Harmadik Út pártszövetség)
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119,007 | 2.20 | 92,802 | 1.70 | 231 | 0.01 | 0 |
| Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt) | 21,955 | 0.41 | 16,379 | 0.30 | 0 | ||
| Centre Party (Centrum Összefogás Magyarországért) | 17,431 | 0.32 | 14,126 | 0.26 | 0 | ||
| Association for Somogy (Somogyért) | 9,457 | 0.17 | 13,329 | 0.43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5,408,050 | 100.0 | 5,403,691 | 100.0 | 3,239,752 | 100.0 | 386 |
| Source: Valasztas.hu | |||||||
[edit] External links
- (English) Official website
- (Hungarian) Official website
