The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the
parliament
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of
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a
semi-proportional representation: a
mixed-member majoritarian representation with partial
compensation via transfer votes and
mixed single vote; involving single-member districts and one list vote; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to gain list seats 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
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since 1902.
The current members are the
members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026).
History
The
Diet of Hungary
The Diet of Hungary or originally: Parlamentum Publicum / Parlamentum Generale ( hu, Országgyűlés) became the supreme legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 1290s, and in its successor states, Royal Hungary an ...
( hu, Országgyűlés) was a legislative institution in the
medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 1290s, and in its successor states,
Royal Hungary and the
Habsburg kingdom of Hungary throughout the
Early Modern period. The name of the legislative body was originally "Parlamentum" during the Middle Ages, the "Diet" expression gained mostly in the Early Modern period. It convened at regular intervals with interruptions during the period of 1527 to 1918, and again until 1946.
The articles of the 1790 diet set out that the diet should meet at least once every 3 years, but, since the diet was called by the
Habsburg monarchy, this promise was not kept on several occasions thereafter. As a result of the
Austro-Hungarian Compromise, it was reconstituted in 1867.
The Latin term ''Natio Hungarica'' ("Hungarian nation") was used to designate the political elite which had participation in the diet, consisting of the
nobility
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, the Catholic clergy, and a few enfranchised burghers, regardless of language or ethnicity. Natio Hungarica was a geographic, institutional and juridico-political category.
The democratic character of the Hungarian parliament was reestablished with
the fall of the Iron Curtain
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and the
end of the
communist dictatorship in 1989. Today's parliament is still called the ''Országgyűlés,'' as in royal times, but is called the 'National Assembly' to distance itself from the historical royal diet.
Latest election
Turnout
Results by party
Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary
Historical composition of the National Assembly since 1990
Members (since 1990)
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial website
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1989 establishments in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...