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2019 Hungarian Local Elections
Local elections were held in Hungary on 13 October 2019. Mayors and assembly members were elected for a term of 5 years. Electoral system * Mayors of towns, cities, the districts of Budapest and Budapest itself are directly elected in a one-round, first-past-the-post election. * Assembly members of cities (at least 10 000 inhabitants) are elected via a Mixed single vote, mixed single vote system, mostly in electoral neighbourhoods with first-past-the-post, with a smaller number of seats being distributed as "compensation" mandates between lists of losing candidates. * Assembly members of towns (below 10 000 inhabitants) are elected with a plurality-at-large voting, where the voter can vote for as many candidates as there are seats. * Members of county assemblies are elected with party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor, defeating incumbent István Tarlós who had been in office since 2010. Asse ...
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First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a Plurality (voting), ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a ''majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still De jure, officially used in the majority of U.S. state, US states for most elections. However, the combination of Partisan primary, partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisd ...
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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Assembly
The General Assembly of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County () is the local legislative body of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in the Northern Great Plain in Hungary. Composition 2024–2029 period The Assembly elected at the 2024 local government elections, is made up of 18 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2024 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 3 Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk), 2 Democratic Coalition (DK), 1 Jobbik, and 1 Momentum Movement councillors. 2019–2024 period The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 18 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 3 Jobbik, 1 Democratic Coalition (DK), 1 Momentum Movement, 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), and 1 Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) councillors. 2014–2 ...
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Heves County Assembly
The Heves County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Heves County in the Northern Hungary, in Hungary. Composition 2019–2024 period The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 9 councillors, versus 6 DK-Jobbik- Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)-Momentum Movement- Everybody's Hungary Movement (MMM) councillors. 2014–2019 period The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 8 councillors, versus 4 Jobbik, 2 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) councillors. 2010–2014 period The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the ...
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Csongrád-Csanád County Assembly
The Csongrád-Csanád County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Csongrád-Csanád County in the Southern Great Plain in Hungary. Composition 2019 The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors, with the following party composition: , - , colspan=8 align=center, , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Fidesz–KDNP , align= 41,688 , align= 54.04 , align= 5.59 , align= 12 , align= 1 , align= 60.00 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) , align= 8,183 , align= 10.61 , align= 11.17 , align= 2 , align= 3 , align= 10.00 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Jobbik , align= 7,714 , align= 10.00 , align= 8.65 , align= 2 , align= 2 , align= 10.00 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) , align= 6,991 , align= 9.06 , align= , align= 2 , align= 2 , align= 10.00 , - , bgcolor=, , al ...
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Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Assembly
The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in the Northern Hungary, in Hungary. Composition 2019–2024 period The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 29 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 18 councillors, versus 8 Jobbik- Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)-Momentum Movement- Everybody's Hungary Movement (MMM) and 3 Democratic Coalition (DK) councillors. 2014–2019 period The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 29 counselors, with the following party composition: After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 15 councillors, versus 8 Jobbik, 5 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) and councillors. 2010–2014 period The Assembly elected at the ...
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Békés County Assembly
The Békés County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Békés County in the Southern Great Plain in Hungary. Composition 2019 The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 17 counselors, with the following party composition: , - , colspan=8 align=center, , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Fidesz–KDNP , align= 56,936 , align= 53.11 , align= 1.74 , align= 10 , align= 1 , align= 58.82 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Jobbik , align= 15,394 , align= 14.36 , align= 6.60 , align= 2 , align= 2 , align= 11.76 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Democratic Coalition (DK) , align= 11,486 , align= 10.71 , align= 4.93 , align= 2 , align= 1 , align= 11.76 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Momentum Movement (Momentum) , align= 8,599 , align= 8.02 , align= , align= 1 , align= 1 , align= 5.88 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Hungarian Sociali ...
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Bács-Kiskun County Assembly
The Bács Kiskun County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Bács-Kiskun County in the Southern Great Plain, in Hungary. Composition 2019 The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 counselors, with the following party composition: , - , colspan=8 align=center, , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Fidesz–KDNP , align= 87,225 , align= 60.42 , align= 4.68 , align= 16 , align= 2 , align= 69.57 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Momentum Movement (Momentum) , align= 14,999 , align= 10.39 , align= , align= 2 , align= 2 , align= 8.70 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Democratic Coalition (DK) , align= 13,877 , align= 9.61 , align= 3.70 , align= 2 , align= 1 , align= 8.70 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Jobbik , align= 13,845 , align= 9.59 , align= 10.62 , align= 2 , align= 3 , align= 8.70 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Our Homelan ...
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Baranya County Council
The Baranya County Council is the local legislative body of Baranya County in South-West Hungary. After the elections in 2019, it consists of 18 councillors, and is controlled by the Fidesz which has 12 councillors, versus 2 Jobbik, 2 Democratic Coalition, 1 MSZP and 1 Momentum Movement Momentum Movement (, Momentum) is a centrist Hungarian political party founded in March 2017. It came to national prominence as a political association in January 2017 after organizing a petition about the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics ... councillors. Latest election Council history References {{County councils of Hungary Local government in Hungary Baranya County ...
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