The Békés County Assembly ( hu, Békés Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of

Békés County Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( hu, Dél-Alföld) is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes three counties: * Bács-Kiskun * Békés * Csongrád-Csanád See al ...

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 The Movement for a Better Hungary ( hu, Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom), commonly known as Jobbik (), is a conservative political party in Hungary. Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itsel ...

, 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 ) , ideology = , website = , country = Hungary , native_name = Momentum Mozgalom , split = , position = Centre , international = Liberal International (Observer) , european = ...

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Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution ...

(MSZP) , align= 8,323 , align= 7.76 , align= 6.59 , align= 1 , align= 1 , align= 5.88 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Our Homeland Movement Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom,'' MHM) is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dissidents that left the organization aft ...

(Mi Hazánk) , align= 6,475 , align= 6.04 , align= , align= 1 , align= 1 , align= 5.88 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 111,916 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 17 ! align= 1 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 47.11 ! align= 1.01 ! align= ! align= ! align= After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 10 councillors, versus 2

, 2 Democratic Coalition (DK), 1

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, 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), and 1 Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) councillors.

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 18 counselors, with the following party composition: , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Fidesz–KDNP , align= 60,354 , align= 54.85 , align= 4.35 , align= 11 , align= 0 , align= 61.11 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

, align= 23,058 , align= 20.96 , align= 4.28 , align= 4 , align= 1 , align= 22.22 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(MSZP) , align= 15,794 , align= 14.35 , align= 9.77 , align= 2 , align= 2 , align= 11.11 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Democratic Coalition (DK) , align= 6,360 , align= 5.78 , align= , align= 1 , align= 1 , align= 5.56 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=#FED500, , align=left ,

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(Együtt) , align= 4,461 , align= 4.05 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 115,073 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 18 ! align= 0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 46.10 ! align= 2.27 ! align= ! align= ! align= After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 4

, 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 2 Democratic Coalition (DK) councillors.

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 18 counselors, with the following party composition: , - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Fidesz–KDNP , align= 70,084 , align= 59.20 , align= . , align= 11 , align= 13 , align= 61.11 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(MSZP) , align= 28,552 , align= 24.12 , align= . , align= 4 , align= 11 , align= 22.22 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

, align= 19,745 , align= 16.68 , align= , align= 3 , align= 3 , align= 16.67 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 123,371 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 18 ! align= 22 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 48.37 ! align= ! align= ! align= ! align= After the elections in 2010 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 4 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 3

councillors.

Presidents of the Assembly

So far, the presidents of the Békés County Assembly have been: * 1990–1998

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, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) * 1998–2002

László Domokos László Domokos (born 26 February 1965) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Szarvas ( Békés County Constituency V) from 1998 to 2010. He became President of the State Audit Office, as a result he resigned from ...

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

–MKDSZ-Gazdakörök * 2002–2006 Zoltán Varga, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) * 2006–2010

, Fidesz–KDNP * 2010–2014 Zoltán Farkas, Fidesz–KDNP * since 2014

Mihály Zalai Mihály () is a Hungarian masculine given name, It is a cognate of the English Michael and may refer to: * Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher *Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transylv ...

, Fidesz–KDNP

References

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