The Békés County Assembly () is the local legislative body of

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

in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Békés, and Csongrád-Csanád. The region is in the ...

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 Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary (, ), commonly known as Jobbik (), and previously known as Conservatives () between 2023 and 2024, is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary. Ori ...

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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 ...

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

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Our Homeland Movement Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom'', '','' Mi Hazánk, MHM, MH) is a Hungarian far-right political party. It was founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President, László Toroczkai, along with other Jobbik ...

(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

, 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 Imre Simon, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) * 1998–2002 László Domokos,

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It has increasingly identified as illiberal. Originally formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as ...

–MKDSZ-Gazdakörök * 2002–2006 Zoltán Varga, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) * 2006–2010 László Domokos, Fidesz–KDNP * 2010–2014 Zoltán Farkas, Fidesz–KDNP * since 2014 Mihály Zalai, Fidesz–KDNP

References

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