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 Union (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), Mátyás Eörsi (SZDSZ) and Károly Herényi (MDF). The head of the allied faction FIDESZ-KDNP is Viktor Orbán. The head of the coalition before 2008, now the head of the MSZP minority government is Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. The current speaker of the Assembly is Dr. Katalin Szili of the MSZP (since 2002).
[edit] Speakers of the National Assembly (after 1946)
- Msgr. Béla Varga 1946 - 1947
- Imre Nagy September 16, 1947 - June 8, 1949
- Károly Olt June 8, 1949 - August 23, 1949
- Lajos Drahos August 23, 1949 - May 18, 1951
- Imre Dögei May 18, 1951 - August 14, 1952
- Sándor Rónai August 18, 1952 - November 5, 1962
- Erzsébet Metzker Vass March 21, 1963 - April 14, 1967
- Gyula Kállai April 14, 1967 - May 12, 1971
- Antal Apró May 12, 1971 - December 19, 1984
- István Sarlós December 19, 1984 -June 29, 1988
- István Stadinger June 29, 1988 - March 8, 1989
- Mátyás Szűrös March 10, 1989 - May 2, 1990
- Árpád Göncz May 2, 1990 - August 3, 1990
- György Szabad August 3, 1990 - June 28, 1994
- Zoltán Gál June 28, 1994 - June 18, 1998
- János Áder June 18, 1998 - May 15, 2002
- Katalin Szili May 15, 2002 - Present
| 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
|
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)
|
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
