Actual Election
The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary
Act XX of 1949
The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary
(abstract issue)
Chapter I
General Provisions
Article 2.
(2) In the Republic of Hungary all power shall be vested in the people, who exercise their sovereignty through elected representatives and directly.
Chapter II
The Parliament
Article 19.
(1) The Parliament is the supreme body of state power and popular representation in the Republic of Hungary.
Article 20.
(1) The election of the Members of Parliament -- except for the elections due to the dissolution of Parliament -- shall be held in April or May of the fourth year following the election of the previous Parliament.
Chapter III
The President of the Republic
Article 30/A.
(1) The President of the Republic shall:
(d) announce general parliamentary, local government and mayors elections, as well as the dates of European Parliament elections and national referenda;
Chapter XII
Fundamental Rights and Duties
Article 70.
(1) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall have the right to be elected and the right to vote in Parliamentary elections; they shall have the right, furthermore, to participate in national referenda and popular initiatives.
(5) The right to vote shall not be granted to persons whose capacity is limited or restricted by being subject to guardianship, or who are subject to the final judgment of a court forbidding them to participate in public affairs, or who are imprisoned on the basis of a final legal judgment or are under compulsory institutional care on the basis of a final judgment rendered in criminal proceedings. Furthermore, adult citizens of other Member States of the European Union who reside in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall not have the right to be elected if they have been deprived of such right in their country of citizenship by the laws of that country or by a judicial or other official decision.
Chapter XIII
The Basic Principles of Elections
Article 71.
(1) Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, local government representatives, mayors and the mayor of the capital shall be elected by direct, secret ballot by voting citizens, based on their universal and equal right to vote.
(3) Separate statutes shall establish provisions for the election of Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament and members of representative bodies of local governments and mayors. A two-thirds majority vote of the Members of Parliament present shall be required to pass such statutes.
Last modify: 2010.03.05.
