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Guidelines of the National Election Commission

The National Election Commssion  issues guidelines to the election bodies for uniform interpretation of legislation related to the elections and referenda. The documents are available in Hungarian below.

Guidelines issued in 2025

Guidelines No. 1/2025. of the NEC on electoral procedural issues related to local election commissions' certain tasks during parliamentary elections
2025-08-08

Guidelines issued in 2024

Guidelines No. 4/2024. of the NEC on certain issues related to the contribution of an assistant
17-05-2024

Guidelines No. 3/2024. of the NEC on certain issues related to nominations entitling to nominate a party list in the Capital
08-04-2024

Guidelines issued in 2019

Guidelines No. 1/2019. of the NEC on the procedures of the election commission conducting the counting of votes regarding the qualification of ballots for another election held on the same day in the election of national minority self-government representatives
09-10-2019

Guidelines issued in 2018

Guidelines No. 4/2018. of the NEC on the starting time of voting
23-03-2018

Guidelines issued in 2015

Guidelines No. 4/2015. of the NEC on the validity of signatures of voters who did not provide personal identifiers on the national referendum signature gathering sheet certified and issued for voters with personal identifiers
11-09-2015

Guidelines No. 3/2015. of the NEC on checking the data of persons collecting signatures
11-09-2015

Guidelines No. 2/2015. of the NEC on the mixing of signature gathering sheets for different referendum questions
11-09-2015

Guidelines No. 1/2015. of the NEC on the interpretation of section 10 (2) of the Nsztv. (Act CCXXXVIII of 2013 on initiating referendums, the European Citizens’ Initiative and referendum procedure).
27-05-2015

Guidelines issued in 2014

Guidelines No. 13/2014. of the NEC on the interpretation of rules for the removal of election posters
22-05-2014

Guidelines No. 12/2014. of the NEC on taking ballots outside the polling station
04-04-2014

Guidelines No. 11/2014. of the NEC on the interpretation of the rules for relative territorial campaign prohibition
02-04-2014

Guidelines No. 8/2014. of the NEC on the end and closure time of voting
11-03-2014

Guidelines No. 7/2014. of the NEC on replacing a damaged or defective ballot for voting by mail
11-03-2014

Guidelines No. 3/2014. of the NEC on certain issues of providing passenger transportation by bus on election day
17-02-2014

Guidelines No. 2/2014. of the NEC on the publication of political advertisements and political campaigns
09-02-2014

Guidelines No. 1/2014. of the NEC on recommendation sheets and the process of recommendation
09-02-2014

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