Legislation
Legislation
Below you can review the laws and regulations related to the functions and responsibilities of the National Election Office and the National Election Commission.
Laws
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- The Fundamental Law and acts
- The Fundamental Law of Hungary
- Act CCXXXVIII of 2013 on initiating referenda, European Citizens' Initiative and referendum procedure
- Act LXXXVII of 2013 on the transparency of campaign costs related to the election of Members of Parliament
- Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure
- Act CCIII of 2011 on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly
- Act CLXXXIX of 2011 on Local Governments of Hungary
- Act CLXXIX of 2011 on the Rights of nationalities
- Act L of 2010 on the Election of local government representatives and mayors
- Act CXIII of 2003 on the Election of the Members of the European Parliament
Decrees
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- Decree 12/2025 (IX. 15.) Decree of the Ministry of Justice on the detailed rules for the implementation of tasks falling within the competence of election offices in parliamentary elections; on determining the scope of nationally aggregated election result data; on the detailed rules for the performance of election-related IT tasks by the Budapest Metropolitan Government Office and county government offices; and on the forms to be used in election procedures.
- Decree 11/2025 (IX. 15.) Decree of the Ministry of Justice on the standards and items of election costs, the procedures for their accounting and auditing, and on the detailed rules for the advance financing of the costs of by-elections held due to the declaration of dissolution or the dissolution of the representative body or general assembly of a nationality self-government.
- Decree 11/2024 (8 July) of the Minister of Justice on the interim election of local government representatives and mayors and the interim election of national minority self -government representatives on the detailed rules for the implementation of the tasks of the election offices and the forms to be used in the procedure
- Decree 6/2024 (12 March) of the Minister of Justice on the norms, items, settlement and internal audit of the European Parliament, local government representatives and mayors, as well as national minority self -government representatives in a joint procedure
- Decree 5/2024 (12 March) of the Minister of Justice to determine the deadlines for the general election of the Members of the European Parliament, local government representatives and mayors, and national minority self -government representatives in a joint procedure of 2024
- Decree 3/2024 (11 March) of the Minister of Justice on the normative costs, items, accounting and internal audit procedures of interim elections of Members of Parliament
- Decree 2/2024 (11 March) of the Minister of Justice on the general election of Members of the European Parliament, local government representatives and mayors, as well as national minority self -government representatives on the detailed rules of the implementation of the tasks of the election offices, on the establishment of the nationally overall data of the election results, about the forms to be used in the common procedure
- Decree 21/2022 (24 October) of the Minister of Justice– on the detailed rules for advancing the costs of interim elections to be held due to the dissolution or disbandment of the representative body or general assembly of a national minority self-government
- Decree 3/2022 (11 January) of the Minister of Justice on the detailed rules for the performance of tasks falling within the competence of election offices in the general election of Members of Parliament and in the national referendum conducted in conjunction with it, the determination of the scope of nationally aggregated data on election and referendum results, the detailed rules for the performance of IT tasks related to elections by the capital and county government offices, and the forms to be used in the joint procedure
- Decree 2/2022 (11 January) of the Minister of Justice on the costs, items, accounting and internal audit procedures of parliamentary elections and national referendums conducted in a joint procedure
- Decree 1/2022 (11 January) of the Minister of Justice to establish the deadlines and boundaries of the parliamentary election and national referendum procedures for 3 April 2022
- Decree 6/2021 (31 August)of the Minister of Justice on the costs, items, accounting and internal audit procedures of interim elections of local government representatives and mayors, interim elections of national minority local government representatives, and local referendums
- Decree 21/2019 (31 July) of the Minister of Justice on the establishment of the procedural deadlines and boundaries of national minority self -government representatives on October 13, 2019
- Decree 2/2018 (3 January) of the Minister of Justice on the costs, items, accounting and internal audit procedures for the election of Members of Parliament
- Decree 1/2018 (3 January) of the Minister of Justice on the detailed rules for the performance of tasks falling within the competence of election offices in the election of Members of Parliament, on the determination of the scope of nationally aggregated data on election results, on the forms to be used in the election procedure, and on the amendment of certain decrees on elections
- Decree 11/2016 (28 June)of the Minister of Justiceon the costs, items, accounting and internal control procedures of national referendums
- Decree 10/2016 (28 June) of the Minister of Justice on the tasks of the election offices during the initiative of the referendum
- Decree 9/2016 (28 June)of the Minister of Justiceon the detailed rules for the performance of tasks falling within the competence of election offices in national referendums, on the forms to be used in the electoral procedure, and on the scope of nationally aggregated data on the results of referendums
- Decree 2/2015 (20 February) of the Minister of Justice on the detailed rules for the implementation of tasks under the competence of the election offices during the local referendum procedure
- Decree 69/2013 (29 December) of the Minister for the National Economy on support for campaign costs of Members of Parliament
- Decree 17/2013 (17 July) of the Minister of Public Administration and Justice on the management of the central electoral register and other electoral registers
Decisions of the President of the Republic
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- Decision 30/2024 (12 March) of the President of the Republic on the date of the election of the Members of European Parliament 2024
- Decision 8/2022 (11 January) of the President of the Republic on the date of a national referendum
- Decision 7/2022 (11 January) of the President of the Republic on the date of the election of the Members of Parliament 2022