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Local elections were held in Hungary on October 12, 2014. It was the first local election according to the new Constitution of Hungary which went into force on 1 January 2012. The new electoral law entered into force that day.

Changes compared to 2010

Main article: Electoral system of Hungary

Levels of local governance

In Hungary there are two levels of local governance:

  1. General Assemblies of the 19 counties and the General Assembly of Budapest
  2. General Assemblies of villages, towns, cities (other than Budapest) and the General Assemblies of the 23 districts of Budapest

The votes

  1. for a mayor candidate of Budapest
  2. for a mayor candidate of the district (who will also be the representative of the district in the General Assembly of Budapest)
  3. for a candidate for being the representative of the electoral neighbourhood in the General Assembly of the district
  1. for a party-list for the General Assembly of the county
  2. for a mayor candidate of the town/city
  3. for a candidate for being the representative of the electoral neighbourhood in the General Assembly of the town/city
  1. for a party-list for the General Assembly of the county
  2. for a mayor candidate of the town/village
  3. for as many candidates as the number of members of the General Assembly in the town/village (as these towns/villages are not further divided to electoral neighbourhoods)
  1. for a party-list for the General Assembly of the county
  2. for a mayor candidate of the town/city of which the village is administratively part of
  3. for a candidate for being the representative of the village in the General Assembly of the town/city

Results

Budapest

Mayor

Main article: 2014 Budapest mayoral election
István Tarlós's speech in front of the Bálna building

Result of the mayoral election:[1]

CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
István TarlósFidesz–KDNP290,67549.06–4.31
Lajos BokrosModern Hungary Movement213,55036.04New
Gábor StaudtJobbik42,0937.10–0.17
Antal CsárdiPolitics Can Be Different33,6895.69-4.20
Zoltán BodnárHungarian Liberal Party12,4612.10New
Total592,468100.00–
Source: Valaszta[2]

General Assembly of Budapest

Party Mayor of Budapest Mayors of the districts Compensation-list Altogether
Fidesz-KDNP 1 17 2 20
MSZP 2 3 5
Együtt–PM 1 1 2
DK 1 1 2
MSZP–Együtt-PM–DK 1 1
Civilian organizations 1 1
Jobbik 1 1
LMP 1 1
Altogether 1 23 9 33

General Assemblies of the counties

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Party Votes Proportions
Fidesz–KDNP 1,495,781 51.41%
Opposition Bloc 1,343,308 46.17%
Others 12 461 2,10%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tájékoztató adatok BUDAPEST főváros főpolgármester választás eredményéről". valasztas.hu. 2014-10-12. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. ^ "Budapest főváros főpolgármester választás eredménye". valasztas.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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