election

12/06/2016

Vona pledges to resign if Jobbik loses 2018 election

Budapest, June 12 (MTI) – Gábor Vona, the leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said he would resign from his post if the party ends […]
10/06/2016

POLL – Fidesz maintains lead over opposition

Budapest, June 10 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democratic alliance maintained its lead over the opposition parties in June, a fresh poll released by Századvég on […]
06/06/2016

Semjén congratulates ethnic Hungarian winners in Romania local elections

Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, has congratulated ethnic Hungarian winners in Romania’s recent municipal elections. Speaking at the closing event […]
23/05/2016

Fidesz to submit election law changes in autumn

Budapest, May 23 (MTI) – Ruling Fidesz is planning to submit its proposal on changes to the electoral law, daily Magyar Hírlap quoted Gergely Gulyás, the […]
19/05/2016

Weekly government press briefing about president election, US criticism, migration – UPDATE

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will start a broad consultation in February next year about whom he should recommend to Fidesz lawmakers as the next president of […]
19/05/2016

DK wants Hungary president to be elected by supermajority or popular vote

Budapest, May 19 (MTI) – The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has proposed that the rules of electing Hungary’s president should be changed so that the president […]
18/05/2016

Press chief dismisses speculation about PM’s role in presidential election

Budapest, May 18 (MTI) – Parliament has an exclusive power in the process of electing the country’s president, Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister’s press chief told […]
05/05/2016

President should be elected directly, say Jobbik, LMP

Budapest, May 5 (MTI) – Representatives of radical nationalist Jobbik and green LMP voiced support for direct presidential elections in future, at talks held on Thursday. […]
28/04/2016

Former prime minister urges cooperation between leftist parties

Budapest (MTI) – Ferenc Gyurcsány, head of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK), has called on parties of the “democratic opposition” to cooperate before the next parliamentary […]
21/04/2016

Three opposition parties meet executives for building 2018 election strategy

Budapest (MTI) – Three opposition parties met with company executives on Wednesday to outline political strategies for replacing the government in 2018. The Jobbik party and […]
20/04/2016

Three Jobbik deputy leaders not to be re-elected

Budapest, April 20 (MTI) – Three deputy leaders of the radical nationalist Jobbik will not be re-elected in the summer convention, Ádám Mirkóczki, the party’s spokesman, […]
20/04/2016

Top court rules prohibiting voters temporarily abroad from voting by mail constitutional

Budapest, April 20 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that prohibiting Hungarians staying abroad on the day of the elections from voting by mail […]
11/03/2016

Socialists demand review of Sunday shopping referendum decisions

Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist party has appealed to Hungary’s supreme court, the Kúria, asking it to review decisions passed by the National […]
09/03/2016

Constitutional Protection Office investigating Election Office incident

Budapest, March 9 (MTI) – Hungary’s Constitutional Protection Office has launched an investigation into a recent incident in which a group of thugs allegedly prevented Socialist […]
08/03/2016

Hungarian parties discuss changing referendum rules

Budapest, March 8 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian-Democrat parties and the opposition Jobbik and LMP parties on Tuesday supported an initiative to amend referendum rules. Last […]
29/02/2016

Left-wing candidate wins interim local election in Salgótarján

Budapest, February 28 (MTI) – A left-wing candidate has won the local election in the northern Hungarian town of Salgótarján, defeating the candidates of the ruling […]
08/12/2015

Former candidates arrested

Former individual candidates of the party called the Allies of Maria Seres (SMS) can receive up to two years imprisonment. 29 of them were interrogated as […]
21/11/2015

COPA Women’s Committee: Re-elected in Brussels

COPA Women’s Committee elected Margit Batthyany-Schmidt as first Vice-President again. The mandate of the President of the Hungarian Women’s Union (MNU) lasts in the representation in […]
01/11/2015

Egyutt calls for amending election rules for ethnic Hungarians

Budapest, November 1 (MTI) – The opposition Egyutt party has called for an amendment to the law pertaining to the voting rights of ethnic Hungarians without […]
26/10/2015

Semjen hails success of ethnic Hungarians at Ukraine election

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – Zsolt Semjen, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, on Monday welcomed “the success of cooperation” within the Hungarian community of Transcarpathia, at Ukraine’s […]