National Assembly of Hungary Országgyűlés
Type
Type	unicameral
Leadership
Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary	Béla Katona since September 15, 2009
Structure
Meeting place
Hungarian Parliament Building
Website
http://www.mkogy.hu/parl_en.htm

Hungary

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The National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) is the national parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 386 members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is based on a complex system involving both area and list election; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to enter list members the assembly (but area winners enter regardless). The Assembly includes 25 standing committees to debate and report on introduced bills and to supervise the activities of the ministers. The Constitutional Court of Hungary has the right to challenge legislation on the grounds of constitutionality. The assembly has met in the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest since 1902.

Contents 1 2006-2010 Parliament 2 Speaker of the Provisional National Assembly 3 Speakers of the National Assembly 4 External links

[edit] 2006-2010 Parliament

At the last parliamentary elections in 2006, four parties or party alliances passed the minimum threshold: the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) (190 seats), the coalition party Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) (20 seats), the Hungarian Civic Union (FIDESZ) in alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) (164 seats in common, 141 for Fidesz and 23 for KDNP), and the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) (11 seats) and 1 independent got into the Parliament, winning a constituency in Somogy county.

The heads of the factions are: Attila Mesterházy (MSZP), Tibor Navracsics (FIDESZ), Zsolt Semjén (KDNP) and János Kóka (SZDSZ). The faction of MDF has already broken up. The head of the allied faction FIDESZ-KDNP is Viktor Orbán. The head of the minority government is Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai. The current speaker of the Assembly is Béla Katona of the MSZP (since 2009).

[edit] Speaker of the Provisional National Assembly

• Béla Zsedényi December 21, 1944–November 29, 1945

[edit] Speakers of the National Assembly

• Ferenc Nagy November 29, 1945 - February 5, 1946
• Msgr. Béla Varga February 7, 1946 - July 3, 1947
• Árpád Szabó July 4, 1947 - July 31, 1947
• Imre Nagy September 16, 1947 - June 8, 1949
• Károly Olt June 8, 1949 - August 23, 1949
• Lajos Drahos August 23, 1949 - May 18, 1951
• Imre Dögei May 18, 1951 - August 14, 1952
• Sándor Rónai August 18, 1952 - November 5, 1962
• Erzsébet Metzker Vass March 21, 1963 - April 14, 1967
• Gyula Kállai (Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party) April 14, 1967 - May 12, 1971
• Antal Apró May 12, 1971 - December 19, 1984
• István Sarlós December 19, 1984 -June 29, 1988
• István Stadinger June 29, 1988 - March 8, 1989
• Mátyás Szűrös (MSZP) March 10, 1989 - May 2, 1990
• Árpád Göncz (SZDSZ) May 2, 1990 - August 3, 1990
• György Szabad (MDP) August 3, 1990 - June 28, 1994
• Zoltán Gál (MSZP) June 28, 1994 - June 18, 1998
• János Áder (Fidesz) June 18, 1998 - May 15, 2002
• Katalin Szili (MSZP) May 15, 2002 - September 14, 2009
• Béla Katona (MSZP) September 15, 2009 - Present

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e • d Summary of the 9 April and 23 April 2006 National Assembly (Országgyűlés) elections

Parties	List Votes	%	Constituencies 1st round	%	Constituencies 2nd round	%	Seats
Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP)	2,336,705	43.21	2,175,316	40.26	1,510,360	46.62	186
Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége, SZDSZ)	351,612	6.50	340,750	6.31	64,501	1.99	18
Joint candidates MSZP-SZDSZ	154,616			2.86	72,802	2.25	6
Fidesz-KDNP Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség) Christian Democratic People's Party (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP)	2,272,979	42.03	2,269,244	41.96	1,511,426	46.65	164
Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF)	272,831	5.04	238,570	4.41	15,973	0.50	11
Joint candidates Fidesz/KNDP-MDF	34,109			0.63	33,029	1.02	0
Joint candidates MDF and other parties	14,838			0.27	3,640	0.11	0
MIÉP-Jobbik Third Way Alliance of Parties (MIÉP-Jobbik a Harmadik Út pártszövetség) Hungarian Justice and Life Party (Magyar Igazság és Élet Pártja) Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom)	119,007	2.20	92,802	1.70	231	0.01	0
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt)	21,955	0.41	16,379	0.30			0
Centre Party (Centrum Összefogás Magyarországért)	17,431	0.32	14,126	0.26			0
Association for Somogy (Somogyért)			9,457	0.17	13,329	0.43	1
Total	5,408,050	100.0	5,403,691	100.0	3,239,752	100.0	386
Source: Valasztas.hu

[edit] External links

• (English) Official website
• (Hungarian) Official website

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