IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Hungary

9,655,361	15
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
8,215,304	59.83%
Registered Voters (as of April 27, 2022)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Hungarian National Assembly	Országgyűlés	Assembly

Chief of State: President János ÁDER
Head of Government: Prime Minister Viktor ORBÁN
Assembly: Hungary has a unicameral National Assembly (Országgyűlés) with 199 seats.

The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term. To be elected, the president must win two-thirds of legislative votes in the first two rounds or a simple majority in the third round
The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president.
In the National Assembly (Országgyűlés), 106 members are elected in single-member constituencies and 93 members are directly elected in a single nationwide district by proportional represenatation vote. All members serve 4-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Hungarian National Assembly	1998-05-10	4,532,443	8,063,631	56.21%
Hungarian National Assembly	1998-05-24	-	8,094,214	-
Hungarian National Assembly	2002-04-07	5,685,655	8,061,101	70.53%
Hungarian National Assembly	2002-04-21	4,423,806	6,018,069	73.51%
Referendum	2003-04-12	3,666,715	8,042,272	45.59%
Referendum	2004-12-05	3,009,262	8,046,742	37.4%
Hungarian National Assembly	2006-04-09	5,457,553	8,076,781	67.57%
Hungarian National Assembly	2006-04-23	3,257,244	5,059,002	64.39%
Hungarian National Assembly	2010-04-11	5,172,222	8,034,394	64.38%
Hungarian National Assembly	2010-04-25	1,160,117	2,486,111	46.66%
Hungarian National Assembly	2014-04-06	4,859,789	8,029,829	60.52%
Referendum	2016-10-02	3,561,734	8,261,394	43.11%
Hungarian National Assembly	2018-04-08	5,791,868	8,312,264	69.68%
Hungarian National Assembly	2022-04-03	5,711,925	8,215,304	69.53%
Referendum	2022-04-03	5,628,138	8,215,304	68.51%