National Assembly (Hungary)

National Assembly Országgyűlés
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	László Kövér, Fidesz Since 6 August 2010
First Officer	Márta Mátrai, Fidesz Since 1 January 2013
Deputy Speakers	Gergely Gulyás, Fidesz Sándor Lezsák, Fidesz István Jakab, Fidesz János Latorcai, KDNP István Hiller, MSZP Tamás Sneider, Jobbik
Leader of largest political group	Lajos Kósa, Fidesz Since 1 October 2015
Leader of 2nd largest political group	Bertalan Tóth, MSZP Since 6 July 2016
Structure
Seats	199
Political groups	Government (131)      Fidesz (114)      KDNP (17) Opposition (68)      MSZP (29)      Jobbik (24)      LMP (5)      DK (4)      Együtt (3)      PM (1)      MLP (1)      Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed Member Majoritarian (Parallel voting)
Last election	6 April 2014
Next election	No later than 2018
Meeting place
Hungarian Parliament Building Lajos Kossuth Square 1 Budapest, H-1055 Hungary
Website
National Assembly

Government (131)

Opposition (68)

The National Assembly (Hungarian: Országgyűlés; “Country Assembly”) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (was 386 between 1990 and 2014) 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 the list of members of 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.

The Diet of Hungary (Hungarian: Országgyűlés) was a legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 1290s, and in its successor states, Royal Hungary and the Habsburg kingdom of Hungary throughout the Early Modern period. The name of the legislative body was originally "Parlamentum" during the Middle Ages, the "Diet" expression gained mostly in the Early Modern period. It convened at regular intervals with interruptions during the period of 1527 to 1918, and again until 1946.

The articles of the 1790 diet set out that the diet should meet at least once every 3 years, but, since the diet was called by the Habsburg monarchy, this promise was not kept on several occasions thereafter. As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, it was reconstituted in 1867.