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National Assembly of Hungary

National Assembly
Országgyűlés
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
László Kövér, Fidesz
Since 6 August 2010
Márta Mátrai, Fidesz
Since 1 January 2013
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
Current Structure of the National Assembly of Hungary
Political groups

Government (131)

Opposition (68)

Elections
Mixed Member Majoritarian
(Parallel voting)
Last election
6 April 2014
Next election
No later than 2018
Meeting place
The National Assembly sits in the Parliament House in Budapest
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.


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