Passive voting right

Members of EU Parliament

What

People can vote the members of the list of parties that has minimum 20000 signatures: Members of the list can be Hungarians or other EU citizens who live in Hungary. They have to be adults and not suspended from public affairs.

Members of the National Parliament – from the electoral district

What

A person who is older than 18 years, collects 500 signed recommendation in him/her electoral district.

Members of the National Parliament – from the national list

What

A party can set up a list if they could set a nominee minimum in 27 electoral districts (from 106). The nominees have to come from minimum 9 counties/Budapest.

Members of the county council

What

Person can be elected if he/she has recommendations from minimum 0.5% of the total number of constituents in the electoral district

Mayor

What

To start for the mayor’s title a person needs to have a certain amount of recommendations:

  • in a municipality with 10000 or less inhabitants: has recommendations from minimum 1% of the total number constituents in the town
  • in a town between 10000-100000 inhabitants: has the recommendation from minimum 300 constituents
  • In a city with more than 100000 inhabitants: has the recommendation from minimum 500 constituents

Members of the municipality council

What

A person who has recommendations from minimum 1% of the total number of constituents in the electoral district.