2022 Hungarian presidential election

2022 Hungarian presidential election

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Nominee Katalin Novák Péter Róna Party Fidesz Independent Alliance Fidesz–KDNP United for Hungary Electoral vote 137 51 Percentage 72.87% 27.13%

President before election János Áder Fidesz Elected President Katalin Novák Fidesz

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An indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 10 March 2022.^[1] Katalin Novák became the first female President of Hungary after winning an absolute majority.^[2][3]

Incumbent president of the Republic János Áder was ineligible to run due to term limits.^[4] There were two candidates for the largely ceremonial post.^[3] The governing alliance, Fidesz-KDNP nominated Katalin Novák, the former minister for Family Affairs and an ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as its presidential candidate.^[5] The opposition alliance, United for Hungary nominated Péter Róna, a lawyer and economist as its presidential candidate.^[6]

Electoral system

Under the current Constitution of Hungary adopted by the Fidesz–KDNP government coalition in 2011, the President must be elected in a secret ballot by the Members of Parliament, no sooner than sixty but no later than thirty days before expiry of the mandate of the previous office-holder, or if his or her mandate terminated prematurely, within thirty days of the termination. The constitution authorizes the Speaker of the National Assembly to set the date for the election.^[7]

A presidential candidate needs the written nomination of at least one-fifth of the Members of Parliament (thus 40 MPs), who may not nominate more than one candidate;^[7] it is thus mathematically impossible for there to be more than four candidates. In the first round of the election, a two-thirds majority of all incumbent MPs is required to elect the president. If this condition is not fulfilled, a second round is held between the two candidates who received the highest and second highest numbers of votes in the first round. A simple majority of the voting MPs is then sufficient.^[7]

Background

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is re-submitting an amendment proposal to postpone the parliamentary election of Hungary's president until after the parliamentary election in the spring of 2022, the party said on 5 August 2021.^[8]

Since 1990, there have been no more than two candidates in any presidential election held in Hungary.

Candidates

Result

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