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General Assembly of Budapest

Fővárosi Közgyűlés
General Assembly of Budapest ; Fővárosi Közgyűlés
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Gergely Karácsony, PM ; since 13 October 2019
Deputy Mayors	Anett Bősz (MLP); Kata Tüttő (MSZP); Gábor Kerpel-Fronius (Momentum); Ambrus Kiss (Ind.)
City Clerk	Tamás Számadó
Structure
Seats	33 Assembly Members
Political groups	Majority (18) DK (7); MSZP (5); Momentum (3); PM (2); Independents (1); Opposition (15) Fidesz–KDNP (13); Independents (2);
Committees	Human Resources and Foreign Relations; Budget; Finance and Monitoring; Public Procurement; Ownership, Economy and Public Space; Urban Development, Transport and Environment; Local Government and Police;
Elections
Voting system	Mixed single vote (using votes for district mayors) + the mayor of Budapest
Last election	13 October 2019 (mayor)
Next election	October 2024
Meeting place
	Budapest City Hall; Városház Street 9-11; Budapest, H-1052; Hungary
Website
	www.budapest.hu

The General Assembly of Budapest (Hungarian: Fővárosi Közgyűlés, lit. 'Capital City Assembly') is a unicameral body consisting of 33 members, which consist of the 23 mayors of the districts, 9 from the electoral lists of political parties, and the Mayor of Budapest (who is elected directly). Each term for the mayor and assembly members lasts five years.^{[citation needed]}

2019 election results edit

Mayoral edit

Result of the mayoral election:^[1]

2019 Budapest mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Momentum–DK–MSZP–PM–LMP	Gergely Karácsony	353,593	50.86%	N/A
	Fidesz-KDNP	István Tarlós	306,608	44.10%	–4.96%
	Independent	Róbert Puzsér	30,972	4.46%	N/A
	Independent	Krisztián Berki	4,045	0.58%	N/A
Total votes			695,218	100.0%
	PM gain from Fidesz-KDNP		Swing

General Assembly edit


Party		Seats (mayor)	Seats (district)	Seats (list)	All	Change	Group
	MSZP	0	6	1	7	2	18
	DK	0	3	1	4	2
	Momentum	0	3	1	4	4
	Dialogue	1	1	0	2
	Other opposition	0	1	0	1	1
	Fidesz–KDNP	0	7	6	13	7	13
	Independents	0	2	0	2	1	2

List of mayors edit

	Mayor	Party
1994	Gábor Demszky	Alliance of Free Democrats
1998	Gábor Demszky	Alliance of Free Democrats
2002	Gábor Demszky	Alliance of Free Democrats
2006	Gábor Demszky	Alliance of Free Democrats
2010	István Tarlós	Fidesz
2014	István Tarlós	Fidesz
2019	Gergely Karácsony	Dialogue

Budapest City Hall building near Deák Ferenc tér in Városház street, the office of Budapest's Mayor

The eclectic building of New Budapest City Hall in Váci Street, the seat of the General Assembly

Council history edit

Year	Control
1998		No overall control
2002		No overall control
2006		No overall control
2010		Fidesz-KDNP
2014		Fidesz-KDNP
2019		No overall control

General Assembly of Budapest edit

Party	Mayor of Budapest	Mayors of the districts	Compensation-list	Altogether
Fidesz–KDNP		7	6	13
MSZP		6	1	7
DK		3	1	4
Momentum		3	1	4
PM	1	1		2
Independents		3		3
Altogether	1	23	9	33

References edit

^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019". www.valasztas.hu (in Hungarian). 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

[BP-1] "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019". www.valasztas.hu (in Hungarian). 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

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