“May There Be Peace, Freedom and Accord” – The Background, Adoption and Content of Hungary’s New Electoral System – Part II Cover Image

“May There Be Peace, Freedom and Accord” – The Background, Adoption and Content of Hungary’s New Electoral System – Part II
“May There Be Peace, Freedom and Accord” – The Background, Adoption and Content of Hungary’s New Electoral System – Part II

Author(s): Miklós Szánthó
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Electoral systems
Published by: BL Nonprofit Kft

Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian constitutional framework has guaranteed suffrage since 1990. In alignment with the previous constitution, the new Fundamental Law expressly provides that “Members of the National Assembly shall be elected by universal and equal suffrage in a direct and secret ballot, in elections which guarantee the free expression of the will of the voters”. Related laws and decrees continue to be based on this core principle while providing specifics for the electoral system. While residents of the US capital of Washington, DC, controversially lack a voting representative in the US Congress, in Hungary every adult citizen enjoys the (equal) right to vote. The only (logical) exemption refers to those disenfranchised by a court for a criminal offence or limited mental capacity.

  • Issue Year: VI/2015
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English