General Assembly of Budapest

General Assembly of Budapest Fővárosi Közgyűlés
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Gergely Karácsony, PM since 9 June 2024
Deputy Mayor(s)	vacant
City Clerk	Tamás Számadó
Structure
Seats	33 Assembly Members
Political groups	Governing coalition (7)   DK-MSZP-Dialogue (7) Opposition (26)   Fidesz–KDNP (10)   Tisza Party (10)   VDB-LMP (3)   MKKP (3)
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	Proportional representation
Last election	9 June 2024 (mayor)
Next election	2029
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' [ˈføːvaːroʃi ˈkøzɟyːleːʃ]) is a unicameral body consisting of 33 members, who are elected by proportional representation in a single citywide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%, and the Mayor of Budapest (who is elected directly). Each term for the mayor and assembly members lasts five years.^[citation needed]

2024 election results

Mayoral

Result of the mayoral election:

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gergely Karácsony	Dialogue–DK–MSZP	371,538	47.53
	Dávid Vitézy	VDB–LMP	371,245	47.49
	András Grundtner	Our Homeland Movement	38,984	4.99
Total			781,767	100.00
Valid votes			781,767	96.96
Invalid/blank votes			24,548	3.04
Total votes			806,315	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,333,795	60.45
Source: NVI

General Assembly

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Fidesz–KDNP	227,285	28.69		10	–3
	Respect and Freedom Party	216,609	27.34	New	10	New
	DK–MSZP–P	131,696	16.62		7	–6
	VDB–LMP	80,402	10.15		3	+3
	Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party	62,541	7.89		3	+3
	Momentum Movement	39,471	4.98		0	–4
	Our Homeland Movement	30,208	3.81		0	0
	Hungarian Workers' Party	1,835	0.23		0	0
	On the People's Side Party	1,315	0.17	New	0	New
	Szolidaritás–LP7–HP	930	0.12	New	0	New
Total		792,292	100.00	–	33	–
Valid votes		792,292	98.29
Invalid/blank votes		13,743	1.71
Total votes		806,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,333,795	60.43
Source: NVI

List of mayors

Election		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
	2024	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

	SZDSZ	MDF	Fidesz	KDNP	MSZP	PM	DK	LMP	FKGP - MIÉP	TISZA	MKKP
1990-1994	25	20	13	3	5
1994-1998	19	19			21				7
1998-2002	18	22			20				6
2002-2006	16	21			24				5
2006-2010	9	3	30		24				Jobbik
2010-2014			17		10			3	3
2014-2019			20		6	2	2	1	1
2019-2024			13		18
2024-2029			10		1	3	3	3		10	3

Assembly members

Fraction		Members	Leader
	Fidesz–KDNP	10 / 33	Alexandra Szentkirályi
	Tisza Party	10 / 33	Eszter Ordas
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	3 / 33	Sándor Szaniszló
	Dialogue – The Greens' Party	3 / 33	Richárd Barabás
	Podmaniczky Movement	3 / 33	Dávid Vitézy
	Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP)	3 / 33	Krisztina Baranyi
	Independent (MSZP)	1 / 33

Fidesz–KDNP	TISZA	DK	Dialogue	Podmaniczky	MKKP	Independent
Alexandra Szentkirályi László Böröcz Franciska Janó-Veilandics Piroska Szalai Dániel Szécsényi Zoltán Havasi Béla Radics Péter Böjthe Gergely Gulyás Kristóf Anna Szepesfalvy	Eszter Ordas Áron Porcher Somerville Szilvia Böröck-Gémes György Bovier Judit Barna Annamária Kinga Kollár Andrea Bujdosó Anna Dániel Molnár Árpád Orbán István Balázs Balogh	Sándor Szaniszló Tibor Déri Dorottya Keszthelyi	Gergely Karácsony (Mayor) Richárd Barabás András Béres	Dávid Vitézy József Gál Anna Szilágyi Margit	Krisztina Baranyi Gergely Kovács Zsuzsanna Döme	Kata Tüttő (MSZP)

Committees

	Human Resources and Foreign Relations	Urban Development Transport and Environment	Budget and Public Procurement	Ownership
President	Dorottya Keszthelyi (DK)	Dávid Vitézy (Podmaniczky)	Krisztina Baranyi (MKKP)	Árpád Orbán István (TISZA)
Deputy President	Anna Szilágyi Margit (Podmaniczky)	Judit Barna Annamária (TISZA)	Áron Porcher Somerville (TISZA)	András Béres (Dialogue)
Representative Members	Judit Barna Annamária (TISZA) Döme Zsuzsanna (MKKP) Szilvia Böröck-Gémes (TISZA) Anna Szepesfalvy (Fidesz)	Balázs Balogh (TISZA) Richárd Barabás (Dialogue) Gergely Gulyás Kristóf (Fidesz) Kata Tüttő (MSZP)	József Gál (Podmaniczky) Sándor Szaniszló (DK) Dániel Szécsényi (Fidesz) Piroska Szalai (Fidesz)	Andrea Bujdosó Anna (TISZA) Tibor Déri (DK) Gergely Kovács (MKKP) Béla Radics (Fidesz)
Non-representative Members	Géza Balog Bence György László Lénárd Ervin Nagy Judit Surányi	Péter Biczók (TISZA) Ferenc Deschelák Ágnes Németh Tibor Papp Tamás Andrejszki (TISZA)	Tamás Elekes Márton Havas Zoltán Várady Dániel Kaltenecker Imre Vas	Károly Lukoczki István Mezey Tamás Vörös Péter Galambos Borbála Hutiray

See also

• National Assembly (Hungary)
• Budapest