2020 Tiszaújváros by-election explained

Election Name:2021 Tiszaújváros by-election
Swing2: 14,63%
Popular Vote2:16,213
Map Size:250px
MP
Before Election:Ferenc Koncz
Before Party:Fidesz
After Election:Zsófia Koncz
Percentage2:46,27%
Last Election2:31,64%
Type:parliamentary
Election Date:11 October 2020
Seats For Election:Tiszaújváros constituency
Turnout:45,51%
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Hungarian parliamentary election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
Next Year:2022
Party2:Jobbik
Party1:Fidesz-KDNP
Last Election1:49.3%
Popular Vote1:17,700
Percentage1:50,51%
Swing1: 1.18%
Candidate2:László Bíró
After Party:Fidesz

The 2020 by-elections in Tiszaújváros were held on 11 October 2020 in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County No. 6. in the individual constituency of the Parliament.[1] The election had to be called due to the death of Ferenc Koncz, a Member of Parliament in the constituency.[2]

The main stake in the election was whether the Fidesz could maintain a two-thirds majority in the parliament. Until the death of Ferenc Koncz, the Fidesz–KDNP coalition had 133 members - 66.8 percent of all members - in the 199-member Parliament, and thus the loss of a single member would have meant that the governing coalition would not have been able to pass key laws without opposition members. (In practice, this is of little significance because three members of the Our Homeland Movement outside the governing coalition and Imre Ritter, a German national, would had a good chance of voting with the Fidesz–KDNP.) [3]

Zsófia Koncz, the daughter of the deceased, ran in the elections as a candidate for Fidesz–KDNP, and Ádám Tóth and Gábor Váradi ran as independent. The party coalition called "opposition coalition" supported László Bíró of Jobbik. Erika Bukta Sóváriné is a candidate for the Democratic Party. The registration of the independent István Medve was rejected by the election committee because it failed to collect 500 valid signatures on the recommendation forms.[4] [5] [6]

In the end, Zsófia Koncz won the election by a slim, but increased four percent majority.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Országgyűlési képviselő időközi választása - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye 6. OEVK (székhely: Tiszaújváros). valasztas.hu. Nemzeti Választási Iroda. 2020-08-27. 2020-08-27.
  2. Web site: Motorbalesetben meghalt Koncz Ferenc fideszes parlamenti képviselő. index.hu. 2020-07-10. 2020-08-27. Kárpáti Márton, Dezső András.
  3. Web site: Formálisan megszűnt a Fidesz kétharmada, igen izgalmas lehet a borsodi időközi választás. 444. 2020-07-14. 2020-08-27. Szily László.
  4. Web site: Tóth Ádám hivatalos ellenzéki képviselőjelölt Zemplénben. Munkások Újsága. 2020-08-26. 2020-08-28.
  5. Web site: Jobbikos agrárvállalkozó az ellenzék jelöltje Tiszaújvárosban. index.hu. 2020-08-14. 2020-08-17. Index.
  6. Web site: Jelöltek, sorsolás, elmarasztalás. www.tiszaujvaros.hu. 2020-09-14.
  7. Web site: Maradt a Fidesz-KDNP parlamenti kétharmada, nyert a jelöltjük a borsodi időközi választáson. Telex. 2020-10-11. 2020-10-11.