Veszprém County Assembly Explained

Veszprém County Assembly
Coa Pic:Coa Hungary County Veszprém.svg
Coa Res:125px
Structure1 Res:200px
House Type:County Council
Foundation:1990
Leader1 Type:President
Leader1:Imre Polgárdy
Election1:12 October 2014
Leader2 Type:Vice-president
Leader2:Éva Vörösmarty
Seats:17 councillors
Political Groups1:Administration

Other parties (7)

Term Length:five years
Next Election1:2024
Session Room:County House, Veszprém.jpg
Session Res:240
Website:vpmegye.hu

The Veszprém County Assembly (Hungarian: Veszprém Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of Veszprém County in the Central Transdanubia, in Hungary.

Composition

Deputies in Veszprém County Assembly[1]
  • MSZP-SZDSZ alliance (2002, 2006)
  • Fidesz-MDF-MKDSZ-MDNP alliance (1998)
  • Fidesz-MKDSZ-KPE alliance (2002)
  • Fidesz-KDNP alliance (from 2006)
PeriodDistributionSeats
1994–1998
1366681
40
1998–2002
12318412
40
2002–2006
20173
40
2006–2010
15232
40
2010–2014
4122
18
2014–2019
31103
17
2019–2024
1212101
17

2019

The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 17 counselors, with the following party composition:[1]

|-|colspan=8 align=center| |-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Fidesz–KDNP| align=right| 62,209| align=right| 54.01| align=right| 4.81| align=right| 10| align=right| 0| align=right| 73.34|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Jobbik| align=right| 14,030| align=right| 12.18| align=right| 8.23| align=right| 2| align=right| 1| align=right| 11.76|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Democratic Coalition (DK)| align=right| 11,654| align=right| 10.12| align=right| 4.24| align=right| 2| align=right| 1| align=right| 11.76|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)| align=right| 10,753| align=right| 9.34| align=right| 7.07| align=right| 1| align=right| 2| align=right| 5.88|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Momentum Movement (Momentum)| align=right| 10,614| align=right| 9.22| align=right| | align=right| 1| align=right| 1| align=right| 5.88|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk)| align=right| 5,911| align=right| 5.13| align=right| | align=right| 1| align=right| 1| align=right| 5.88|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 119,029! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 17! align=right| 0! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 49.24! align=right| 4.67! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}

After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 10 councillors, versus 2 Jobbik, 2 Democratic Coalition (DK), 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), 1 Momentum Movement, and 1 Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) councillors.[2]

List of seat winners:

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 17 counselors, with the following party composition:[1]

|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Fidesz–KDNP| align=right| 56,679| align=right| 53.00| align=right| 9.58| align=right| 10| align=right| 2| align=right| 58.82|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Jobbik| align=right| 21,832| align=right| 20.41| align=right| 7.03| align=right| 3| align=right| 1| align=right| 17.65|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)| align=right| 18,623| align=right| 17.41| align=right| 6.63| align=right| 3| align=right| 1| align=right| 17.65|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Democratic Coalition (DK)| align=right| 5,878| align=right| 5.50| align=right| | align=right| 1| align=right| 1| align=right| 5.88|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=#FED500| | align=left | Together (Együtt)| align=right| 3,934| align=right| 3.68| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 110,628! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 17! align=right| 1! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 44.57! align=right| 3.67! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}

After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 10 councillors, versus 3 Jobbik, 3 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) councillors.[3]

List of seat winners:

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 18 counselors, with the following party composition:[1]

|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Fidesz–KDNP| align=right| 73,315| align=right| 62.58| align=right| .| align=right| 12| align=right| 11| align=right| 66.67|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)| align=right| 28,163| align=right| 24.04| align=right| .| align=right| 4| align=right| 11| align=right| 22.22|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Jobbik| align=right| 15,670| align=right| 13.38| align=right| | align=right| 2| align=right| 2| align=right| 11.11|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 121,178! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 18! align=right| 22! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 48.24! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}

After the elections in 2010 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 12 councillors, versus 4 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 2 Jobbik councillors.

List of seat winners:

Presidents of the Assembly

So far, the presidents of the Veszrpém County Assembly have been:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Választástörténet (Önkormányzati vál.). hu.
  2. Web site: Megyei közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 (Veszprém megye). valasztas.hu. 2019-10-29.
  3. Web site: Municipal election (12 Oct 2014) - VESZPRÉM county assembly election result . National Election Office .