Bács-Kiskun County Assembly

Bács-Kiskun County Assembly

Bács-Kiskun Vármegyei Közgyűlés
Bács-Kiskun County Assembly ; Bács-Kiskun Vármegyei Közgyűlés
Type
Type	County Council
History
Founded	1990
Leadership
President	László Rideg, Fidesz–KDNP ; since 12 October 2014
	Kornél Mák; Norbert Vedelek
Structure
Seats	23 councillors
Political groups	Administration Fidesz–KDNP (16); Other parties (7) Momentum (2); DK (2); Jobbik (2); Our Homeland (1);
Length of term	five years
Elections
Last election	13 October 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
	County Hall, Kecskemét
Website
	bacskiskun.hu

The Bács Kiskun County Assembly (Hungarian: Bács-Kiskun Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of Bács-Kiskun County in the Southern Great Plain, in Hungary.

Composition

Deputies in Bács-Kiskun County Assembly^[1]

Key to parties

Hungarian Workers' Party (Munkáspárt)

Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)

Democratic Coalition (DK)

Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)

Politics Can Be Different (LMP)

Momentum Movement (Momentum)

Jobbik

Fidesz (Fidesz–KDNP)

Fidesz-MDF alliance (1998)
Fidesz-KDNP-NF alliance (2006)
Fidesz-KDNP alliance (from 2010)

Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)

KDNP-MDF alliance (1994)

Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)

MDF-KDNP alliance (1994)

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP)

Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk)

Independent / Others

Country Association of Pensioner (1994)
Urban Civil Circle (VPK) (1994)
Civil Association (1998)
Alliance of Civilian Circles (1998)

National Association of Large Families (NOE)

Period

Distribution

Seats

1994–1998

2

13

8

3

4

3

10

1

46

1998–2002

14

2

18

9

2

1

46

2002–2006

23

2

18

3

46

2006–2010

14

3

28

1

46

2010–2014

4

1

16

3

24

2014–2019

3

1

14

5

24

2019–2024

2

16

1

23

2019

The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 13 October 2019 election results
Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %

	Fidesz–KDNP	87,225	60.42	4.68	16	2	69.57
	Momentum Movement (Momentum)	14,999	10.39		2	2	8.70
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	13,877	9.61	3.70	2	1	8.70
	Jobbik	13,845	9.59	10.62	2	3	8.70
	Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk)	7,915	5.48		1	1	4.35

	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	6,507	4.51	7.49	0	3	0
Total		149,401	100.0		23	1
Voter turnout			44.54	1.38

After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 16 councillors, versus 2 for Jobbik, 2 for the Democratic Coalition (DK), 2 for the Momentum Movement and 1 for Our Homeland Movement (Mi Hazánk) councillors.^[2]^[3]^[4]

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 24 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 12 October 2014 election results
Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	79,721	55.74	7.65	14	2	58.33
	Jobbik	28,911	20.21	6.50	5	2	20.83
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	18,024	12.60	4.91	3	1	12.50
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	8,458	5.91		1	1	4.17
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	7,908	5.53	0.13	1	0	4.17
Total		148,713	100.0		24	0
Voter turnout			43.16	2.11

After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 16 councillors, versus 5 Jobbik, 3 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) and 1 Politics Can Be Different (LMP) councillors.^[5]

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 24 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 3 October 2010 election results
Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	96,203	63.39	.	16	12	66.67
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	25,569	17.51	.	4	10	16.67
	Jobbik	20,814	13.71		3	3	12.50
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	8,189	5.40		1	1	4.17
Total		157,348	100.0		24	22
Voter turnout			45.27

After the elections in 2010 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 16 councillors, versus 4 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), 3 Jobbik and 1 Politics Can Be Different (LMP) councillors.

Presidents of the Assembly

So far, the presidents of the Bács-Kiskun County Assembly have been:

1990–1994 Mihály Kőtörő, Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)
1994–1998 László Balogh, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
1998–2002 Sándor Endre, Fidesz–MDF
2002–2006 László Balogh, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
2006–2014 Gábor Bányai, Fidesz–KDNP
since 2014 László Rideg, Fidesz–KDNP

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Választástörténet (Önkormányzati vál.)" (in Hungarian).
^ "Megyei közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 (Bács-Kiskun megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
^ "Közgyűlés tagjai - Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat weblapja". www.bacskiskun.hu. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat weblapja". www.bacskiskun.hu. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "Municipal election (12 Oct 2014) - BÁCS-KISKUN county assembly election result". National Election Office.

[valasztas-1] "Választástörténet (Önkormányzati vál.)" (in Hungarian).

[2] "Megyei közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 (Bács-Kiskun megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

[3] "Közgyűlés tagjai - Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat weblapja". www.bacskiskun.hu. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[4] "Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat weblapja". www.bacskiskun.hu. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[5] "Municipal election (12 Oct 2014) - BÁCS-KISKUN county assembly election result". National Election Office.

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