Home > 4.1 Parliamentary elections > HUNGARY - Act CCIII of 2011 On the Elections of Members of Parliament
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Section 20
 

Filling Vacated Mandates


1) If the mandate of any Member of Parliament elected from a national list is terminated, his mandate shall be obtained by a candidate among those originally on the national list, appointed by the particular political party (or the affected political parties in the case of a joint party list) or by the particular national minority self-government or, in the absence of appointment, by the next candidate on the national list.


(2) If there are no more candidates on the national list, the mandate shall remain vacant.


(3) If the mandate of the national minority spokesperson is terminated, the new spokesperson shall be selected by the national minorities national self-government from the candidates already proposed on the national list or lack of such the candidate next in line from the national list. If there are no more candidates on the national list, the national minority concerned shall not have a spokesperson until the mandate of the Parliament terminates.