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Article 90
 

§ 90 (1) In the election of Members of Parliament the following election committees shall operate:
a) ballot counting committee;
b) local election committee fulfilling the duties of the ballot counting committee at settlements having one constituency;
c) parliamentary single mandate constituency election committee;
d) regional election committee;
e) National Election Committee.
(2) In the election of Members of Parliament the following election offices shall operate:
a) local election office;
b) election office at foreign representations;
c) single mandate constituency election office;
d) regional election office;
e) National Election Office.

§ 90/A (1) The ballot counting committee shall
a) check the polling station, conduct voting, arrange for the lawful implementation of voting,
b) decide disputes arising during voting,
c) count the ballots, and determine the result in the electoral district, and make out minutes thereof,
d) propose for the competent election committee to annul the results of the electoral district if it notices any violation of law that affects the results on the merits.
(2) The parliamentary single mandate constituency election committee shall
a) decide the registration or refusal of candidates in single mandate constituencies and of nominating organisations that intend to put forward candidates only in one single mandate constituency,
b) approve the data content of the ballot paper of the single mandate constituency,
c) decide reserves regarding the election in single mandate constituency,
d) decide appeals against resolutions adopted by the ballot counting committee pursuant to clause a) and b) paragraph (1) that concern exclusively the election in single mandate constituency, and that concern both the single mandate constituency and regional list elections,
e) annul the results of voting if it establishes any violation of law that affects it on the merits,
f) determine and publish the results of the election in single mandate constituency,
g) issue the letter of appointment to the representatives in the parliamentary single mandate constituency,
h) initiate the call for by-election with the National Election Committee,
i) initiate the decision of the body having powers, in case any violation of law is made known to it.
(3) The regional election committee shall
a) decide the registration or refusal of lists and the candidates included in them, and nominating organisations that intend to put forward candidates only in one county/the capital,
b) draw the sequence number of regional lists,
c) approve the data content of the ballot papers of regional lists,
d) decide reserves regarding the election of regional lists,
e) decide appeals against the resolution adopted by the ballot counting committee pursuant to clause a) and b) paragraph (1) that concern exclusively the election of regional lists,
f) decide appeals against the parliamentary single mandate constituency election committee,
g) annul the results of voting, if it establishes any violation of law that affects it on the merits,
h) determine and publish the results of the election in the regional constituency,
i) issue the letter of appointment to representatives who have obtained a seat on a regional list,
j) initiate the decision of the body having powers, in case any violation of law is made known to it.
(3) The National Election Committee shall
a) issue a standpoint in order to develop a uniform interpretation of rules of law and uniform legal practice regarding the elections; the standpoint works as a guideline, no appeal against it lies; the standpoint shall be published in the Official Gazette of Hungary,
b) decide the registration or refusal of national lists and the candidates included in them, and of nominating organisations that intend to put forward candidates in several counties/in the capital,
c) draw the sequence number of national lists,
d) decide reserves regarding the activity of election offices at foreign representations, and any reserve that do not fall within the competence of the parliamentary single mandate constituency election committee, or the regional election committee,
e) decide appeals against the resolution of the regional election committee,
f) annul the result of voting, if it establishes any violation of law that affects it on the merits,
g) determine which nominating organisations have reached the % voting threshold of the extent defined in law,
h) determine who have won a mandate in the elections of Members of Parliament out of the candidates on national lists,
i) issue the letter of appointment to the representatives who have obtained a mandate on national lists,
j) determine and publish the nationally aggregated results of the elections,
k) call the by-election of Members of Parliament, and determine the deadlines thereof calculated according to calendar days,
l) initiate the decision of the body having powers, in case any violation of law is made known to it,
m) report on the general elections of Members of Parliament to the Parliament.