General Assembly of Budapest
# General Assembly of Budapest

The General Assembly of Budapest (Hungarian: Fővárosi Közgyűlés, lit. 'Capital City Assembly') is a unicameral body consisting of 33 members, which consist of the 23 mayors of the districts, 9 from the electoral lists of political parties, and the Mayor of Budapest (who is elected directly). Each term for the mayor and assembly members lasts five years.

## 2019 election results

### Mayoral

Result of the mayoral election:

2019 Budapest mayoral election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Momentum–DK–MSZP–PM–LMP | Gergely Karácsony | 353,593 | 50.86% | N/A |
| | Fidesz-KDNP | István Tarlós | 306,608 | 44.10% | –4.96% |
| | Independent | Róbert Puzsér | 30,972 | 4.46% | N/A |
| | Independent | Krisztián Berki | 4,045 | 0.58% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | '695,218' | '100.0%' | |
| | PM gain from Fidesz-KDNP | PM gain from Fidesz-KDNP | Swing | | |

### General Assembly

Group :

| MSZP | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DK | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Momentum | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Dialogue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | 18 |
| Other opposition | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Fidesz–KDNP | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Independents | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

## List of mayors

| Election | Mayor | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1994 | Gábor Demszky | Alliance of Free Democrats |
| 1998 | Gábor Demszky | Alliance of Free Democrats |
| 2002 | Gábor Demszky | Alliance of Free Democrats |
| 2006 | Gábor Demszky | Alliance of Free Democrats |
| 2010 | István Tarlós | Fidesz |
| 2014 | István Tarlós | Fidesz |
| 2019 | Gergely Karácsony | Dialogue |

## Council history

| Year | Control |
| - | - |
| 1998 | No overall control |
| 2002 | No overall control |
| 2006 | No overall control |
| 2010 | Fidesz-KDNP |
| 2014 | Fidesz-KDNP |
| 2019 | No overall control |

## General Assembly of Budapest

| Party | Mayor of Budapest | Mayors of the districts | Compensation-list | Altogether |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fidesz–KDNP | | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| MSZP | | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| DK | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Momentum | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| PM | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Independents | | 3 | | 3 |
| Altogether | 1 | 23 | 9 | 33 |
