Vas County Assembly

Vas County Assembly

Vas Megyei Közgyűlés
Vas County Assembly ; Vas Megyei Közgyűlés
Type
Type	County Council
History
Founded	1990
Leadership
President	László Majthényi, Fidesz–KDNP ; since 12 October 2014
Vice-presidents	Bálint Kondora; Ferenc Marton
Structure
Seats	15 councillors
Political groups	Administration Fidesz–KDNP (11); Other parties (4) Jobbik (1); Momentum (1); DK (1); MSZP (1);
Length of term	five years
Elections
Last election	13 October 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
	County Hall, Szombathely
Website
	vasmegye.hu

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

Composition

Deputies in Vas County Assembly^[1]

Key to parties

Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)

Democratic Coalition (DK)

Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)

Momentum Movement (Momentum)

Jobbik

Fidesz (Fidesz–KDNP)

Fidesz-MDF alliance (1998)
Fidesz-MDF-MKDSZ alliance (2002)
Fidesz-KDNP-NF alliance (2006)
Fidesz-KDNP alliance (from 2010)

Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)

Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance (MKDSZ)

Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP)

FKgP-KDNP alliance (1998)

Independent / Others

Solidarity (2010)

Association for Vas County Municipalities (VÖE)

Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)

Period

Distribution

Seats

1994–1998

12

8

3

7

3

7

40

1998–2002

12

2

15

2

5

4

40

2002–2006

14

1

21

4

40

2006–2010

11

25

2

40

2010–2014

2

11

1

15

2014–2019

2

10

2

1

15^[2]

2019–2024

1

11

15

2019

The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

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

	Fidesz–KDNP	48,167	61.58	3.75	11	1	73.34
	Jobbik	7,811	9.99	6.38	1	1	6.67
	Momentum Movement (Momentum)	5,874	7.51		1	1	6.67
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	5,730	7.33	3.59	1	1	6.67
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	5,411	6.92	7.96	1	1	6.67

	Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)	3,131	4.00	3.19	0	1	0
	Everybody's Hungary Movement (MMM)	2,098	2.68		0	±0	0
Total		80,686	100.0		15	0
Voter turnout			55.30	6.75

After the elections in 2019, the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 1 Jobbik, 1 Momentum Movement, 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) and 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) councillors.^[3]

List of seat winners

On the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party list:

László Mathényi (president)
Ferenc Marton (vice-president)
Bálint Kondora (vice-president)
László Szijártó
Levente Gagyi
Krisztina Glavanics
István Béla Tausz
Tibor Tamás Sipos
Gábor Nagy
Dávid Szűcs
Albert Kevy

On the Jobbik list:

Kálmán Rába

On the Momentum Movement list:

Áron Iker

On the Democratic Coalition list:

Marianna Hetyési

On the Hungarian Socialist Party list:

László Fehér

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 12 October 2014 election results
Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	40,402	57.83	7.18	10	1	66.67
	Jobbik	11,433	16.37	6.28	2	1	13.33
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	10,395	14.88	2.23	2	0	13.33
	Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)	5,021	7.19		1	1	6.67

	Democratic Coalition (DK)	2,610	3.74		0	±0	0
Total		72,222	100.0		15	0
Voter turnout			48.55	5.98

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 3 October 2010 election results
Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	51,563	65.01	.	11	14	73.34
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	13,569	17.11	.	2	9	13.33
	Jobbik	8,004	10.09		1	1	6.67
	Solidarity (Szolidaritás)	6,182	7.79		1	1	6.67
Total		81,938	100.0		15	25
Voter turnout			54.53

Presidents of the Assembly

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

1990–1998 Gábor Zongor, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
1998–2006 Péter Markó, Fidesz–MDF-MKDSZ
2006–2014 Ferenc Kovács, Fidesz–KDNP
since 2014 László Majthényi, Fidesz–KDNP

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Választástörténet (Önkormányzati vál.)" (in Hungarian).
^ "Municipal election (12 Oct 2014) - VAS county assembly election result". National Election Office.
^ "Megyei közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 (Vas megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

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

[2] "Municipal election (12 Oct 2014) - VAS county assembly election result". National Election Office.

[3] "Megyei közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 (Vas megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

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