Pest County Assembly

The Pest County Assembly (Hungarian: Pest Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of Pest County, in the Central Hungary in Hungary.

Pest County Assembly Pest Megyei Közgyűlés
Type
Type	County Council
History
Founded	1990
Leadership
President	István Szabó, Fidesz–KDNP since 12 October 2014
Vice-president	Ferenc Wentzel Tibor Szerenka
Structure
Seats	46 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Fidesz–KDNP (21) Other parties (25)   Momentum (10)   Our Homeland(8)   DK (7)
Length of term	five years
Elections
Last election	9 June 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
County Hall, Budapest
Website
pestmegye.hu

Composition

Deputies in Pest County Assembly[1]
Key to parties   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-MKDSZ-KPE alliance (2002) Fidesz-KDNP alliance (from 2006)   Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)   Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)   Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP) FKgP-MIÉP alliance (1994)   Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) MIÉP-KDNP-METÉSZ-KSZ alliance (1998)   Independent / Others PMFPSZ (1998) Independent Mayors for the County (FPM) (2002)   Life for Years Club Association (Életet az éveknek)   National Association of Municipalities of Small Villages and Small Settlements (KÖSZ)
Period	Distribution	Seats
1994–1998	24 12 7 8 9 14 3 3	80
1998–2002	23 6 30 8 6 5 2	80
2002–2006	38 6 27 5 2 2	80
2006–2010	28 5 43 4	80
2010–2014	10 26 7	43
2014–2019	5 4 3 23 8	43
2019–2024	7 9 4 24	44

2019

The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 44 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 13 October 2019 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	220,290	51.60	2.70	24	1	54.55
	Momentum Movement (Momentum)	83,768	19.62		9	9	20.45
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	63,618	14.90	6.59	7	3	15.91
	Jobbik	39,478	9.25	8.99	4	4	9.09
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	19,746	4.63	7.49	0	5	0
Total		444,115	100.0		44	1
Voter turnout			45.29	4.12

After the elections in 2019 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 44 councillors, versus 9 Momentum Movement, 7 Democratic Coalition (DK) and 4 Jobbik councillors.^[2][3]

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 43 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 12 October 2014 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	183,277	48.90	9.84	23	3	53.49
	Jobbik	68,381	18.24	1.58	8	1	18.60
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	45,440	12.12	12.48	5	5	11.63
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	31,155	8.31		4	4	9.30
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	30,050	8.02		3	3	6.98
	Together (Együtt)	16,499	4.40		0	±0	0
Total		389,020	100.0		43	0
Voter turnout			41.17	3.43

After the elections in 2014 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 23 councillors, versus 8 Jobbik, 5 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), 4 Democratic Coalition (DK) and 3 Politics Can Be Different (LMP) councillors.^[4]

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 43 counselors, with the following party composition:^[1]

Summary of the 3 October 2010 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	230,611	58.74	.	26	17	60.47
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	96,590	24.60	.	10	18	23.26
	Jobbik	65,391	16.66		7	7	16.28
Total		410,779	100.0		43	37
Voter turnout			44.60

After the elections in 2010 the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 26 councillors, versus 10 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and 7 Jobbik councillors.

Presidents of the Assembly

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

• 1990–1994 János Inczédy, Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)
• 1994–1998 Géza Schmidt, KÖSZ
• 1998–2002 András T. Mészáros, Fidesz
• 2002–2006 Imre Szabó, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
• 2006–2014 Lajos Szűcs, Fidesz–KDNP
• since 2014 István Szabó, Fidesz–KDNP