Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom

Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom

President	László Sass
Founded	8 April 2011
Preceded by	Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)
Headquarters	1025 Budapest, II. Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 73.
Ideology	Liberal conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Green, brown
National Assembly:	0 / 199
European Parliament:	0 / 21
Website
http://jesz.hu/
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Hungary

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Hungary
Constitution 1949 Constitution
Executive President János Áder Government Current cabinet Prime Minister (list) Viktor Orbán
Parliament National Assembly Speaker: László Kövér Political parties Fidesz Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Jobbik Politics Can Be Different (LMP) Dialogue for Hungary (PM) Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) Democratic Coalition (DK)
Recent elections Parliamentary: 2010 2014 next Presidential: 2005 2010 2012
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The Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (Hungarian: Jólét és Szabadság Demokrata Közösség), abbreviated to JESZ, is a centre-right political party in Hungary. It has a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology. This party is the legal successor to the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF).^[1]

Leadership

Party leaders

Zsolt Makay (2011–2015)
László Sass (2015–present)

Election results

Election year	National Assembly				Government
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Government
2014	9,925	0.2%	0 / 199		extra-parliamentary

Footnotes

↑ Scandals, squabbling continue to rock former Hungarian Democratic Forum

External links

Official web site

Political parties in Hungary

National Assembly (199)	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (114) Hungarian Socialist Party (29) Jobbik (24) Christian Democratic People's Party (17) Politics Can Be Different (5) Democratic Coalition (4) Together (2) Dialogue for Hungary (1) Hungarian Liberal Party (1) unaffiliated (2)

Not represented*	Hungarian Workers' Party (0.56%) The Homeland Not For Sale Movement Party (0.47%) Alliance of Mária Seres (0.44%) Party of Greens (0.37%) Social Democratic Hungarian Civic Party (0.3%) Community for Social Justice People's Party (0.22%) Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (0.2%) Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (0.16%) Unity Party (0.13%) Modern Hungary Movement 4K! – Fourth Republic! Hungarian Justice and Life Party Hungarian Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party Human Chain for Hungary Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 Pirate Party Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party Humanist Party Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party * Limit for parties to join the National Assembly in Hungary is 5 % of popular votes

European Parliament (21)	Fidesz (11) Jobbik (3) Hungarian Socialist Party (2) Democratic Coalition (2) Dialogue for Hungary (1) Politics Can Be Different (1) Christian Democratic People's Party (1)

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