General Assembly of Budapest

General Assembly of Budapest

Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	István Tarlós, Fidesz Since 3 October 2010
Structure
Seats	33 Assembly Members

Political groups	Fidesz–KDNP (20) MSZP (6) DK (2 Együtt (1) PM (1) LMP (1) Jobbik (1) SCSZ (1)
Committees	Human Reources and Foreign Relations Budget Finance and Monitoring Public Procurement Ownership, Economy and Public Space Urban Development, Transport and Environment Local Government and Police
Elections
Voting system	Additional Member System
Last election	12 October 2014
Next election	2019
Meeting place
Budapest City Hall Városház Street 9-11 Budapest, H-1052 Hungary
Website
www.budapest.hu

The General Assembly of Budapest (Hungarian: Fővárosi Közgyűlés; “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, plus Mayor of Budapest (the Mayor is elected directly). Each term for the mayor and assembly members lasts five years.

2014 Election Results

Budapest City Hall building near Deák Ferenc tér in Városház street, the office of Budapest's Mayor

The eclectic building of New Budapest City Hall in Váci Street, the seat of the General Assembly

Mayor

Result of the mayoral election:^[1]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Proportions
István Tarlós	Fidesz–KDNP	290 675	49,06%
Lajos Bokros	MoMa	213 550	36,04%
Gábor Staudt	Jobbik	42 093	7,10%
Antal Csárdi	LMP	33 689	5,69%
Zoltán Bodnár	MLP	12 461	2,10%

General Assembly of Budapest

Party	Mayor of Budapest	Mayors of the districts	Compensation-list	Altogether
Fidesz–KDNP	1	17	2	20
MSZP		2	3	5
Együtt–PM		1	1	2
DK		1	1	2
MSZP–Együtt-PM–DK		1		1
Civilian organizations		1		1
Jobbik			1	1
LMP			1	1
Altogether	1	23	9	33

See also

References

↑ "Tájékoztató adatok BUDAPEST főváros főpolgármester választás eredményéről". valasztas.hu. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2014-10-13.

Bridges	Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge

Castles and palaces	Buda Castle Danube Palace Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle

Government	Budapest City Hall Hungarian National Bank Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Sándor Palace

Memorials	Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess Statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank

Museums and galleries	Aquincum Museum Ethnographic Museum Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Palace of Arts Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum

Parks and gardens	Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island

Places of worship	Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Lutheran Church of Budavár Matthias Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba

Squares and Streets	Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Váci Street Vörösmarty Square

Theaters and opera	Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó Concert Hall

Thermal spas	Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath

Other	Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Fisherman's Bastion Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant House of Hungarian Wines Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object

Events and
traditions

Economy

Transport

History of Budapest
Budapest
Commons
Category

World Heritage Sites in Hungary

Cultural	Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape¹ Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape

Natural	Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst²

¹ Shared with Austria ² Shared with Slovakia

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