Hungary

Population Statistics

9,897,541

Total Population

1,484,631

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 July 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (2013)

Updated: June 2015

Chapter III, section 62, subsection (5) states:

Deputy Presidents shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the President if the President is unable to do so or the position of the President is vacant.

 

Chapter III, section 65 states:

… (4) The President of the National Election Office shall dismiss the Deputy President of the National Election Office if he or she is unable to discharge his or her duties for reasons beyond his or her control for more than ninety days.

(5) The President of the National Election Office may dismiss Deputy Presidents of the National Election Office.

(6) The President of the National Election Office shall remove from office the Deputy President of the National Election Office if he or she fails to discharge his or her duties for reasons within his or her control for more than ninety days or intentionally states untrue data or facts of importance in a financial disclosure statement.

(7) The failure of a Deputy President of the National Election Office to meet the requirements for appointment shall be determined by the President of the National Election Office.

 

Excerpts from Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (2013)

Fundamental Law of Hungary (2011, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 12, section 3 states:

The mandate of the President of the Republic shall terminate:…

(c) if he or she is incapable of performing his or her functions for over ninety days…

 

Closing and Miscellaneous Provisions, section (24), subsection (2) states:

Anyone under guardianship restricting or excluding his or her capacity to act under a final judgement at the entry into force of the Fundamental Law shall not have the right to vote and to be voted for until such guardianship is terminated or until a court establishes the existence of his or the right to vote and to be voted for.

 

Excerpts from the Fundamental Law of Hungary (2011, last amended 2013)