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The 2024 Budapest mayoral election was held on 9 June 2024[1] to elect the mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). However, the elected mayor will only take office in October. On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest which will determine the composition of the General Assembly. The election is run using a first-past-the-post voting system. The winner of the election will serve for a term of five years.
As the two top-placed candidates, Dávid Vitézy and Gergely Karácsony were only separated by 324 votes, a partial recount took place, due to the abnormally large numbers of invalid ballots. On 12 June, Vitézy filed for appeal, and the National Electoral Office decided on recounting all of the invalid votes across the city on 14 June.[2] After the recount, Karácsony retained the mayorship by an advantage of only 41 votes, or 0.005% against Vitézy. However, Karácsony filed for appeal and sought a repeat of the election in the entire city.[3] On 26 June the Curia rejected Karácsony's appeal for a repeat election,[4] however the Constitutional Court annulled the Curia's decision, after which it ordered a city wide recount of all valid votes to be conducted between 9–11 July.[5] The recount determined that Karácsony won by 293 votes.[6]
- ^ Press Release of the National Election Commission
- ^ "Az NVB döntött a főpolgármester-választás érvénytelen szavazatainak újraszámlálásáról". valasztas.hu. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Döntött az NVB, Karácsony Gergely nyerte meg a főpolgármester-választást". Index.hu (in Hungarian). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ <https://telex.hu/english/2024/06/26/there-will-be-no-repeat-mayoral-elections-in-budapest-the-curia-has-ruled
- ^ "Döntött a Kúria, újraszámolják az összes érvényes fővárosi szavazatot". telex (in Hungarian). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Az újraszámlálás után sem változott az eredmény: 293 szavazattal Karácsony Gergely nyerte a főpolgármester-választást". Telex.hu (in Hungarian). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.