In European elections

Elections in the European Union

Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...

, Hungary is a constituency of the

European Parliament constituency

Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....

 European Parliament

European Parliament

The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

, currently represented by twenty–four MEPs. It covers the member state of Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Etelka Barsi-Pataky	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36...	EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament...
Zsolt Becsey Zsolt Becsey Zsolt László Becsey is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Antonio De Blasio	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Alexandra Dobolyi Alexandra Dobolyi Alexandra Dobolyi is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-Sources:* *...	Magyar Szocialista Párt Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Szabolcs Fazakas Szabolcs Fazakas Szabolcs Fazakas is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. On 23 July 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control. Mr...	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Kinga Gál Kinga Gál Kinga Gál is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Gál is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs,...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Béla Glattfelder Béla Glattfelder Béla Glattfelder is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on International Trade....	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Zita Gurmai Zita Gurmai Zita Gurmai is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-Biography:...	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
András Gyürk András Gyürk András Gyürk is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Development....	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Gábor Harangozó Gábor Harangozó Gábor Harangozó is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists....	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Gyula Hegyi Gyula Hegyi Gyula Hegyi is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.-Biography:...	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Edit Herczog Edit Herczog Edit Herczog is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party and the European Parliament.-Hungarian Socialist Party Work:...	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Lívia Járóka Lívia Járóka Lívia Járóka is a Hungarian politician of Romani ethnicity. She is a Member of the European Parliament, elected as part of the Fidesz list in 2004...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Magda Kósáné Kovács Magda Kósáné Kovács Magda Kósáné Kovács is a Hungarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists....	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Katalin Lévai Katalin Lévai Katalin Lévai is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists....	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES
Viktória Mohácsi Viktória Mohácsi Viktória Mohácsi is a Hungarian politician of Roma ethnicity. Between 2004 and 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament, one of only a small caucus of Roma MEPs . She was a member of the Alliance of Free Democrats, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party)...	SZDSZ Alliance of Free Democrats The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party is a liberal party in Hungary, led since July 2010 by Viktor Szabadai . The SZDSZ is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International...	ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
Péter Olajos Péter Olajos Péter Olajos is a Hungarian politician and wasMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Democratic Forum,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	Magyar Demokrata Fórum Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...	EPP–ED
Csaba Őry Csaba Ory Csaba Őry is a Hungarian politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party,part of the European People's Party and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs....	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt is the current President of Hungary. He was elected President of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the Parliament of Hungary and was sworn in on 2010....	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
György Schöpflin György Schöpflin György Schöpflin is a Hungarian academic and politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Fidesz and the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
László Surján László Surján László Surján László Surján László Surján (born on 7 September 1941 in Kolozsvár, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the FIDESZ, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
József Szájer József Szájer József Szájer, is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union party, a Vice-Chairman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.Szájer is a substitute for the...	Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség	EPP–ED
István Szent-Iványi István Szent-Iványi István Szent-Iványi is a Hungarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance of Free Democrats, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-About his work:...	SZDSZ	ALDE
Csaba Sándor Tabajdi Csaba Sándor Tabajdi Csaba Sándor Tabajdi is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists...	Magyar Szocialista Párt	PES

2004

The 2004 European election

European Parliament election, 2004

Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...

 was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Hungary had only joined the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.

2009

The next election will be in 2009

European Parliament election, 2009

Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...

 and the number of seats

Apportionment in the European Parliament

Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union...

will be reduced to twenty–two.

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu