Vas County Assembly

The Vas County Assembly (Hungarian: Vas Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of Vas County in the Western Transdanubia, in Hungary.

Vas County Assembly Vas Megyei Közgyűlés
Type
Type	County Council
History
Founded	1990
Leadership
President	László Majthényi, Fidesz–KDNP since 12 October 2014
Vice-presidents	Bálint Kondora Ferenc Marton
Structure
Seats	15 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Fidesz–KDNP (11) Other parties (4)   Jobbik (1)   Momentum (1)   DK (1)   MSZP (1)
Length of term	five years
Elections
Last election	13 October 2019
Next election	2024
Meeting place
County Hall, Szombathely
Website
vasmegye.hu

Composition

Deputies in Vas County Assembly
Key to parties   Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)   Democratic Coalition (DK)   Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)   Momentum Movement (Momentum)   Jobbik   Fidesz (Fidesz–KDNP) Fidesz-MDF alliance (1998) Fidesz-MDF-MKDSZ alliance (2002) Fidesz-KDNP-NF alliance (2006) Fidesz-KDNP alliance (from 2010)   Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)   Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance (MKDSZ)   Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)   Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKgP) FKgP-KDNP alliance (1998)   Independent / Others Solidarity (2010)   Association for Vas County Municipalities (VÖE)   Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)
Period	Distribution	Seats
1994–1998	12 8 3 7 3 7	40
1998–2002	12 2 15 2 5 4	40
2002–2006	14 1 21 4	40
2006–2010	11 25 2 2	40
2010–2014	2 11 1 1	15
2014–2019	2 10 2 1	15
2019–2024	1 1 1 1 11	15

2019

The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:

Summary of the 13 October 2019 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	48,167	61.58	3.75	11	1	73.34
	Jobbik	7,811	9.99	6.38	1	1	6.67
	Momentum Movement (Momentum)	5,874	7.51		1	1	6.67
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	5,730	7.33	3.59	1	1	6.67
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	5,411	6.92	7.96	1	1	6.67
	Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)	3,131	4.00	3.19	0	1	0
	Everybody's Hungary Movement (MMM)	2,098	2.68		0	±0	0
Total		80,686	100.0		15	0
Voter turnout			55.30	6.75

After the elections in 2019, the Assembly controlled by the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance which has 11 councillors, versus 1 Jobbik, 1 Momentum Movement, 1 Democratic Coalition (DK) and 1 Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) councillors.

List of seat winners

On the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party list:

1. László Mathényi (president)
2. Ferenc Marton (vice-president)
3. Bálint Kondora (vice-president)
4. László Szijártó
5. Levente Gagyi
6. Krisztina Glavanics
7. István Béla Tausz
8. Tibor Tamás Sipos
9. Gábor Nagy
10. Dávid Szűcs
11. Albert Kevy

On the Jobbik list:

1. Kálmán Rába

On the Momentum Movement list:

1. Áron Iker

On the Democratic Coalition list:

1. Marianna Hetyési

On the Hungarian Socialist Party list:

1. László Fehér

2014

The Assembly elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:

Summary of the 12 October 2014 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	40,402	57.83	7.18	10	1	66.67
	Jobbik	11,433	16.37	6.28	2	1	13.33
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	10,395	14.88	2.23	2	0	13.33
	Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME)	5,021	7.19		1	1	6.67
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	2,610	3.74		0	±0	0
Total		72,222	100.0		15	0
Voter turnout			48.55	5.98

2010

The Assembly elected at the 2010 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:

Summary of the 3 October 2010 election results

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Fidesz–KDNP	51,563	65.01	.	11	14	73.34
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	13,569	17.11	.	2	9	13.33
	Jobbik	8,004	10.09		1	1	6.67
	Solidarity (Szolidaritás)	6,182	7.79		1	1	6.67
Total		81,938	100.0		15	25
Voter turnout			54.53

Presidents of the Assembly

So far, the presidents of the Vas County Assembly have been:

• 1990–1998 Gábor Zongor, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
• 1998–2006 Péter Markó, Fidesz–MDF-MKDSZ
• 2006–2014 Ferenc Kovács, Fidesz–KDNP
• since 2014 László Majthényi, Fidesz–KDNP