Parliamentary Elections in Hungary 2022
Country: Hungary
Type of election: Parliamentary election
Type of mission: Election observation mission (EOM)
Head of mission: Dritan Taulla
Deputy head of mission: Elene Nizharadze
Long-term observers: 10
Short-term observers: 200
On 1 February 2022, the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) deployed an International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) to Hungary to observe the Parliamentary Elections and Referendum of 3 April 2022.
ENEMO accredited and deployed in February nine Core Team experts, based in Budapest. The Mission was headed by Dritan Taulla. Additionally, ten long-term observers (LTOs) were deployed, in five teams, throughout the country at the beginning of March. The IEOM was reinforced by 200 short-term observers (STOs), who observed election day proceedings, starting from the opening procedures to the counting and tabulation of results, on Election Day.
This was ENEMO’s first election observation mission to Hungary. The aim of the IEOM was to improve the transparency of the electoral process, assess its integrity and compatibility with international standards for democratic elections and the Hungarian legislation, as well as provide - and advocate for - recommendations for potential areas of improvement.
The mission monitored and assessed the overall political and electoral environment, conduct of election management bodies, candidate and voter registration, campaigning, gender equity, voting and tabulation processes, electoral dispute resolution, and other aspects of the electoral process for the 3 April elections. Additionally, the process for the Referendum held on the same date as the Parliamentary Elections were observed and assessed.
In the process of monitoring, in order to receive exhaustive information ENEMO’s mission conducted 355 meetings with relevant interlocutors, including election management bodies, political parties and candidates, domestic civil society organizations and media, in addition to observing campaign activities (meetings or rallies) of election contestants.
ENEMO’s International Election Observation Mission for the 3 April 2022 Parliamentary Elections and Referendum in Hungary is financially supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s mission met with the Director of the political party Two-Tailed Dog Dávid Nagy and campaign adviser Balázs Polákovics
Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s mission met with member of the Board of the political party Dialogue for Hungary (Párbeszéd Magyarországért) András Béres
ENEMO IEOM to Hungary presented its Interim report
Meeting with MP Mr. István Hollik, Head of Office Mr. Ádám Samu Balazs and Foreign Policy Advisor Mr. Andras Laszlo of FIDESZ-KDNP ruling coalition
Head of Mission Dritan Taulla and Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Coalition Mr. Gergely Arato
ENEMO IEOM to Hungary will organize a press conference on Monday, 21 March 2022, to present its Interim Report
Media Analyst Milica Zrnovic of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with the Bureau Chief of Free Europe, Tibor Vovesz
Deputy Head of Mission Elene Nizharadze of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with the board member of Hungarian LGBT Alliance Maria Kristofy
Head of Mission, Deputy Head of Mission and Election Administration Analyst of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with the Chairman of National Election Commission Dr. Andras Teglasi and Head of Secretariat Dr. Janos Wiedemann
Head of Mission and Political and Campaign Analyst of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with the Member of Board Gabor Hanak and Deputy Mayor Ors Tetlak from LMP- The Green Party of Hungary
Helyi alkalmazotti állás
IEOM to Hungary - Vacancy announcement for local staff
Head of Mission Dritan Taulla, Deputy Head of Mission Elene Nizharadze and Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s IEOM met with the Head of Legal Affairs Miklós Ligeti of the Transparency International-Hungary
Head of Mission Dritan Taulla, Deputy Head of Mission Elene Nizharadze and Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Unhack Democracy Zsófia Banuta
ENEMO's IEOM to Hungary representatives met with the President of National Election Office Mr. Attila Nagy
Head of Mission Dritan Taulla, Media Analyst Milica Zrnovic and Political and Campaign Analyst Dmytro Tuzhanskyi of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary for met with Founder and Director of the K-Monitor Association Sándor Léderer
ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary representatives met with Emese Pásztor, Politics Freedom Project Leader and Dániel Drentey, Electoral Legal Advocacy Program Coordinator of the HCLU
Dmytro Tuzhanskyi, Political and Campaign Analyst of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with Veronika Móra, Director of the Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation (Ökotárs Alapítvány)
Dritan Taulla, Head of Mission, Elene Nizharadze, Deputy Head of Mission and Dmytro Tuzhanskyi, Political and Campaign Analyst of ENEMO’s IEOM to Hungary met with Marta Pardavi, Co-Chair and Magda Major, Legal Officer of Hungarian Helsinki Committee
ENEMO has deployed International Election Observation Mission to Observe 2022 Parliamentary Elections in Hungary
ENEMO IEOM to Hungary 2022 - First press conference
