Fidesz has also tightened its control of the media. In 2010 it pushed through a constitutional amendment that removed the obligation to prevent media monopolies and established the National Media and Infocommunication Authority (known as the Media Authority) as the media regulator. Its president, former Fidesz member Annamaria Szalai, was elected f

Of the 199 seats, 106 are now from single-mandate districts and 93 are allocated proportionally. The new law also permitted Hungarian citizens without registered addresses in the country to vote via mail, benefiting those who gained citizenship through Fidesz’s 2010 simplified naturalisation process. Further amendments before the 2018 and 2022 ge

To maintain its grip on power, the Hungarian government periodically amended the electoral law, a document which establishes the rules of elections. The government started with an overhaul in 2011 that reduced the parliament’s size to 199 members and redrew the electoral map, raising concerns about gerrymandering. Adopted unilaterally without con