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Referendum on the accession to the European Union 12
April 2003
In
the constitutional system of the Republic of Hungary one of the means of direct
democracy is the institution of national referendum, which allows that voters
directly decide issues of great importance concerning them, or express their
opinion.
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary, national referendums
may be held with a view to either deciding an issue or voicing voters' opinion,
and a referendum shall be conducted either obligatorily or on the grounds of
deliberation:
a)
A national referendum shall be held on the initiative of at least 200,000 voters.
The decision made on the strength of a referendum ordered obligatorily is
binding on the Parliament.
b)
On the grounds of deliberation a referendum may be ordered, on the initiative of
the President of the Republic, the Government, one third of the Members of
Parliament or 100,000 voters, by the Parliament. The referendum ordered in such
fashion may be either non-binding, i.e., voicing voters' opinion, or binding,
i.e., deciding the issue.
The referendum on the accession to the European Union, however, was ordered
irregularly by the Constitution itself, specifically in its § 79 included by
Act LXI of 2002 on the Amendment, which simultaneously determined the binding
nature and the date of the referendum.
A binding national referendum shall be held on the accession of the Republic of
Hungary to the European Union in compliance with the Accession Treaty. The date
of the referendum shall be 12 April 2003. The question to be put to the
referendum shall be: "Do you agree that the Republic of Hungary will be
part of the European Union?""
Pursuant to the Constitution, a binding referendum shall be conclusive if more
than half but at least one fourth of the voters casting a valid ballot have
given the same answer to the question formulated.
The referendum held on 12 April 2003 was conclusive.
83.76 % of voters casting a valid ballot gave the answer YES.
The
legal result of the referendum of 12 April 2003
National
aggregation in detail
Number
of franchised citizens is 8 042 272.
Turned out
3 669 252 persons 45.62 %
of voters
Did not vote
4 373 020 persons 54.38
% of voters
Do
you agree that the Republic of Hungary will be part of the European Union ?
To
the question asked
- 99.44
% of the voters turning out, 3 648 717 persons have cast a valid ballot,
- 0.49
% of the voters turning out, 17 998 persons have cast an invalid ballot,
- 83.76
% of the voters having cast a valid ballot, 3 056 027 persons have given YES
answer,
- 16.24
% of the voters having cast a valid ballot, 592 690 persons have given NO
answer,
- 38.00
% of all the franchised citizens have given YES answer,
- 7.37
% of all the franchised citizens have given NO answer.
The
referendum is conclusive.
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