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ACT XX. OF THE YEAR 1949 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC 

Article 20. 

(1) General elections of Members of Parliament - with the exceptions of elections held in case of dissolution of the Parliament or having the Parliament dissolved - shall be held in April or May of the 4th year following the elections of the previous Parliament.

Article 30/A

(1) The President of the Republic
d) shall call for parliamentary and local governmental general elections, as well as the day of the nation-wide referendum; 

Article 70.

(1) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary have the right to be elected and the right to vote in Parliamentary elections, local government elections or minority self- government elections, provided that they are present in the country on the day of the election or referendum, and furthermore to participate in national or local referenda or popular initiatives.

(2) Persons residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary as immigrants who do not have Hungarian citizenship also have the right to vote in local government elections of representatives and the Mayor, as well as the right to participate in local referenda and popular initiatives, in accordance with the regulations of a separate law, provided that they are present in the country on the day of the election or referendum.

(3) The right to vote shall not be granted to persons who are under guardianship limiting or excluding their capacity, to persons who are subject to a final legal judgement, forbidding them to participate in public affairs, nor to persons who are incarcerated on the basis of a final legal judgement or who are under compulsory institutional care on the basis of a final legal judgement rendered in criminal proceedings.

(4) All Hungarian citizens have the right to participate in public affairs, and furthermore to hold public office in accordance with their suitability, education and professional ability.

Chapter XIII. 
The Basic Principles of Elections

Article 71.

(1) Members of Parliament, members of representative bodies of local governments, Mayors and the Mayor of the Capital are elected by direct, secret ballot by voting citizens, based on their universal and equal right to vote.

(2) The members of the local government representative body of counties shall elect the President of the representative body by direct, secret ballot.

(3) Separate laws shall establish provisions for the election of Members of Parliament, members of representative bodies of local governments and Mayors. A majority of two-thirds of the votes of the Members of Parliament present is required to pass such laws.