# Hungary adopts Act CCIII of 2011 on the election of Members of the National Assembly

Date: 2011

On 23 December 2011 the [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) adopted Act CCIII of 2011 on the election of Members of the National Assembly, in force from 1 January 2012. The cardinal statute cut the chamber to 199 seats, redrew single-member constituencies, and locked winner-compensation rules that an ordinary majority cannot later unlock. The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR issued a joint 2012 opinion on the act. This Fact is that dated electoral lock. It is not the 2022 wartime-emergency ballot, not a later Tisza statute, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; the Venice Commission–ODIHR joint opinion is the independent file.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Illiberal state capture in Hungary: https://factrail.ai/drivers/orban-illiberal-state-capture

## Sources

- https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/524bd8d4-33ba-4802-891f-d8959831ed5a_en?filename=2025+Rule+of+Law+Report+-+Country+Chapter+Hungary.pdf
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0324_EN.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-election-procedure-act-2011