Hungarian Parliament Holds Inaugural Session

Following the April 12 general election, the new Hungarian parliament held its inaugural session, opened by President Tamás Sulyok, this Saturday.

Attila Nagy, the head of the National Election Office (NVI), confirmed at the inaugural session that Hungary's 2026 parliamentary election was carried out in accordance with the country's constitution and legal framework.

He said the election was administered by over 110,000 officials across 10,047 polling stations and 149 foreign missions, including 20,000 election office staff, 50,000 elected officials and 40,000 delegated committee members. The process was overseen by 879 international observers. He added the NVI's reports painted a picture of an election aligned with democratic principles and international standards.

In Hungary's 199-seat parliament, the Tisza Party has 141 seats, the hitherto ruling Fidesz has 44, the Christian Democrats (KDNP) 8 and the Our Homeland Movement 6.

Members of the new parliament elected Tisza Party candidate Ágnes Forsthoffer as Speaker of the House.

Since the fall of communism at the end of the 1980s, today's inaugural session was the first held on a weekend, and the first to see the next prime minister inaugurated.

May 9th is also Europe Day, marking the anniversary of French Foreign Minister Robert Schumann's speech in 1950 which outlined deeper cooperation between European countries, setting the course for the foundation of the European Union.