The 2nd constituency of Budapest () is one of the single member

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of the

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, the national

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Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. The constituency standard abbreviation: ''Budapest 02. OEVK''. Since 2022, it has been represented by

Anna Orosz Anna Orosz (born June 2, 1989, Budapest) is a Hungarian economist and politician, Member of Parliament since 2022. From March 2017 to May 2018 she was a member of the board of the Momentum Movement. From October 2019 local government representativ ...

of the

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party.

Geography

The 2nd constituency is located in the south-western part of

Buda Buda (, ) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Historically, “Buda” referred only to the royal walled city on Castle Hill (), which was constructed by Béla IV between 1247 and ...

. The constituency borders the 3rd constituency to the north, 1st constituency to the northeast, 6th constituency to the southeast, 18th constituency to the south and 2nd constituency of Pest County to the west.

List of districts

The constituency includes the following municipalities: # District XI.: Main (inner) part of the district (except Nándorkert, Albertfalva, Kelenvölgy and Péterhegy).

History

The current 2nd constituency of Budapest was created in 2011 and contains parts of the pre-2011 15th, 16th and 17th constituencies of the capital. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first represented by

István Simicskó István Simicskó (born 29 November 1961) is a Hungarian politician of the governing Fidesz– KDNP coalition. He has been a Member of the National Assembly since 1998. He served as Minister of Defence from 10 September 2015 to 18 May 2018. Stud ...

of the

KDNP The Christian Democratic People's Party (, , KDNP ) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a satellite party of Fidesz. The party ...

from 2014 to 2022. He was succeeded by

of the

Momentum Movement Momentum Movement (, Momentum) is a centrist Hungarian political party founded in March 2017. It came to national prominence as a political association in January 2017 after organizing a petition about the Budapest bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics ...

in 2022 (with

United for Hungary United for Hungary (, ) was a big tent political alliance in Hungary that was formed to compete in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, 2022 parliamentary election. The alliance lost the 2022 election, and dissolved shortly after. History ...

Geography

List of districts

History

Members

Election result

2022 election

2018 election

2014 election

Notes

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