Organisation : National Election Office
Announcement : Registration For Voters Having No Residence In Hungary
Applicable For : voters who do not have a residence in Hungary
Country : Hungary
Website : https://www.valasztas.hu/web/national-election-office/voters-registration
Hungary Election Voter Registration
In Parliamentary elections, voters who do not have a domicile or registered residence in Hungary may cast their vote on a party list and stand as a candidate for election. The right to vote will also be guaranteed in national referendums. From 2019, Hungarian citizens who do not have a registered residence in Hungary or another EU Member State will also be able to vote in European Parliament elections.
However, these voters can only exercise their right to vote, when the National Election Office has entered them in the electoral register. You can apply to be entered in the electoral register at any time. It must be received by the National Electoral Office no later than 25 days before the day of the elections. If you miss this deadline, you may only exercise your right to vote in the next parliamentary elections or national referendum.
** you have a Hungarian personal identification number (found on your address card) OR a valid ID card, valid passport or valid driving licence to prove your Hungarian citizenship.
** you have a domicile abroad and do not have a place of residence or registered domicile in Hungary (if you do, you are automatically considered a voter, who lives in Hungary).
** you are over 17 or 16 and married, and the marriage is registered in Hungary.
** if the Hungarian court has not deprived you of your right to vote.
How To Do Voter Registration In Hungary?
1. Your request can be filed here on-line or can be downloaded as a pdf here for personal or postal submission. The form is also available at Hungarian diplomatic missions and consular posts abroad.
Register Online : https://kerelem.valasztas.hu/vareg/KulfoldiCimKerelemInditasa.xhtml
2. It is important that you fill in the application form carefully with the personal data on your address card, identity card, passport or driving licence (If you did not receive an address card after the simplified Hungarian naturalisation, you can contact the embassy/consulate).
3. You will be notified if your enrollment is successful or rejected. Notification will be sent to the e-mail, fax or postal address you provide in section 7 of the application form. To receive a successful notification, you must complete all address fields.
4. Out-of-country voters can cast their vote by post. Your ballot paper will be sent by our Office to the address you provide in point 6 of the application form, in the part “szavazólap átvétele”. You must provide an address where delivery is guaranteed.If you do not wish to receive your ballot paper by post, you can collect it in person at one of the foreing representations or Hungarian municipalities listed on the next page. In this case, leave out box 6A and fill in box 6B.
5. The application form can be completed online at www.valasztas.hu or on a form printed from the website and sent by post to the National Election Office:
Nemzeti Választási Iroda
1397 Budapest, Pf.: 547
Hungary
6.You will be enlisted in the electoral register for 10 years. During this period, you can vote in parliamentary elections, national referendums and elections to the European Parliament (in the latter case, only if you are resident outside the European Union).
7.After 10 years, you will be removed from the electoral register. The counting period will restart if you apply for an extension of your registration, if you change you modify your data or if you cast a vote. You can still request to be removed from the electoral roll at any time.
How To Collect Postal Ballot Package?
You can collect your postal ballot package in person and only at the following foreign representations or Hungarian municipalities:
Foreign representations:
** Croatia: Osijek
** Romania: Bucharest, Miercurea Ciuc, Cluj-Napoca
** Serbia: Belgrade, Subotica
** Slovakia: Košice, Bratislava
** Slovenia: Lendava
** Ukraine: Berehove, Kiev, Uzhhorod
Hungarian Municipalities:
(kerület = district, megye = county): (In case you wish to collect your ballot paper in Budapest, it is very important to indicate the district as well!)
** Budapest II. kerület, III. kerület, IV. kerület, V. kerület, VII. kerület, VIII. kerület,
** X. kerület, XI. kerület, XII. kerület, XIII. kerület, XIV. kerület, XV. kerület, XVI.
** kerület, XVII. kerület, XVIII. kerület, XX. kerület, XXI. kerület, XXII. kerület
** Bács-Kiskun megye: Baja, Kalocsa, Kecskemét, Kiskunfélegyháza, Kiskunhalas, Tompa
** Baranya megye: Mohács, Pécs, Szigetvár
** Békés megye: Battonya, Békés, Békéscsaba, Gyula, Orosháza
** Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye: Bódvaszilas, Kazincbarcika, Mezőkövesd, Miskolc,
** Ózd, Putnok, Sátoraljaújhely, Tiszaújváros, Tornyosnémeti
** Csongrád megye: Hódmezővásárhely, Makó, Nagylak, Szeged, Szentes
** Fejér megye: Bicske, Dunaújváros, Sárbogárd, Székesfehérvár
** Győr-Moson-Sopron megye: Csorna, Győr, Mosonmagyaróvár, Rajka, Sopron,
** Vámosszabadi
** Hajdú-Bihar megye: Berettyóújfalu, Biharkeresztes, Debrecen, Hajdúszoboszló,
** Hajdúböszörmény, Létavértes, Nyírábrány
** Heves megye: Gyöngyös, Eger, Hatvan
** Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye: Jászberény, Karcag, Szolnok, Törökszentmiklós
** Komárom-Esztergom megye: Esztergom, Komárom, Tatabánya
** Nógrád megye: Balassagyarmat, Salgótarján
** Pest megye: Budakeszi, Cegléd, Dabas, Dunakeszi, Érd, Gödöllő, Letkés, Monor,
** Nagykáta, Szentendre, Szigetszentmiklós, Vác, Vecsés
** Somogy megye: Barcs, Kaposvár, Marcali, Siófok
** Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye: Beregsurány, Csengersima, Fehérgyarmat, Kisvárda,
** Mátészalka, Nyírbátor, Nyíregyháza, Nyírlugos, Tiszabecs, Vásárosnamény, Záhony
** Tolna megye: Dombóvár, Paks, Szekszárd
** Vas megye: Kőszeg, Körmend, Sárvár, Szombathely
** Veszprém megye: Balatonfüred, Pápa, Tapolca, Veszprém
** Zala megye: Keszthely, Letenye, Nagykanizsa, Rédics, Zalaegerszeg