Editing Budapest (section)

=== City governance ===
{{See also|Mayor of Budapest|Lord Mayor of Budapest|General Assembly of Budapest}}

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|colspan="4" bgcolor=""|{{center|'''Composition of the 33 seats in the General Assembly'''}}
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|style="background:#f90;"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Fidesz]] – Hungarian Civic Union'''
|10 seats
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|style="background:{{party color|Respect and Freedom Party}}"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Tisza Party]]'''
|10 seats
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|style="background:{{party color|DK–MSZP–Dialogue}}"|&nbsp;
|'''[[DK–MSZP–Dialogue Alliance|DK–MSZP–P]]'''
||Mayor + 6 seats
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| style="background:{{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}"|&nbsp;
|'''[[With Dávid Vitézy for Budapest|VDB]]–[[LMP – Hungary's Green Party|LMP]]'''
|3 seats
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| style="background:{{party color|Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party}}"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party|MKKP]]'''
|3 seats
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Budapest has been a [[metropolitan municipality]] with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1873, but Budapest also holds a special status as a county-level government, and also special within that, as holds a capital-city territory status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://budapest.hu/sites/english/Lapok/The-Municipality-of-Budapest.aspx |title=Municipality of Budapest |date=11 May 2011 |publisher=Budapest Official Site |access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> In Budapest, the central government is responsible for the [[urban planning]], [[statutory planning]], public transport, housing, [[waste management]], municipal taxes, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, among others. The Mayor is responsible for all city services, police and fire protection, enforcement of all city and state laws within the city, and administration of public property and most public agencies. Besides, each of Budapest' twenty-three districts has its own town hall and a directly elected council and the directly elected mayor of district.<ref name="municipality" />

The Mayor of Budapest is [[Gergely Karácsony]] who was elected on 13 October 2019. The mayor and members of General Assembly are elected to five-year terms.<ref name="municipality" />
The Budapest General Assembly is a [[unicameral]] body consisting of 33 members, which consist of the 23 mayors of the districts, 9 from the electoral lists of political parties, plus Mayor of Budapest (the Mayor is elected directly). Each term for the mayor and assembly members lasts five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kormany.hu/hu/belugyminiszterium/onkormanyzati-allamtitkarsag/hirek/ot-eves-ciklusok-az-onkormanyzatisagban |title=Five year terms in the local governments of Hungary |date=11 May 2011 |publisher=Website of the Hungarian government |access-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513020057/http://www.kormany.hu/hu/belugyminiszterium/onkormanyzati-allamtitkarsag/hirek/ot-eves-ciklusok-az-onkormanyzatisagban |archive-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> Submitting the budget of Budapest is the responsibility of the Mayor and the deputy-mayor in charge of finance. The latest, 2014 budget was approved with 18 supporting votes from ruling Fidesz and 14 votes against by the opposition lawmakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailynewshungary.com/budapest-city-council-approves-2014-budget/ |title=Budapest City Council approves 2014 budget |date=26 February 2014 |publisher=dailynewshungary.com/ |access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref>