Announcements

Based on its recently published proposals, the National Election Office also considers the introduction of domestic civilian election observation in Hungary to be of utmost importance.

From October 21–26, 2026, our colleague participated in an international study trip organised by the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), focusing on the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election.

Our experts participated in the annual Follow-Up on Recommendations’ Implementation Conference in Brussels to address the complex interplay between technology, democracy, and electoral integrity with election experts, observers, representatives from international institutions and national authorities and political stakeholders.

Free Vote Foundation participated in NEEDS-EU’s workshop “Towards Common Standards for Citizen Election Observation in the European Union” in Brussels.

With the 2026 elections now concluded, we are wrapping up the social media monitoring we conducted throughout the campaign. We launched our monitoring on January 19, 2026, one month before the campaign officially began, and followed the online presence and activity of 859 political figures through April 19, when the vote count was finalized.

20k – Szabad Szavazat, K-Monitor, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Mérték Media Monitor, Political Capital, and TASZ jointly present the civil report on the 2026 parliamentary elections. The purpose of the document is to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire electoral process from a Hungarian perspective, drawing on local experience and feedback from hundreds of ballot counters, observers, human rights defenders, journalists, and voters.

Free Vote Foundation director Péter Kramer was invited to speak at the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) exclusive Expert Roundtable to discuss the findings from the observation of the parliamentary elections in Hungary.