Constitutional Court scraps Kuria ruling on Budapest mayoral election result

The Constitutional Court on Friday scrapped as unconstitutional a recent ruling by the Kuria, which had okayed the results of the June 9 mayoral election in Budapest, according to the decision.

According to the Constitutional Court, the Kuria had failed to appropriately justify its decision to reject a request to review the National Election Committee’s decree, which had established that incumbent Mayor Gergely Karacsony had won the ballot as against contender David Vitezy with just 41 votes.

Under the top court’s ruling the supreme court is obliged to repeat its procedure and make a new decision.