What remedies are available in the first instance?
Hungary
- Annulment of results / Cancellation of elections
- Re-run the election
- Partial annulment of results / Partial cancellation of elections
Name: Act XXXVI of 2013 onElectoral Procedure
Enactment: 1st September 2013
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Section 218
(1)The election commission shall adjudge objections based on the availableinformation.
(2)If the election commission sustains the objection, it shall
a)establish the fact of the legal violation;
b)order the violator to cease the violation;
c)destroy the election procedure or the part thereof affected by the legalviolation and order it to be repeated;
d)have the power to issue a fine in case of violations of the rules of electioncampaigns and violations of the obligations described in Sections 124 (2) and155.
Section 220
Ifthe election commission does not sustain an objection, it shall dismiss it.