Vegyes választási rendszer és női képviselet
Mixed Election System and Female Representation

Summary/Abstract: The article gives a detailed overview about the representation of women in the Hungarian parliament between 1990 and 2006. Its argument is that early party consolidation and the closing down of the representative elite explain more the low level of representation than the electoral system itself. From a comparative perspective, a shorter consolidation period that is a shorter learning process might explain the differences in female representation between Hungary and other post communist countries in CEE . The mechanisms of selection and de-selection as well as the serious biases in the structure of candidacies draw attention to the role and responsibility of the party gatekeepers in this process. Finally, the left-right division does not appear as a strong explanatory force as we might assume, despite the ideological differences and the quota regulations that are applied by the left.

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