Election day is always on a Sunday (on 3 April in 2022). Voting is open from early morning until the evening – usually from 7 am to 7 pm, or until the last voters are done. Sunday is a rest day for most of the population, this way more people can participate without taking a day off.
You can go to cast your vote anytime while voting is open. At the location of the voting, look for the room assigned to your constituency. You will have to verify your identity before an electoral committee with an ID document that has your photo. This can be your Hungarian ID card, your driver’s license, or your passport, together with your address card. The committee will look up your name in the register. You will have to sign the register to confirm that you were present, and you will receive an envelope and two ballots, stamped in front of you.
Despite this, voting is anonymous. In each room, a couple of booths are set up where you can cast your vote in privacy. You mark your preferred candidate and your preferred party on the two ballots with a cross or an X, put the ballots in the envelope, close the envelope – then put the envelope in the ballot box in the room.