At the first meeting of the new municipal representative body elected on June 9, 2024, held on October 3, Dr. Lajos Pál, chairman of the local election committee, announced in his meeting that 33,249 citizen of Dunakeszin eligible to vote, of which 20,304 voters participated in the vote, the participation rate exceeded 61 percent.
Five candidates ran in the mayoral election, and Csaba Díóssi received the most votes, winning the votes of 59.56% of the voters who appeared in the election, or 11,749 people.
Csaba Díósi is the new former mayor
In addition to the local government representative who won in the ten individual districts, four people won the mandate with the results achieved in the compensation list. The 15th member of the new representative group is the mayor Csaba Dióssi, who, thanks to the successful election performance of the candidates of the association he leads, can lead the city with two thirds of the power.
The chairman of the election committee said that the number of candidates was particularly large, including several independent candidates, and he highlighted as an example the efficiency of Tamás Hircz, who is starting his second municipal term.
Five ethnic villages were established in Dunakeszin: elected representatives of Bulgarian, Polish, German, Roma and Ukrainian nationalities.
The election campaign was held in a calm atmosphere
Dr. Lajos Pál recorded as a fact that the election campaign was held in a very relaxed atmosphere. Although the Electoral Commission made more than a hundred decisions, most of them dealt with the problems of electoral procedures, but they did not have a significant impact on the integrity of the election.
He thanked the members of the election committee, the election office staff led by the clerk, and those who worked in the vote counting committees for their professional and high-quality work.
Dr. Lajos Pál concluded by congratulating the elected mayor and the members of the representative group, wishing them a successful and good work for the benefit of the city’s residents.
Csaba Dióssi is starting his fourth municipal term as mayor
After taking the oath, Csaba Dióssi, who started his fourth municipal term as mayor, spoke about how he has to live up to the great trust he received from the voters in his work at the time to come The voters gave the opportunity and the responsibility of the decision to the mayor and the members of the representative group, which is a great honor and responsibility for all of them.
He recalled the cooperation agreement adopted by the representative group established in 2010, which was a guarantee – regardless of party affiliation – for effective and successful work for the city . He spoke with confidence about the future, as five of the representative group at that time are still members of the group today, along with the ten members of the city’s representative group, who will work from 2019, they received trust from the group. voters from the voters, which gives a good opportunity to continue to be successful and efficient the town should be able to carry out its activities with the interests of the people in mind.
– I wish to my fellow elected representatives that in the next cycle we can do that work in collaboration with you and the people, so that at the end of the city cycle we can stand in the one good mood before the next election, so that we can say that we have done everything on our side. I wish success and good health to everyone for this creative work – Csaba Dióssi, the old and new mayor of Dunakeszi, finished his speech.
The representative group elected two deputy mayors
At the first ceremonial meeting held at the Attila József Cultural Center, after the swearing in of the representatives and the mayor, the city’s two deputy mayors were elected by secret ballot on the mayor’s recommendation Csaba Dióssi.
The full-time deputy mayor Dávid Sipos, the mayor’s deputy, won the support of the delegation with 12 yes votes and 3 abstentions.
Deputy Mayor Márton Nyíri with responsibility for environmental protection issues – he will keep his full-time job as a teacher – won the support of the representative body with 12 yes votes and 3 against.
The two deputy mayors Dr. Spiegelhalter took the oath in front of the clerk, Renáta Spiegelhalter, after which – after voting on several items on the agenda – the financial and legal committee was elected, with Ferenc Bilinszky in the chair, members: Tamás Hircz, Ádám Juhász, Márton Juhos, Krisztián Pethő.
Councilors were also elected
Attila Csoma was appointed adviser for our Care for the Elderly, József Seltenreich became adviser for family affairs, József Szabó adviser for church affairs, Tamás Benkő was assigned to perform the functions of a consultant for sports and youth protection, Csilla Cseresznyés works as a health consultant.
The representative body established the status of municipal commissioner responsible for external relations, which is held by Zoltán Kárpáti.
After the ceremonial opening meeting of the representative group – which was designed with the combined singing of the National Anthem and the Speech and the beautiful narration of the actress Annamária Babják – the representatives, senior staff of the mayor’s office, representatives from the institutions, and the invited guests welcomed the further development of Dunakeszi.
Imre Vetési
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