The Association for Somogy (Hungarian: Somogyért, officially: Somogyért Egyesület) is a local political party

Political party

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 in the county of Somogy in Hungary

Hungary

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, allied with the Hungarian Socialist Party

Hungarian Socialist Party

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. At the last legislative elections

Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006

The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by president László Sólyom was as follows:* first round on April 9, 2006* second round on April 23, 2006...

, April 9 and 23, 2006, the party won 1 constituency seat.

It was founded on May 25, 1994, by 109 well-known politicians and entrepreneurs in Somogy. Today its membership amounts to approx. four thousand. It is led by Dr István Gyenesei

István Gyenesei

István Gyenesei is a Hungarian politician and is currently the Chairman of the Association for Somogy party. He was the only representative in the Hungarian National Assembly who gained a seat as independent. During the formation of the minority government Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány...

, engineer and economist (57), chairman of the Somogy County General Assembly. Since the 2006 legislative elections, he has been a non-partisan member

Member of Parliament

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 of the Hungarian Parliament

National Assembly of Hungary

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Objectives

Motto: "In this county with its beautiful countryside, one can only succeed in doing one's very best by uniting one's forces."

• Improving transport (connecting roads of dead-end settlements, motorways, local transport),
• improving lacking infrastructure at a higher rate (landline telephones, gas and sewage system, healthy drinking water),
• more effective support for those creating employment opportunities that are required for subsistence,
• helping the young in starting their lives and the elderly in their livelihood,
• enhanced care for developing public security,
• helping those lagging behind and the disadvantaged (Roma and jobless people etc),
• saving Balaton
  Balaton
  Balaton may refer to:* Lake Balaton in Hungary, the largest lake in central Europe* Balaton Principality , a Slavic state* Balaton , a Hungarian microcar* Balaton, Minnesota, a city in the United States* 2242 Balaton, a main-belt asteroid...
  
  : they support establishing the autonomous Balaton Region,
• improved protection of environmental values, considered indispensable for Somogy,
• improved health and education service as well as moral education in a wide range, considered to be an important pledge of present and future.