[1] Katalin Novák became the first female president of Hungary after winning two-third majority.

[2][3] Under the current Constitution of Hungary adopted by the Fidesz–KDNP government coalition in 2011, the president must be elected in a secret ballot by the members of Parliament, no sooner than sixty but no later than thirty days before expiry of the mandate of the previous officeholder, or if his or her mandate terminated prematurely, within thirty days of the termination.

The constitution authorizes the speaker of the National Assembly to set the date for the election.

[4] Incumbent president of the Republic János Áder was ineligible to run due to term limits.

[6] The opposition alliance, United for Hungary, nominated Péter Róna, a lawyer and economist, as its presidential candidate.