Elvira Kovács

She was fourth on the list "Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – Dr Bálint Pásztor" in the Serbian parliamentary election of 25 October 2026, which won 34,755 votes (0.81%) with 8,135 of 8,392 polling stations counted; the latest CeSID and Ipsos projection gave it two seats.

Career

Kovács graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Subotica in 2006 and worked in Vojvodina's provincial secretariat for health and social policy until July 2007. A VMSZ member since 2000, she founded and led its women's forum (2009–2015), was party vice-president from 2015 to 2024 and has since sat on its presidency. She entered parliament in July 2007 and has served eight terms; she was elected deputy speaker in three successive parliaments from October 2020 and chairs the European integration committee. A member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2007, sitting with the EPP group, she chaired its equality committee (2018–2020), was one of its vice-presidents (2022–2024) and has chaired its Monitoring Committee since 2026. On the 2026 list she was placed fourth, two places lower than in 2023 (Balk.hu).

Positions

Kovács has backed Serbia's membership of the European Union, which she called the country's strategic goal in 2017 (Wikipedia). After meeting a pre-election delegation of the Council of Europe's assembly in October 2026, she said all registered lists had room in the media to present their messages and that Serbia was a good example of political representation for national minorities. After the vote she congratulated the Student List on its victory and said the VMSZ would keep working for the community "with heads held high".

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