The chart set out below illustrates the evolution and longitudinal development of annual case-flow statistics commencing in the year 2013 and extending over the subsequent reporting periods.

As regards the detailed statistical data for the most recent year under review, a total of 570 new cases were assigned to rapporteur Justices of the Constitutional Court in 2025, representing an increase of approximately 15% compared with the number of new cases initiated in 2024, which stood at 498. The table and the accompanying chart set out below illustrate the distribution of newly instituted cases by jurisdictional category. For the purposes of comparison and analytical continuity, the table also incorporates the corresponding data for the year 2024.

		2025	2024
Total number of new cases assigned to Rapporteur Justices		570	498
	Number of constitutional complaints	537	459
	Number of judicial initiatives	31	35
	Number of ex post facto norm control procedures	1	3
	Other matters (miscellanea)	1	1

The data relating to newly instituted cases during the fourth quarter of 2025—that is, in the period from 1 October to 31 December 2025—developed as set out below. For the purposes of comparison, the corresponding figures for the fourth quarter of the preceding year (2024) have been taken as the reference point.

		2025/ Q4	2024/ Q4
Total number of new cases assigned to Rapporteur Justices		165	102
	Number of constitutional complaints	158	88
	Number of judicial initiatives	7	13
	Number of ex post facto norm control procedures	0	1
	Other matters (miscellanea)	0	0

The data relating to judicial workload and case burden developed as set out below over the past four years, presented in a quarterly breakdown.

The relative proportions of the various categories of cases among new proceedings assigned to rapporteur Justices in the year 2025 were as follows:

The figures relating to cases concluded in 2025 indicate a decrease when compared with the corresponding data for the year 2024. The adjudicatory bodies of the Constitutional Court—comprising the Plenary Session (Full Court) and the Panels—closed a total of 449 cases, of which 56 resulted in a decision on the merits. The table set out below presents the principal data relating to cases concluded in 2025, together with the corresponding figures for 2024, in order to facilitate comparison and contextual analysis. It is apparent from the table that, while the number of cases concluded by the adjudicatory bodies of the Constitutional Court decreased, there was, at the same time, a substantial and marked increase in the number of cases terminated in the course of the preparatory proceedings conducted under the authority of the Secretary General.

	2025	2024
Total number of cases concluded by panels or the Full Court	449	527
Total number of cases concluded by a decision on the merits	56	91
Annulment of judicial or administrative decisions	5	20
Annulment (total or partial) of legal norms or statutory provisions	7	6
Establishment of a constitutional requirement	1	2
Finding of an omission (legislative or constitutional omission)	2	3
Dismissal of constitutional complaints at the stage of admissibility	355	405
Number of cases concluded in the Secretary-General’s preparatory procedure and by single-judge order	1424	1102

The chart set out below illustrates the evolution in the number of cases concluded, presented on an annual basis, commencing in 2013.

The table set out below presents the data relating to cases concluded in the fourth quarter of 2025. In view of seasonal effects, and in order to ensure comparability, the table in this instance includes the corresponding figures for the fourth quarter of the preceding year (2024).

	2025/ Q4	2024/ Q4
Total number of cases concluded by panels or the Full Court	141	157
Total number of cases concluded by a decision on the merits	19	21
Annulment of judicial or administrative decisions	1	6
Annulment (total or partial) of legal norms or statutory provisions	1	1
Dismissal of constitutional complaints at the stage of admissibility	117	125
Number of cases concluded in the Secretary-General’s preparatory procedure and by single-judge order	381	230

The chart set out below presents the development of quarterly data relating to cases concluded, looking back over a four-year period.

In 2025, the average duration for the adjudicatory bodies to conclude constitutional complaint proceedings, calculated from the date on which the petition was lodged, amounted to 290 days, representing a modest increase when compared with the average timeframes recorded in the preceding year. In this context, it is important to emphasise that the procedural time limits laid down in the Rules of Procedure are not calculated from the submission of the petition, but rather from the date on which the case is assigned to the rapporteur Justice of the Constitutional Court. The figure set out below illustrates the average duration of case processing, presented on an annual basis.

In 2025, the Constitutional Court delivered decisions in five constitutional complaint proceedings in which it annulled the judicial decisions challenged in the petitions. A comprehensive list of the annulled judicial decisions, together with the corresponding decisions of the Constitutional Court ordering such annulment (in Hungarian) >> is published on the official website of the Constitutional Court. The same online repository also contains the lists relating to previous years.

The charts set out below likewise relate exclusively to constitutional complaint proceedings.

The first chart presents, on an annual basis, an overview of how the constitutional complaints submitted in a given year have been disposed of, distinguishing between: those cases in which a decision on the merits has been delivered; those concluded without a substantive examination (for example, during the Secretary General’s preparatory procedure, or by way of refusal of admission or termination adopted in the admissibility phase); and those cases in which a decision on admissibility has already been taken but the proceedings remain pending. With respect to the data for the year 2025, it must be borne in mind that a proportion of the applications lodged towards the end of the year were still undergoing the Secretary General’s preparatory procedure at the close of the reporting period. Consequently, those cases are not yet reflected in the statistical figures presented. Notwithstanding this qualification, the chart clearly demonstrates that only approximately ten per cent of constitutional complaints result, on average, in a substantive decision on the merits.

The chart that follows presents comparable statistical data relating specifically to constitutional complaint proceedings instituted pursuant to Section 27 of the Constitutional Court Act. This category of constitutional complaint constitutes the procedural avenue through which the Constitutional Court examines the constitutionality of individual judicial decisions, as opposed to conducting norm control proceedings. The year references indicated in the chart correspond to the year in which the petition was lodged. When analysing the data relating to applications submitted in the past two years, it must be borne in mind that a relatively large proportion of those cases remain pending. Consequently, the figures relating to this period are provisional in nature and are likely to be subject to change as the pending proceedings are concluded in the future.

The chart that follows illustrates the distribution, by subject-matter category, of constitutional complaint cases concluded by a substantive decision on the merits in 2025.

Finally, with regard to cases concluded, the following figure presents the distribution of merits decisions as between the Plenary Session (Full Court) and the Panels of the Constitutional Court.

Further detailed statistical data relating to the processing and disposition of constitutional complaint petitions, presented by calendar year, are available on the official website of the Constitutional Court>>.

The Constitutional Court exercises norm control in several of its competences, within the framework of which it examines the constitutionality of statutes or statutory provisions, rather than reviewing judicial decisions. In the exercise of these competences, the Court annulled a statute or a statutory provision in a total of seven cases in 2025. A list of the Constitutional Court decisions ordering annulment (in Hungarian) >> is published on the Court’s official website, where the corresponding lists for previous years are likewise available.

In addition, the Constitutional Court, largely in the exercise of its norm control competences, has in several decisions established constitutional requirements and found unconstitutionality manifesting itself in a legislative omission. The Constitutional Court’s website provides access to an overview list of current legislative omissions that have not yet been remedied (in Hungarian) >> as well as to tables summarising the constitutional requirements established by the Court (in Hungarian) >>.

The chart set out below presents data relating to the annulment of statutory provisions, the finding of unconstitutionality arising from legislative omission, and the establishment of constitutional requirements, covering the past twelve years.

A further important norm control competence of the Constitutional Court is the adjudication of judicial initiatives. In such cases, the judge adjudicating the proceedings pending before him or her identifies the unconstitutionality of a statute or statutory provision that he or she is required to apply in the case, and therefore petitions the Constitutional Court to review the contested statute or statutory provision. In 2025, 33 such judicial initiatives were submitted to the Constitutional Court, representing a slight decrease compared with the preceding year. The two charts set out below present the number of judicial initiatives and annual data relating to their disposition, looking back to 2013.

Finally, tables containing detailed data on the Constitutional Court’s case flow and statistical indicators, together with quarterly summaries and charts, are available on the official website of the Constitutional Court>>.

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