Katalin Erdélyi’s second attempt to force a national referendum was rejected yesterday, with the National Election Committee voting 9-2 against her effort to put a question to citizens asking whether Parliament to repeal a law about bidding for and hosting the Olympics.

She had previously made an effort earlier in the year, but her attempt was quashed when Hungary's Supreme Court, the Curia, rejected a proposed question.

The Budapest’s City Council had initially rejected a request for a referendum back in December, with a narrow margin of 16 votes to 14 preventing the capital's candidacy being put to the public.

Erdélyi has now seen a motion at city level receive initial approval and should her effort be fully approved by the Budapest Election Committee.

insidethegames understands Erdélyi would be required to secure 140,000 signatures in a 30 day period to force a public vote,

If the required amount of signatures was achieved, a date would still need to be set for the referendum.

It would reportedly ask voters whether they agree that Budapest should withdraw its 2024 Olympic bid.

"The National Election Committee has rejected two proposals for a nationwide referendum on the Budapest 2024 Olympic bid," Balázs Fürjes, Budapest 2024 bid chairman, confirmed to insidethegames.

"A third has now been submitted, this time for a referendum limited to the citizens of Budapest.

"This proposal will also now be the subject to the legal approvals process required for referenda in the Budapest Municipality.

"This approval process is a matter for the legal authorities and the Election Committee will rule on the legality of the proposal in due course.

"It goes without saying that the bid fully respects the democratically-established legal process.

"As chairman, however, I would simply note the outcome of the recent IPSOS poll that found that 62 per cent of Hungarians would be proud for Hungary to host the Games, this number is 73 per cent among the youngsters.

"Meantime the bid enjoys the support of the Hungarian Government, the Municipality of Budapest and the National Parliament.

"And our collective commitment to the Budapest bid is enshrined in law through the Olympic Act, passed by Parliament this summer with the cross-post support of 84 per cent.

"We are proud of the fact that majority of the Hungarians support our bid.

"It is a bid that is good for Budapest, good for Hungary and good for the future of the Olympic Movement.

"We will continue to explain to Hungary and the world why this - and why we are excited by the opportunities that the bid offers for Hungarians and for sport."

Erdélyi’s latest referendum effort comes the day before Budapest are due to submit the second part of the 2024 Bid City Candidature Files here tomorrow, along with rivals Los Angeles, Paris and Rome.

The latter is widely expected to pull out after failing to get the backing of city Mayor Virginia Raggi, but confirmed yesterday that no announcement will be made on the future of the bid until Tuesday (October 11).

It followed a meeting in Rome between International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) counterpart, Giovanni Malagò.

The second stage of the candidature files focuses on governance, legal and venue funding.

Paris 2024 are expected to claim that 95 per cent of the infrastructure required to host the Games is already present in the capital, which welcomed Bach last weekend.

The IOC President praised their bid’s "unity" throughout the course of his stay, with Reuters claiming their latest submission will include letters of support from each of the political parties and candidates for French Presidency.

Paris 2024 co-chairman Tony Estanguet claimed last Saturday (October 1) that outcome of next year’s Presidential election would not affect their bid, when asked by insidethegames.

Budapest's bid is also reportedly due to include a signed letter of guarantee from Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Last week, Los Angeles 2024 also sought to highlight their political support when their political authorities approved all the guarantees vital for the second stage of their candidature.

It followed California Governor Jerry Brown signing a bill into law which would provide up to $250 million (£192 million/€222 million) in financial support.

A final decision on which city will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024 is due be made at the IOC Session in Lima on September 13.