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Post by yeni on Jan 22, 2010 21:48:14 GMT -5
www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?k=2&i=19352Hungary to hold 1st election round on 11 April - President January 22, 2010, 10:54 am Hungarian version Share this Hungary’s President László Sólyom has set the first round of parliamentary elections to 11 April 2010, the President’s Office has announced on Friday. The second round will be held on 25 April. The election campaign is officially on. The gap between the announcement of the election date and the event itself has never this short as it will be this year. Sólyom’s decision comes as no surprise, given he has already made it clear he will pick the first day possible to hold the election and cut the campaign period as short as he can. 2010.01.06 15:45 Hungarian President to set 1st election round to 11 April by end-January The constitution stipulates that elections are held every four years, either in April or May and that there must be at least 72 days between the setting of the election date and the first round. People are traditionally called to cast their ballots on a Sunday, but the first Sunday of April is Easter this year, so this day had to be eliminated. The law would allow the election to be held on a weekday or a Saturday, but Sólyom is apparently a man of traditions. Three-party Parliament According to the latest polls, turnout will be relatively small this year, around 50%, although in 2006 about 10-15% more people turned up at the booths than expected. Fidesz continues to boast the highest popularity, tracked from a distance by the Socialist Party (MSZP) and far-right Jobbik. At Szonda Ipsos Fidesz stands at 35%, MSZP at 14% and Jobbik at 7%. Pollster Medián projects that Fidesz will obtain at least two thirds of the 386 seats in Parliament, with MSZP snatching about 20% of the votes and Jobbik also reaching the 5% threshold to make it to the House. The smaller opposition parties, the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) and the liberal Free Democrats (SZDSZ) are expected to obtain no mandates and disappear from Parliament for at least four years. Polls in January 2006 expected only Fidesz and the Socialists to make it to Parliament, but eventually both MDF and SZDSZ garnered enough votes to gain seats. In January 2002, the Socialists were ahead of Fidesz by a neck in polls and it had barely beaten the centre-right party.
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Post by yeni on Mar 4, 2010 15:46:19 GMT -5
www.politics.hu/20100304/fidesz-retains-large-lead-in-polls-willingness-to-vote-increasesMarch 04, 2010, 9:51 CET news Fidesz retains large lead in polls; willingness to vote increases By Hungary Around the Clock Fidesz has 52% support amongst potential voters while 19% back the Socialists and 14% Jobbik, a Nézöpont Institute poll found. Socialist support is below 5% in the 30-44 age band, while 19% of Hungary's over 60s favour the party. The poll was conducted from February 26-28. According to a Tárki poll, the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance has 61% support amongst decided party voters, to the Socialists 22%. Jobbik has 11% support, Politics Can Be Different 3%, the Democratic Forum 2% and the Free Democrats less than 1%. Around 60% of the respondents said they will cast their ballot at the first national election round on April 11.
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Post by yeni on Mar 24, 2010 0:10:06 GMT -5
www.politics.hu/20100324/six-parties-qualify-for-national-surplus-listMarch 24, 2010, 9:32 CET news Six parties qualify for national "surplus" list By MTI Six Hungarian political parties were able to register a national election list for the general election by the Tuesday deadline, the National Election Office said. The parties which qualify for a national list were the ruling Socialist Party, the opposition Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance, the radical nationalist Jobbik, the green party Politics Can Be Different (LMP), the Democratic Forum and the Civil Movement. This is the lowest number of parties to qualify since Hungary's first democratic elections in 1990. Out of the ten parties that fielded a national list during the last elections in 2006, four made it to Parliament. Under the election law, national lists can be entered by parties that are able to field a regional list in seven of Hungary's 20 regions, namely the 19 counties and Budapest. The 386-member Parliament will be elected in two rounds, on April 11 and 25. As many as 176 seats will be granted to winners in individual constituencies, and 210 to regional and national party lists. The number of seats allocated to national lists will be at least 58. The electorate will not directly vote on national lists. The parties which qualified will be allocated seats in parliament in proportion to their "surplus votes" that were cast on them but failed to contribute to a mandate. Parties unable to win at least 5 percent of votes cast on regional lists in the first round will have no access to "national-list" seats.
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Post by yeni on Apr 3, 2010 16:59:29 GMT -5
www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?k=2&i=19819Hungary Fidesz rules out coalition with other parties April 1, 2010, 12:58 pm Share this Hungary’s main opposition party Fidesz, which is expected to win elections this month, will not form a coalition with any other party even if it fails to get a two-thirds majority in Parliament, a party spokesman said on Thursday. hirdetés "We will not form a coalition in order to have two-thirds with anyone," Reuters cited Péter Szijjártó, Fidesz spokesman, as telling a press conference on Thursday. "We will have the initiatives and the other parties will vote as they want," he added. Fidesz is expected to win the vote on April 11 and 25 by a landslide and stands a good chance of winning two-thirds - a "supermajority". Based on most opinion polls, only two other parties are expected to reach the 5% threshold to gain seats in Parliament, namely the ruling Socialists (MSZP) and far-right Jobbik. Green liberal party LMP might also garner enough support for that, some polls suggest. With a two-thirds majority Fidesz could alone change key laws such as elements of the constitution and laws governing local municipalities. Analysts say such moves are essential to reform an oversized and inefficient public sector. Szijjártó ruled out any co-operation with Jobbik, which has boosted its support in the past year by capitalising on public anger over economic crisis and antagonism towards the country's large Roma minority. "We'll have no co-operation with Jobbik because it is an extremist party, a party of violence, they are pretty dangerous to Hungary," Szijjártó was cited as saying. He added he does not see a way of teaming up with the Socialists either. Even without a 2/3rds majority, Fidesz would still initiate changes that require such a strong majority and leave it to the other parties to decide whether to support them or not, the spokesman said.
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Post by yeni on Apr 12, 2010 10:57:41 GMT -5
www.politics.hu/20100412/fidesz-sweep-points-to-twothirds-majority-in-next-parliamentFidesz sweep points to two-thirds majority in next Parliament By Hungary Around the Clock Fidesz looks set to win a sweeping, two-thirds majority in Parliament after winning 52.7% of the votes in Sunday's first round of elections. The result puts the party far ahead of the Socialists, who received 19.3%, and the far-right Jobbik, at 16.7%. In perhaps the night's biggest surprise, recently formed Politics Can Be Different (LMP) easily surpassed the 5% threshold to gain entry to the legislature, winning 7.5% of all votes cast. The Democratic Forum will not be returning to the House, having polled only 2.7% of the vote. Party leader Ibolya Dávid announced her resignation. News website Index projects that Fidesz will have 261 seats, three more than the 258 required for a two-thirds majority in the 386-member House, with the Socialists holding 54 seats, Jobbik 51 and LMP 20. Based on constituency votes and mandates assigned through the regional list votes, Fidesz has already obtained 206 seats, the Socialists 28, Jobbik 26 and LMP 5. Fidesz candidates scored a near total victory in the individual constituencies, winning outright 119 of the 174 seats available and leading in all but two of the remaining 55. The exceptions are both in Budapest's 13th District, where Socialist candidates will defend narrow leads in the second round on April 25. Fidesz will most probably win at least 48 of the 55 seats still undecided, and will also obtain some of the seats distributed for the national lists, raising its total above 258. Fidesz tallied 2.7 million votes, more than the 2.3 million obtained in 2006. The Socialist vote collapsed from 2.3 million four years ago to 989,609. Jobbik received 854,745 votes, and fourth-placed LMP 382,991. Turnout was 64.4%, slightly lower than 2006's 67.8%. Fidesz easily won the regional list votes in all 19 counties and Budapest, scoring 60% or slightly less in western Hungary. Jobbik finished second ahead of the Socialists in eight counties, most of them in Hungary's north and east. LMP achieved its best result in Budapest, where it took 10% of the vote.
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Post by wbb on Apr 16, 2010 2:38:59 GMT -5
Fidesz take over doesnt make any much different for Hungary. They are just as bad as MSZP. Jobbik is a bit better than any of the current hungarian parties but still currently i dont trust Jobbik either, Jobbik could be working for the Communist who are tricking hungarians, flying under hungarian banners. The Neo-Facist and Neo-Nazis are far more worst, MIEP for example. Really Hungary doesnt have any parties that serve for Hungary's interest. I wish Hungary would still be a Kingdom or a Principality ruled be a just ruler.
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Post by yeni on Apr 25, 2010 14:11:05 GMT -5
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8642456.stmLandslide victory for Hungary's conservative opposition Hungary's conservative opposition party Fidesz is poised for a two-thirds general election victory, second round results indicate. With 97% of votes counted, the party had nearly 68% of the popular vote and 262 of the 386 seats in parliament, the national election committee said. Almost a third of the seats were left to be decided on Sunday following the first round two weeks ago. Fidesz promised to create jobs, lower taxes and reduce bureaucracy. The ruling Socialists were in second place on 15% (59 seats), the far-right Jobbik had 12% (47 seats) and a new Green party called Politics Can be Different had 4.1% (16 seats). Fidesz leader Viktor Orban is set to become prime minister. The second round of the election was fought in 57 constituencies where no single candidate had won more than 50% of the vote in the first round. A two-thirds majority will give Fidesz the chance to change the constitution, the BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest. The Socialists, who had governed for the past eight years, argued that they had created 100,000 jobs, navigated the ship of state safely through a serious economic crisis and improved law and order.
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