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4/8/18

Hungary - Parliamentary elections: Hungarian ruling party leads in parliamentary election results

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party Fidesz came away victorious in Sunday's parliamentary elections, receiving 49.2 percent of the vote according to preliminary results. With 85 percent of ballots counted, Fidesz has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, with a projected 133 seats of the 199 seats in the chamber.

Hungary's Nationalist Jobbik party came in a distant second with 20 percent of the vote and the Socialist Party received 12 percent. Two other parties, the Democratic Coalition and the green Politics Can Be Different parties are expected to surpass the 5 percent threshold and will join the legislative body.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party Fidesz came away victorious in Sunday's parliamentary elections, receiving 49.2 percent of the vote according to preliminary results. With 85 percent of ballots counted,

Fidesz has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, with a projected 133 seats of the 199 seats in the chamber.

Hungary's Nationalist Jobbik party came in a distant second with 20 percent of the vote and the Socialist Party received 12 percent. Two other parties, the Democratic Coalition and the green Politics Can Be Different parties are expected to surpass the 5 percent threshold and will join the legislative body.
 
Read more: Hungarian ruling party leads in parliamentary election results | News | DW | 08.04.2018

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