Polls Close in Hungary, First Results Expected Soon in Orbán’s Toughest Election – Hungarian Conservative



Hungarian democracy showed ‘very strong’ resilience as voter turnout reached a record 77.8 per cent in Sunday’s parliamentary election, Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás said after polls closed. The figure surpasses the previous 2002 record and is expected to strengthen the mandate of the next government.

Hungarian democracy showed ‘very strong’ resilience as voter turnout reached a record 77.8 per cent in Sunday’s parliamentary election, Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás said after polls closed. The figure surpasses the previous 2002 record and is expected to strengthen the mandate of the next government.

Joakim Scheffer graduated from the University of Szeged with a Master’s degree in International Relations. Before joining Hungarian Conservative, he worked as an editor at the foreign policy desk of Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet and serves as the editor of Eurasia magazine.


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