Conservatives’ Big Win In Hungary
- April 13th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
The centre-right Christian Democrats have had a hands-down victory at elections in Hungary (11.4.10), defeating the Socialist Party government of the last eight years.
Winning over 52% of votes cast, Viktor Orban, leader of the conservative party, called Fidesz, was expected to be restored as premier with an absolute parliamentary majority.
The socialists lost two-thirds of their vote from last time, coming in a weak second with barely 13%.
That sent the left-wing formation back to a position even weaker than after elections in 1990, contested as a makeover of the former communist party, at the time just recently pushed out of office.
Once again it was seen to have few solutions for the recession-prone national economy.
It narrowly bested the number of seats won by the extreme right Jobbik Party; and a new green party got members elected for the first time.
Picture Beautiful Budapest, (commons.wikipedia)