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First results:

  • Participation in local elections grew continuously since 1990 (then 33%), and now a new record is expected, around 53%.

  • It looks as if right-populist Fidesz won almost everywhere except the capital and a few major cities.

  • For mayor of the capital Budapest, at just over half counted, Demszky leads with almost 48%, Tarlós trails with just over 44%, Katona got 6%, and far-right MIÉP's candidate got much less than expected (1.5% instead of 5%).

  • For the Budapest assembly, at third counted, it now looks like four parties (MSzP, SzDSz, MDF, Fidesz) made it, and the socialist-liberal coalition maintains a small majority.

  • In my former district, the right-wing seems to have gained a clean victory with a narrow absolute majority... while in my new town of residence, an incumbent Socialist mayor seems to have won reelection.

When the polls closed, the (figurehead) President issued a TV address. He basically scolded everyone for the events of the last two weeks, and crossed the post-election speech plans of multiple parties by singling out some examples of campaign rhetoric as silly and unconstitutional. Then he ended his speech with the ominous note that "the key to the solution is in the hands of the factions of the governing parties", meaning that they have the opportunity to sack PM Gyurcsány.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Oct 1st, 2006 at 03:42:20 PM EST
far-right MIÉP's candidate got much less than expected (1.5% instead of 5%).

You might feel this is contradicted by the graphs in my diary. However, other pollsters and election-day pollsters showed higher figures, and pollsters generally assume that MIÉP voters aren't too willing to tell about their choices to them. Fortunately, it now looks like the hiding factor is dead, and MIÉP really became a dwarf even in Budapest, where it was the strongest. (Then again, as I told several times, Fidesz assimilated much of the far-right.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun Oct 1st, 2006 at 04:09:52 PM EST
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