EP election 2019 – Fidesz steamrolls in Hungary’s poorest towns, averaging 94%

Fidesz secured an impressive victory in the European elections and has dominated in Hungary’s most poverty-stricken areas where 19 out 20 voters cast their ballots for the governing party.

Based on the results of the 10 poorest villages in Hungary, this figure is even bigger than what Fidesz scored in last year’s Hungarian parliamentary elections. As g7.hu reports, their worst result among these towns was 85%, which is the exact average of last year’s polling. 

These towns can be found in Hungary’s Borsod (6), Baranya (3) and Somogy (1) counties. The poorest of them all is Pálmajor in Somogy where all 73 voters cast their ballots for Fidesz: a resounding 100% polling that was replicated in Piskó and Csenyéte. Csenyéte proves to be an interesting case insofar as it was previously the most left-leaning town of the country with 83% of the electorate voting for the Hungarian Socialist Party in 2014. These remarkable achievements helped the governing party to an emphatic victory last Sunday.