Disinterest In Voting For minority List At Spring Election

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Interest in registering for minority lists for the spring general election has been paltry, with only 819 people registering so far, daily Nepszabadsag said today.

The majority of those that have registered to vote for minority lists are German and only 46 Roma have decided so far to sign up to the Roma minority list, the paper said.

Registration has been open since the start of the year and will close 15 days before the April 6 election date. The new rules state that 13 national minorities can set up lists and one candidate from each list can receive a mandate in parliament.

German minority experts told the paper that they expect around 19-24,000 votes will be necessary for a mandate.

However, whoever registers on minority list will not have the right to vote for a mainstream candidate.

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Source: http://hungarymatters.hu/