Opposition MP: Early elections will happen only if PM Orbán wants it and he does not

Opposition MP Ákos Hadházy believes a snap election in Hungary is only possible if it serves the prime minister’s interest. And, in this case, it would not. Therefore, the chance for early elections is zero.

Zero chance for an early election, says government-close think-tank

Ákos Hadházy, the opposition MP of Zugló (Budapest’s 14th district) believes that Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party, the biggest challenger of PM Orbán, intentionally misleads his voters by saying there is a real chance for a snap election in Hungary. Hadházy wrote in a Facebook post that Orbán’s supermajority in the Hungarian Parliament is solid, so there is no chance for an election.

Ágoston Sámuel Mráz, the director of Nézőpont, a government-close think-tank, basically agreed with the opposition MP. He said Orbán’s Fidesz has a chance to win the 2026 general election and would like to fight Péter Magyar then. He added that Fidesz had 2.9 million supporters in the country. Meanwhile, Magyar aims to bring that battle forward and permanently rule political communication. Since his Tisza Party will not have candidates in the two upcoming by-elections in Tolna County and Budapest’s 13th district, Magyar would like to talk about his issues instead of the campaign in these two electoral districts.

In fact, in Tolna, Fidesz would probably win, while in the 13th district, experts agree that the Democratic Coalition will score a victory since the electoral district was theirs even in 2022.

The leftist Democratic Coalition, the far-right Our Homeland (Mi Hazánk) and the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party are the only three players that can have a say in 2026, based on current polls.

Former PM Gyurcsány also demands early elections

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called for parliament to be disbanded and early elections to be called.

DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány told a press conference on Friday that the party was preparing to adopt a parliamentary proposal on the matter. “The country is in far too bad a shape to wait another 15-16 months” until the general elections scheduled for the spring of 2026, Gyurcsány said, adding that the government “is clearly incapable of handling the crisis it has practically created.”

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Featured image: illustration, 9 June EP elections, source: MTI