Election 2014 – Invalid Votes To Be Recounted In Budapest Ward

Budapest, April 22 (MTI) – The Kuria, Hungary’s supreme court, today ordered a recount of invalid votes cast at an election ward in Budapest where the ruling Fidesz candidate had a close win over his Socialist candidate on April 6, news website index.hu said.

A similar recount in two local precincts last week did not change the result, bringing the Socialist candidate closer to the winner by a mere 4 votes.

Runner-up Socialist candidate for the leftist Unity alliance Agnes Kunhalmi initiated the recount last week in all precincts but the National Election Committee turned down her request. This has now been overruled by the Kuria, index.hu said.

The outer Budapest district came into the focus of attention at the finish of the parliamentary election. Had the Socialist candidate won the vote, the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance would not have earned a two-thirds majority in the 199-member parliament.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters