Election 2018 – Orbán’s party alliance wins two-thirds majority after all votes counted

The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat party alliance won a two-thirds majority in Hungary’s next parliament, according to the final result of the April 8 general election published in the early hours of Sunday.

Mailed votes counted, Fidesz wins by landslide

An overwhelming majority of voters with no permanent residence in Hungary cast their ballots for the list of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance in last Sunday’s general election, the National Election Office (NVI) said.

More than 378,000 Hungarian citizens living outside of the country’s borders registered for the election, and more than 224,000 cast a valid vote.

Under Hungary’s election law, Hungarian citizens with no permanent residence in the country may cast a single vote for a national party list.

All votes counted

The ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance will have altogether 133 seats in the 199-member National Assembly, followed by the Jobbik with 26 seats and the Socialist-Párbeszéd electoral alliance with 20 seats. The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) will send nine deputies to the parliament, and the green LMP eight. Együtt and the ethnic German minority will be represented by a single lawmaker. An independent candidate has also made it to parliament.