Convincing victory for Orbán’s Fidesz on today’s by-election in Tolna 2

Krisztina Csibi, the candidate of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance, won Sunday’s by-election in Tolna County’s 2nd electoral district, in south-western Hungary, with close to two-thirds of the vote.

Data published by the National Election Office with 99.12 percent of the votes counted shows Csibi with 11,913 votes, 63.7 percent of all votes cast. Dóra Dúró of opposition Mi Hazánk had 3,588 votes (19.18 percent) and László Takács of the opposition Democratic Coalition had 2,055 (10,99 percent). Independent candidate Gábor Harangozó had 437 votes (2.34 percent), independent Ernő Vilcsek 380 (2.03 percent) and Pál Péter Ágoston of the Second Reform Age party had 330 votes (1.76 percent).

Fidesz victory in Tolna 2 electoral district (Copy)
The MP-elect Krisztina Csibi and PM Orbán. Photo: FB/Krisztina Csibi

The by-election was held to decide who takes up the parliamentary seat of Árpád János Potápi, who served as a Fidesz MP for Tolna County’s 2nd district and state secretary for policies for Hungarians across the borders when he died in October last year.

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