Fidesz wins 300,000 supporters, Jobbik has 1.1 million supporters over summer

Budapest, September 21 (MTI) – Fidesz has raised its supporter numbers to 1.9 million over the summer, while radical nationalist Jobbik party had 1.1 million and the Socialists 800,000 supporters, the latest poll by Ipsos showed.

Fidesz’s support was up from 20 percent in June to 24 percent in September, the poll published on Monday showed. Jobbik’s supporters fell from 15 percent to 14 percent while the opposition Socialists raised their camp from 9 percent to 10 percent in the same period, on the whole sample.

The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) and opposition LMP party are neck-in-neck at 4 percent and 3 percent, respectively, in September. Each party had about a quarter of a million supporters, Ipsos said. Egyutt for the first time raised its level of support to 2 percent, from the 1 percent gauged in every poll since the party’s formation, it added.

The proportion of voters who kept all parties at arm’s length fell from 44 percent to 38 percent from June to September, Ipsos said. Still, 3 million people said they did not have a preferred party.