UPDATE – Hungary election 2026: Voter turnout at 11 AM reaches new records

Turnout in Hungary election 2026 stood at 16.89% by 9 AM on Sunday, with 1,271,768 eligible voters casting ballots by that time, according to figures published by the National Election Office (NVI), MTI reports.

The highest turnout at 9 AM was recorded in Békés County at 18.61% (47,754 voters), while the lowest was in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County at 14.13% (67,753 voters).

In Budapest, 15.96% of voters had voted by 9 AM, representing 202,934 people.

For comparison, turnout by 9am was 9.80% in the first round of the 1998 parliamentary election, 8.81% in 2002, 11.39% (first round) in 2006, 10.23% in 2010, 9.50% in 2014, 13.17% in 2018, and 10.31% in 2022, according to NVI data.

The NVI publishes turnout updates every two hours during the day.

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UPDATE: Hungary election 2026: 11 AM – National turnout: 37.98%

Compared to 25.77% four years ago, turnout in the parliamentary election had already reached 37.98% by 11 a.m. This is an exceptional figure. In 2018, turnout did not reach 30 percent at this time, and in the elections of the past two and a half decades, it remained well below that level, as shown in our chart.

Voter Turnout – 11 a.m. – Budapest – 36.98 percent

According to data from the National Election Office (NVI), 36.98 percent of eligible voters had cast their ballots in the capital by 11 a.m. on Sunday during the parliamentary election.

In Budapest, according to data from 7 a.m., 3.45 percent of the 1,271,000 eligible voters—43,889 voters—had cast their ballots. By 9 a.m., 15.96 percent of eligible voters (202,934 voters) had cast their ballots, and by 11 a.m., 36.98 percent of eligible voters (470,230 voters) had gone to the polls.

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