Here are the results of referendum on EU migrant quotas

Budapest (MTI) – The National Election Committee on Tuesday established with an unanimous decision the results of the Oct 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas.

Of the 8,272,625 eligible voters, a total 3,646,334 cast their votes, including 3,506,618 at polling stations, 9,360 in Hungary’s foreign representative offices and 130,356 by mail. Turnout was 43.91 percent in polling stations, 83.34 percent in foreign representative offices and 47.47 percent by mail.

Of the 3,643,055 voting slips submitted, 224,668 or 6.17 percent were invalid. Of the 3,418,387 valid votes, 56,163 or 1.64 percent were ‘yes’ votes and 3,362,224 or 98.36 percent were ‘no’ votes.

The election committee’s decision is not final, appeals can be submitted to the Kuria or supreme court within five days.

In the referendum, Hungary’s voters were asked: “Do you want to allow the European Union to mandate the resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of parliament?”

Under Hungary’s referendum law, a referendum is valid if voter turnout is over 50 percent. It is considered conclusive if more than half of the valid votes are cast for the same answer.

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Source: MTI