Election 2014

20/01/2014

Disinterest In Voting For minority List At Spring Election

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Interest in registering for minority lists for the spring general election has been paltry, with only 819 people registering so far, […]
19/01/2014

Ader sets date of 2014 election for April 6

(MTI) – President Janos Ader on Saturday set the date of Hungary’s 2014 general election for April 6, which is the earliest possible Sunday under the […]
17/01/2014

Socialist leader says campaign must focus on bread-and-butter worries

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – An intensive, sincere and responsible campaign focusing on people’s everyday bread-and-butter worries is needed in order to defeat ruling Fidesz in […]
15/01/2014

Analysis: Opposition left-wing and liberal leaders agree on joint list for general election

Budapest, January 14 (MTI) – Hungary’s left-wing opposition parties agreed to submit a joint list for the spring general election, party leaders announced on Tuesday. The […]
14/01/2014

President Ader: 2014 year of elections, anniversaries

(MTI) – For Hungarians 2014 will be a year of elections and important anniversaries, President Janos Ader said in an address to foreign ambassadors accredited to […]
11/01/2014

Roma party campaigns against registration as minority for spring election

(MTI) – Hungary’s Roma Party (MCP) on Friday placed a batch of over 2,000 voided application sheets at the National Roma Self-government headquarters (OCO) in Budapest […]
09/01/2014

Left-wing alliance: Mesterhazy the prime minister candidate

Budapest, January 8 (MTI) – The Socialist party will give the prime minister candidate for the alliance with E-PM under an agreement sealed on Wednesday, Gordon […]
08/01/2014

Election 2014: Socialists to name PM candidate for alliance

Budapest, January 8 (MTI) – The Socialist party will give the prime minister candidate for the alliance with E-PM under an agreement sealed on Wednesday, Gordon […]
05/01/2014

Govt expected to initiate another national consultation

(MTI) – The government is expected to find out where Hungarians stand on issues in another national consultation, perhaps even before general election in the spring, […]
03/01/2014

Registration open for EU citizens to vote at EP election in Hungary

Budapest, January 3 (MTI) – European Union citizens living in Hungary can already declare whether they will vote here or in their home country at the […]
01/01/2014

Support for main Hungarian parties in December

(MTI) – Support for political parties in Hungary in December, gauged by pollsters Ipsos, Tarki, Nezopont, Szazadveg and Median on representative samples: IN THE WHOLE SAMPLE […]
30/12/2013

Roma Party asks voters not to register as member of minority for 2014 election

Budapest, December 30 (MTI) – Hungary’s Roma Party (MCP) has called on voters belonging to one of Hungary’s 13 official minorities not to register themselves as […]
19/12/2013

Vona: Jobbik to surprise at 2014 election

Budapest, December 18 (MTI) – Radical nationalist Jobbik will surprise at next year’s general election, leader Gabor Vona said on Wednesday. Jobbik plans to focus on […]
18/12/2013

POLL – Party preferences stagnant

Budapest, December 18 (MTI) – With the exception of ruling party Fidesz, voter support for all Hungarian parties remained stagnant in December, according to a survey […]
09/12/2013

Fidesz-Christian Democrats announce list of individual candidates

(MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats party alliance has finalised its list of individual candidates for next year’s parliamentary election and published the list of 106 […]
04/12/2013

A quarter of Hungarians never go to polls – think-tank

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Around 2 million people, or around 20 percent of Hungarian voting-age adults, never cast their ballots and another 5-20 percent stay […]
02/12/2013

Surveys and Polls – Support for main Hungarian parties in November

Budapest, December 2 (MTI) – Support for political parties in Hungary in November, gauged by pollsters Ipsos, Tarki, Nezopont, Szazadveg and Median on representative samples. Support […]
02/12/2013

DK presents 16-point election platform

MTI – The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) presented a 16-point platform for their election campaign on Sunday. “There will be no compromise with autocracy,” the […]
22/11/2013

MSZP AND E14-PM Alliance Present Election Candidates For Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County

The Socialist Party (MSZP) and the E14-PM electoral alliance presented at the press conference in Nyírbátor their individual candidates running in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County’s constituencies in 2014 […]
10/11/2013

MSZP and E14-PM alliance present election candidates for Budapest

The Socialist Party (MSZP) and the E14-PM electoral alliance presented their individual candidates running in Budapest’s constituencies in next year’s parliamentary elections. The Socialists will field […]