Local Election

12/10/2014

Local elections – Budapest Mayoral Candidates Cast Ballots

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – Mayoral candidates for the city of Budapest cast their votes in Hungary’s local elections on Sunday. Mayoral candidate for the Liberals, […]
12/10/2014

Election 2014 – Turnout 16.5 pc at 11am

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – By 11am on Sunday, 16.5 percent of the around 8.2 million eligible voters had cast their ballots in Hungary’s local elections, […]
12/10/2014

Local elections – Bokros says restoring rule of law, democracy “most important”

(MTI) – Restoring a constitutional democracy in Hungary is the most important goal, Lajos Bokros, the conservative Budapest mayoral candidate backed by several leftist opposition parties, […]
12/10/2014

Local Elections – Polls Open

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – A total of 10,351 polling stations opened in Hungary’s over 3,100 cities, towns and villages at 6am local time on Sunday. […]
10/10/2014

SURVEY: Fidesz poised to sweep local elections

Budapest, October 10 (MTI) – Ruling centre-right Fidesz is on course to win most county assembly seats, Budapest and its districts as well as the major […]
08/10/2014

Bokros Promotes Free Competition in Budapest Public Tenders

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Former finance minister and Budapest mayor candidate Lajos Bokros pledged to introduce a system of free competition at public tenders favourable […]
08/10/2014

POLL – Local elections – Less than half of electorate expected to turn up on Sunday

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – Less than half of Hungary’s electorate is likely to turn up to vote in Sunday’s local election, according to the latest […]
06/10/2014

Local elections – Fidesz activists to mobilise voters in last week before ballot, says Kosa

(MTI) – Some 100,000 activists of ruling Fidesz will be on their feet mobilising voters during the last week of the campaign before the Oct.12 local […]
03/10/2014

Two Polls Show Former Left Candidate More Popular than Bokros

Budapest, October 3 (MTI) – Two public opinion polls now show that Ferenc Falus, who recently stepped down as the left-wing opposition’s candidate in the election […]
30/09/2014

Local Elections – Tarlos Leads, Left Fights Old Woes, Say Analysts

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – The withdrawal of Ferenc Falus from his candidacy for the post of Budapest mayor has not altered parties’ chances in the […]
29/09/2014

Local elections – Falus to step down as mayoral candidate in Budapest

Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – Budapest mayoral candidate Ferenc Falus announced today that he is stepping down as a candidate. Originally put forward by the opposition […]
29/09/2014

Lazar, Balog meet local church leaders in S Hungary

(MTI) – Cabinet chief Janos Lazar and Zoltan Balog, the human resources minister, met local leaders of the largest churches in Mako, south Hungary, on Sunday. […]
29/09/2014

Local elections – Leftist Opposition Campaign May Bring in Bokros in Budapest

Budapest, September 29 (MTI) – The leftist opposition parties are considering replacing their mayoral candidate in Budapest Ferenc Falus with conservative economist Lajos Bokros. Zsolt Greczy, […]
28/09/2014

Socialists’ Tobias hopes for left-wing wins in 6-7 county seats

Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Jozsef Tobias, leader of the Socialist Party, hopes that besides winning the left-wing stronghold of Szeged, a city in the south, […]
27/09/2014

Local elections – Jobbik wants Budapest be strong, livable city, says mayoral candidate

Budapest, September 26 (MTI) – Radical nationalist Jobbik wants Budapest to be a strong and livable city providing a broad range of services for its residents, […]
18/09/2014

Local elections – Vona: Jobbik Hungary’s strongest opposition party

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – Radical nationalist Jobbik has now become Hungary’s strongest opposition party, its leader, Gabor Vona, told a press conference in Nyiregyhaza, north-east […]
14/09/2014

Local Elections – Over 8,000 Mayoral Candidates Fielded for October Election

(MTI) – Local election offices registered 8,142 candidates for mayor running in the upcoming municipal elections until the Friday midnight deadline. According to information from the […]
10/09/2014

Local elections – Socialists start white ribbon campaign of voter wishes

(MTI) – The opposition Socialists have urged voters to write messages of freedom on ribbons and tie them to Budapest’s Liberty bridge. Every resident would thereby […]
08/09/2014

Local Elections – PM Co-Leader Karacsony Praises Left’s Budapest Campaign

(MTI) – Gergely Karacsony, the co-chair of the leftist PM opposition party, has praised the programme announced by the candidate of the leftist parties for Budapest […]
29/08/2014

MTI INTERVIEW – Jobbik’s Mayor Candidate Proposes Budapest Law

(MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party’s candidate for Budapest mayor has proposed that parliament should pass a law to “clearly define” the roles of the […]