He expressed hopes that LMP candidates will achieve better results in Veszprém, Szeged and Pécs in the October 3 local elections than they did in the spring national ballot.

LMP wants to catch up with the Socialists in Budapest and at district levels, and hopes that there will also be provincial towns where it can overtake Jobbik, he added."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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