Low Turnout In Hungary Lifts Smaller Parties
- 29 May 2014 11:40 AM
Fidesz will designate 12 of Hungary’s 21 MEPs, having obtained slightly more than half of all votes cast in Sunday’s European Parliament elections. Turnout sank to a record low of 29%, down from 36% in 2009.
For the first time, Jobbik finished a clear second, taking 15% of the votes, as support for the Socialists collapsed to 11%.
The Socialists and the Democratic Coalition will each send two representatives to Brussels, while Together-Dialogue and LMP won enough votes to delegate a single MEP.
Jobbik’s support was unchanged from the 2009 EU elections. In that year Fidesz won 56% of the votes, the Socialists 17% and LMP 3%. The now defunct Democratic Forum won 5% of the vote and one MEP’s seat.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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