Nézőpont: Hungary’s Ruling Party Would Recover 2/3rds Majority At Elections
- 21 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
The ruling Fidesz party would recover its two-thirds majority if the elections were to be held next Sunday, the director-general of pollster Nézőpont Institute said. Fidesz’s support among all voters is now 34%, up from 26% at the start of the year when “the ruling party had some unpleasant months”, Ágoston Sámuel Mráz told public news channel M1.
Among decided voters Fidesz enjoys 48% support, which shows that the party’s popularity is back where it was in April 2014, he added.
Recent polls by Nézőpont and also by Medián showed that the green opposition LMP would not reach the 5% threshold needed for seats in parliament.
The Socialists would get under 10% and radical nationalist Jobbik would also get 10%, down from 20% at the time after the party’s candidate won local elections in Tapolca, in south-west Hungary.
In response to a question about the possibility of the Socialists not getting into parliament at the next elections, Mráz said despite their poor showing there would always be a group of voters who choose left-wing values and such parties have a support base.
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