Turnout was 43.91% in polling stations, 83.34% in foreign representative offices and 47.47% by mail.

Of the 3,643,055 voting slips submitted, 224,668 or 6.17% were invalid.

Of the 3,418,387 valid votes, 56,163 or 1.64% were ‘yes’ votes and 3,362,224 or 98.36% were ‘no’ votes.

The election committee’s decision is not final, appeals can be submitted to the Kúria or supreme court within five days.

In the referendum, Hungary’s voters were asked: “Do you want to allow the European Union to mandate the resettlement of non- Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of parliament?”

Under Hungary’s referendum law, a referendum is valid if voter turnout is over 50%. It is considered conclusive if more than half of the valid votes are cast for the same answer.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.