Gábor Vona of the radical nationalist Jobbik party is backed by 8%, followed by Gergely Karácsony of the Dialogue party with 6%, and Ferenc Gyurcsány of the leftist Democratic Coalition and Bernadett Szél of LMP with 5% both.

László Botka of the Socialists is supported by 3% and Liberal leader Gábor Fodor by 1% of respondents. Fully 97% of ruling Fidesz voters would re-elect Orbán.

Vona is backed by 77% among Jobbik supporters while the Socialist voters are divided: 34% of them would prefer to see Gyurcsány and 19% Botka as prime minister Nézőpont surveyed a representative sample of 1,000 voting-age adults by phone between June 6 and 8.

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

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