The leader of Hungary’s Tisza opposition party, Péter Maygar, expressed “cautious optimism” on Sunday evening about a possible victory in the parliamentary elections in which he is the main challenger to incumbent Prime Minister and Fidesz party leader Viktor Orbán. TASR informs about this according to the report of the 24.hu portal and the AFP agency.
- Opposition leader Péter Magyar expressed tentative optimism after the polls closed.
- A survey by the 21 Kutatóközpont institute gave the Tisza party the support of fifty-five percent of voters.
- The same survey estimated support for Orbán’s Fidesz at thirty-eight percent of voters.
- According to the survey, the Naša vlast movement is expected to enter parliament with five percent of the vote.
- Péter Magyar refused to answer journalists’ questions before the first interim results.
“Of course we know about it, we’ve seen the latest polls…,” he told reporters at a press conference shortly after the polls closed with record voter turnout. Magyar was referring to a survey by the 21 Kutatóközpont institute, published shortly after the end of the vote. He attributed the support of 55 percent to the Tisza party and 38 percent to Orbán’s Fidesz. However, it was based on surveys from the past three days and is therefore neither an exit poll nor a forecast of the number of votes.
According to this survey, the extreme right-wing Naša Vlasť Movement should enter the parliament with approximately five percent of the votes, writes the DPA agency. “Based on that data, along with the turnout data and the information we’ve received, we’re optimistic — or rather cautiously optimistic,” Magyar said.
“Now it is especially important that we keep our spirits up and keep calm!” said the opposition leader, alluding to the supposed possible provocation by the government. The 24.hu server reported that Magyar did not want to answer any questions at the press conference before the first provisional voting results were published.
