Last weekend, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party not only won 88 out of the 106 single mandate constituencies, but also the popular vote — with more than 53 percent of the ballots cast on party lists.\n \nThe united Hungarian opposition, which according to polls was in a neck-and-neck race with Fidesz , only won 18 single mandate constituencies and 34 percent of the party list votes.
And to add to the gloom, the extreme-right party Our Homeland also entered parliament, with 6.15 percent of th...
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Already a member? Login hereDaniel Hegedüs is transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS).
Daniel Hegedüs is transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS).