Counties stay orange – Budapest Newspaper – 2024-06-11 08:26:00

Native elections

Written by Rainer Ackermann

Within the counties, Fidesz has once more gained, however in some provincial capitals the colour of the mayor is altering.

The county assemblies are dominated in all places by the federal government events; the Fidesz-KDNP record even gained with an absolute majority in 5 counties. These are Vas, Somogy and Tolna within the west and south of the nation and Nógrád and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg within the north. In Szabolcs, Fidesz introduced a document record results of 54.5%. In Budapest, the victory was the slimmest, with simply over 33%. In comparison with 2019, Fidesz was in a position to acquire Baja (with 48%), the quarrelsome Eger (with simply 36%), Miskolc (with 40%) and Salgótarján (with 46.5%) in addition to the first district of Budapest in these native elections, however alternatively misplaced Győr, Szolnok, Nagykanizsa and the twelfth district within the capital.

Mayors encased in concrete

Als OB einbetoniert sind auf Seiten des Fidesz András Cser-Palkovics, der Székesfehérvár with greater than 74% (!), and Zoltán Balaicz, der Zalaegerszeg mit 73% essen convienzend gewann, wie Ádám Hernádi might triumph in Esztergom (70%). From the opposite camp, former Socialist László Botka (68%) in Szeged, Tamás Pintér in Dunaújváros (additionally 68%) and András Nemény (vereinte Linke) in Szombathely (65%) are dominated by a broad opposition.

Beneath the “provincial prince” is the OB of Székesfehérvár, András Cser-Palkovics (proper), since many years a protected financial institution for Fidesz. Photograph: Fb/ András Cser-Palkovics

Within the second row of the “provincial princes” we discover Péter Márki-Zay, the previous prime candidate of the opposition alliance for the 2022 parliamentary elections, who held Hódmezővásárhely with 55% as effortlessly as Károly Szita (Fidesz-KDNP) controls Kaposvár (52%).

Knappes Rennen in Győr

Essentially the most thrilling occasion was in Győr, the place Bence Pintér, who was put ahead by a residents’ initiative supported by LMP and Momentum, was in a position to prevail with a lead of lower than 500 votes and barely greater than 31% in opposition to the incumbent Fidesz mayor Csaba András Dezsi (30%) and the previous Fidesz mayor Zsolt Borkai (27%).

The battle for the title of mayor was notably thrilling in Győr, the place Bence Pintér (M.) in the end got here out on prime by lower than 500 votes. Photograph: Fb/ Bence Pintér

For the election outcomes, please additionally learn the Evaluation of the German-Hungarian Institute on the MCC from the pen of Bence Bauer!