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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - Hungary Election Review

Executive Summary

  • Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing populist Fidesz Party pulled off an electoral shock on 3 April, increasing the government's supermajority in parliament by two seats after 12 years in office.
  • Taking 135 of 199 seats (up from 133 previously) points to the dominance Orban's party holds over Hungarian politics, the media landscape, and the nation's institutions.
  • The 'United for Hungary' opposition alliance secured what it will view as an extremely disappointing 56 seats, a loss of six compared to the total secured in 2017 by the numerous parties that set aside their differences in an effort to oust the Orban government.

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