
Parliament building in Budapest. File photoBUDAPEST, Apr 3 Polling stations for the Hungarian parliamentary elections opened Sunday at 06:00 local time (07:00 Moscow time) and will run until 19:00 (20:00 Moscow time). Parliamentary elections are underway in Hungary. The number of deputy mandates is 199. They are distributed in two ways: 106 seats in the majoritarian system in single-mandate districts and 93 in proportion to party lists. More than 8.2 million Hungarians inside and outside the country have the right to vote, according to the national electoral committee. parties (CDPP) led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who supports cooperation with the Russian Federation, and a coalition of Hungarian opposition parties with its leader Peter Marki-Zaj, who is set to interact with Brussels. As evidenced by regular public opinion polls, the last three months have been constantly leading Fidesz-PPCD», however, the gap ranges from minimal (2-3 points) to more significant (more than 10 points). Thus, last month’s research predicts Fidesz-ChDPP to have about 50% of the vote, and the opposition coalition a little over 40%. The previous parliamentary elections were held in Hungary in April 2018. After them, the newly elected Hungarian parliament re-elected Orban as prime minister, he took this position for the fourth time. towards Russia «it will cost her dearly»

