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2022-04-03 Europe

Will Viktor Orban Bring Down the House That Davos Built? (Elections Today)

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Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-03 13:21|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 From the ZH link to the above. I guess the cheating operation will have to kick into overdrive now.

Update (1600ET): Much to the chagrin of the elites - as detailed below - Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party took a commanding lead in Hungarian elections, according to an early count that appeared to dim the chances of a six-party opposition alliance to block him from a fourth consecutive term.

With 36% of the votes counted, mostly from rural districts that are the core of Orban’s support base, his Fidesz party was leading a six-party opposition alliance 58% to 30% on Sunday in the party list vote.

It was also tipped to win a large majority of the electoral districts that may give it close to a two-thirds parliamentary majority.

“We expect a clear victory,” Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas told reporters.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-03 16:31|| 2022-04-03 16:31|| Front Page Top

#2 A later count continues the trend, from the Times of Israel:

With 63 percent of the votes counted, Orban’s Fidesz party had gained 55.16% of the vote versus 33.09% for the six-party opposition coalition in the national party list vote which determines 93 seats out of the 199-seat chamber.

Fidesz also enjoys a clear lead in the results for individual constituencies, which determine the rest of the seats.

Woot!

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-03 17:16|| 2022-04-03 17:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Excellent! I like Orban as much as he drives them crazy. If I were Hungarian, I'd be an Orban fan voter

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-03 17:48|| 2022-04-03 17:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Update (1700ET): AFP reports that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed a "great victory" in Sunday's general election, as partial results gave his Fidesz party the lead.

Addressing a jubilant crowd chanting his name, Orban said:

"We have won a great victory -- a victory so great you can perhaps see it from the moon and certainly from Brussels".

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-03 18:00|| 2022-04-03 18:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't get cocky, all the votes aren't in. It ain't 4AM yet, still 'found ballots' to be had and the dead haven't yet voted.

These are the globalists (or NN2N1's 'LSDs') he's against.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-04-03 18:20|| 2022-04-03 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure that fellow Hungarian Soros is hating every second of it.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-03 20:40|| 2022-04-03 20:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Deeply hilarious "it's just too soon to say" report from CBC.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-03 20:43|| 2022-04-03 20:43|| Front Page Top

#8 ^^ Just f'n pathetic out of the CBC.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-03 20:44|| 2022-04-03 20:44|| Front Page Top

#9 And here's a beaut (but a good one) from Twitter:

Readers of English-language media may wish to reconsider their sources of information about Hungarian politics.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-04-03 20:49|| 2022-04-03 20:49|| Front Page Top

#10 As we all know, exposure to the wrong sort of media can result in badthink.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-03 20:57|| 2022-04-03 20:57|| Front Page Top

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