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Of the 664 individual candidates for parliament running in the April 3 general election, only 34 are listed as independent, the National Election Office’s website said on Friday.
The Fidesz-Christian Democrat (KDNP) and the united opposition of the Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, Momentum, Socialists, LMP and Párbeszéd are the only parties to field candidates in all 106 election districts, NVI said.
Altogether twenty parties are fielding candidates. Our Homeland (Mi Hazánk) will run in 102 districts, the Solution (Megoldás) Movement has 99 candidates, and the Two-tailed Dog (MKKP) has 79, NVI said.
The Party for a Normal Life (Normális Élet) is also fielding 79 candidates, and the alliance of Igen Solidarity and the Hungarian Workers’ Party has 49, NVI said.
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