Election 2022: Turnout at 3pm 52.75%

MTI-Hungary Today 2022.04.03.

By 3pm on Sunday, 52.75% of Hungary’s voters, 4,058,746 people had cast their ballots in the general election, the National Election Office (NVI) said.

Turnout at 3pm was highest (55.15pc) in Pest County and lowest (47.92pc) in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, in the north. Turnout in Budapest was 56.44 percent.

Turnout at the last general election four years ago was 53.64 percent, following 45.02 percent in 2014.

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Turnout at 3pm was highest (54.68pc) in Pest County, in central Hungary, and lowest (47.25pc) in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, in the north. Turnout in Budapest was 56 percent.

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