The ruling parties will have altogether 135 seats, the opposition alliance 57 seats, and far-right Mi Hazánk six seats in the new National Assembly.Continue reading
Far-right opposition party Mi Hazánk on Saturday demanded a recount of votes cast in the April 3 general election, citing a “last minute” withdrawal of a party mandate as the reason for legal remedy.
Party leader László Toroczkai said in a statement that after 99 percent of the votes counted, the party had had seven parliamentary mandates.
“As soon as votes from beyond the borders were being counted, however, the percentage result of Mi Hazánk started falling rapidly and the number of fractional votes added to the [ruling] Fidesz party list also increased because of a change in the winner of an individual constituency,” he said.
Mi Hazánk lost its seventh mandate based on only 48 votes going to Fidesz, and thus the ruling party has a secure two-thirds majority in the new parliament, he added.
“Considering that a bag full of partially destroyed voting slips have been found in Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures) clearly showing votes submitted to Mi Hazánk, and the fact that voting slips in Vojvodina were delivered without proof of receipt by activists of VMSZ, a party with close links to Fidesz”, Mi Hazánk refuses to accept the current situation until a review is completed, he said.
Toroczkai said the party would propose recounting the votes and submit a demand for legal remedy.
In the featured photo: Mi Hazánk leader László Toroczkai. Photo by Balázs Mohai/MTI