The Hungarian Local Elections of 2019: Unity Makes Strength
The Hungarian Local Elections of 2019: Unity Makes Strength

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses one of the main aspects of the 2019 local elections in Hungary. Indeed, these elections, assumed a prominent national significance, as for the first time since 2010, Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz, did not win by a landslide. On the contrary, a united opposition managed to win in the city of Budapest and in several of the other main urban centres. In the article we provide a brief analysis of the context and the electoral campaign, followed by a description of the main results. Finally, we analyse the main outcomes of the elections in comparison with the other elections since the previous local ones in 2014. In this regard, we can point out on the one hand the widening of the urban-rural divide, and on the other the effectiveness of the new cooperation strategy implemented by the fragmented opposition, which seems the only way to challenge the predominance of Fidesz.

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