Invalid Votes To Be Recounted In Budapest Ward

  • 22 Apr 2014 5:00 AM
Invalid Votes To Be Recounted In Budapest Ward
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday ordered a recount of votes cast at an election ward in Budapest where the ruling Fidesz candidate narrowly beat the opposition candidate on April 6, news website index.hu said.

A similar recount in two local precincts last week did not change the result, bringing the Socialist candidate closer to the winner by a mere 4 votes.

Runner-up Socialist candidate for the leftist Unity alliance Ágnes Kunhalmi initiated the recount last week in all precincts, but the National Election Committee turned down her request.

This has now been overruled by the Kúria, index.hu said.

The outer Budapest district came into the spotlight at the finish of the parliamentary election.

Had the Socialist candidate won the vote, the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance would not have earned a twothirds majority in the 199-member parliament.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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