Fidesz Candidate Winner Of Tight Budapest Ward, Says Kúria
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has inspected each and every invalid vote in Budapest’s 15th constituency and established that the local election committee had rendered those invalid lawfully. As a result, the mandate of the district goes to László Kucsák, candidate of the ruling Fidesz- Christian Democrats, the court said on Wednesday.
The court on Tuesday ordered a recount of invalid votes cast at an election ward in Budapest where the ruling Fidesz candidate had a close victory over the Socialist candidate on April 6.
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.
The ruling was overruled by the Kúria. The outer Budapest district came into focus because with a Socialist victory the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance would not have earned a twothirds majority in the new 199-member parliament.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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