Hungarian election: Viktor Orbán wins second term as Jobbik support soars
Source: Guardian
Hungarians handed prime minister Viktor Orbán another four years in power in Sunday's parliamentary election, while about one in every five voters backed Jobbik, the far-right opposition party accused of antisemitism.
Orbán has clashed repeatedly with the EU and foreign investors over his maverick policies, but many Hungarians regard the 50-year-old former dissident against communist rule as a champion of national interests. Under his government, personal income tax and household power bills have fallen.
After 71% of the ballots were counted, election officials projected Orbán's Fidesz party would win 135 of the 199 seats in parliament – passing the two-thirds threshold needed for his party to unilaterally change the constitution.
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The socialist-led leftist alliance was projected to win 39 seats, with 25 going to Jobbik, whose share of the national vote on party lists rose from 15.9% four years ago to 21.25%.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/06/hungary-election-viktor-orban-fidesz-party-jobbik
This is pretty depressing - Fidesz, which calls itself 'centre-right', is pretty far right, while Jobbik are close to neo-Nazi - very racist and anti-semitic.
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