Numbers Don’t Lie: PM Orban’s Nationwide Tour Reshapes the Race

Hungary's ruling parties could secure an absolute majority in the April 12 parliamentary election, according to a seat projection published Friday morning by the Nezopont Institute. Levente Boros Bank, the institute’s director, said the results are largely due to the mobilization efforts of the Fidesz–Christian Democrat (KDNP) alliance, in which Viktor Orban has played a major role through his nationwide tour. In contrast to this projection, left-leaning polling institutes have typically reported a significantly larger lead for the Tisza Party. According to the expert, these institutes are simply reverting to an old formula: trying to give hope to left-wing voters.

Endre Hann (Photo: Laszlo Beliczay/MTI)

In this context, a previous statement by Endre Hann, head of Medián, was also telling, when he publicly said he might not continue his work in polling. “From this, one might conclude that someone planning to hang up their polling uniform in the near future no longer has anything to lose—anything goes. They can afford to make claims detached from reality in public, with the political aim of assisting the opposition by influencing public opinion,” Levente Boros Bank said.

Cover photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Source: Facebook)

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