Analysts: Veszprem result offers no prediction at national level

Budapest (MTI) – The results of the by-election in western Hungary’s Veszprem cannot be extrapolated to a national level, political analysts polled by MTI said.

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Similarly, the result of another by-election at nearby Tapolca in April is impossible to predict from the election win of the independent candidate backed by the leftist parties in Veszprem, the analysts told a conference organised by the Republikon Institute on Tuesday evening.

Zoltan Kesz, the independent candidate backed by the left-wing parties won Sunday’s by-election in Veszprem with over 44 percent of votes cast. Lajos Nemedi, the candidate of the governing Fidesz-Christian-Democrat alliance, received just over 33 percent.

Agoston Mraz, senior analyst at Nezopont Institute, said one of the lessons of Sunday’s by-election in Veszprem was one of activity. The left had achieved better results at turning out the vote, while Fidesz was only able to get 40 percent of its earlier voters to go to the polls, Mraz said. For Jobbik this rate was 53 percent while the left got more votes than in the general election in spring last year, he said.