- Fidesz misplaced three cities with county rights and the opposition 4, so from autumn Fidesz could have 16 mayors and the opposition could have 10 mayors.
- Fidesz took again Baja, Eger and Miskolc after 5 years and Salgótarján after eight years. The board majority is steady behind the brand new Fidesz mayors.
- Fidesz additionally misplaced Győr, Nagykanizsa and Szolnok after 2006.
- The brand new opposition mayors is not going to have a simple activity, in Győr and Szolnok none of them have a board majority.
This was actually the final native authorities election, when the competitors between Fidesz and the socialist-rooted opposition in most cities with county rights decided the election of mayors and native representatives. The Tisza Celebration, which exploded within the European Parliament elections, was unable to area a candidate immediately in any of the foremost cities as a result of shortness of time. How the Tisza will begin to construct, and who it can settle for from the outdated opposition, remains to be the music of the long run, however it’s sure that the social gathering will disrupt native public life.
5 years in the past, Fidesz received in 15 cities with county rights, and the opposition in 11.
Since autumn, Fidesz has appointed mayors in 16 cities with county rights, and the opposition in 10.
Cities misplaced to the opposition
Baja – Klára Nyirati surprisingly received the 2019 election after 13 years of Fidesz rule. Kálmánné from Fidesz simply misplaced the mayoral election in opposition to Bari Bernadett. Who is aware of how a lot of a task he performed within the downfall when he criticized his social gathering, Momentum, at an occasion in DK, from which he left. There are most likely deeper causes for the defeat, because the opposition misplaced all ten particular person constituencies.
photo_camera Kálmánné Bari Bernadett Supply:
Róbert Zsigó’s Fb web page
Eger – Ádám Mirkóczki received 5 years in the past as a candidate of the opposition, since then they’ve drifted aside. He based an area affiliation, and the left-wing opposition coalition began individually, the place they achieved the worst consequence among the many cities with county rights, 12.65 %. Ákos Vágner from Fidesz received right here with the weakest consequence, acquiring 35.29 %. Fidesz gained a majority within the board.
photo_camera Ákos Vágner Supply:
Fb web page of Ákos Vágner
Miskolc – Pál Veres didn’t run for his publish once more, and the opposition made itself recognized in response to the basic technique: MSZP-DK-LMP-Párbeszéd and Jobbik-Momentum began individually. Because of their paralysis, Fidesz radio presenter József Tóth-Szántai, who has no political background, was in a position to win town by 40.22 %. (Pál Veres received with 54.8 % in 2019.) There may even be a Fidesz majority within the board, Fidesz received in 15 of the 18 particular person constituencies, and to our nice shock, a Hungarian particular person victory within the constituencies was additionally born.
photo_camera József Tóth-Szántai and János Lázár Supply:
Fb web page of József Tóth-Szántai
Salgótarján – One of the stunning opposition defeats. The outgoing leftist mayor appointed his successor, Deputy Mayor Máté Huszár. It was certainly a warning signal that when Klára Dobrev and Gergely Karácsony visited town, the viewers may match underneath some shady bushes, and a busload of them additionally got here from Heves. Fidesz additionally obtained the bulk within the Home of Representatives.
Cities that Fidesz misplaced
Győr – András Csaba Dézsi moved each stone to stay mayor, a virtually three-quarter-hour lengthy marketing campaign movie was even filmed about him, in useless. He misplaced to former journalist Bence Pintér in a detailed struggle. Pintér nonetheless defeated the mayor of Győr, who acquired barely 30 %, as a result of two different robust candidates ran, or considered so: the returning Zsolt Borkai achieved 27 %, which is a very nice consequence 5 years after the most important intercourse scandal in Hungarian political life. DK was fully bankrupted by the beginning of Tímea Glázer, who achieved 3.45 %. It’s unlikely that there’s a DK within the nation who carried out worse than this. Pintér is not going to have a simple activity, as he shall be in a large minority within the consultant physique:
- 14 Fidesz representatives
- 4 LMP-Momentum-MSZP-TSZV supporters (together with the mayor)
- 2 wine glasses
- 1 Civilians for Győr
- 1 Szentivan Civilians
photo_camera Bence Pintér Photograph: Dániel Németh/444
Nagykanizsa – Fidesz should hand over town to the left after 2006. This time, the rematch went nicely, each main events despatched the identical politicians to the battle line as they did in 2019. Then László Balogh from Fidesz beat Jácinth Horváth by 3 share factors, who now received by 5 share factors. The left could have a slim majority within the consultant physique.
photo_camera Jácint Horváth Supply:
Jácint Horváth’s Fb web page
Szolnok – Ferenc Szalay of Fidesz received the mayoral election once more after 2002. Then the mom of Szeged mayor László Botka, Lajosné Botka, defeated him. Szalay fought again in 2006, and since then has received consecutive elections. Mihály Györfi received because the candidate of the left-wing events, however it is not going to be simple: the left could have eight representatives along with the mayor, Fidesz could have 9, and the LMP mayoral candidate has additionally made it in, who remains to be a thriller as to who he’ll vote for.
photo_camera Mihály Györfi and Ágnes Kunhalmi Photograph:
mszp.hu
Shocking opposition title defenses
Tatabánya – In the course of the cycle, it will have been believed that Ilona Szücsné Postztovics, the mayor of Tatabánya, may win once more in 2024. After we visited town in the summertime of 2023, the state of affairs was as follows: of the 9 candidates of the opposition alliance, 4 had been with the mayor, two supported the mayor’s faction from the skin, three politicized within the colours of the Generations for Tatabánya Affiliation, they agreed with Fidesz sooner than their very own 2019 with their allies. The opposition politician who was in a position to do that received by 10 share factors. The present one is not going to be simple both: within the 17-member consultant physique, the left could have eight representatives, Fidesz could have seven, and there may even be one consultant from our nation and one from a civil society group.
photo_camera Ilona Szűcsné Postztovics Photograph:
Zoltan Sipos/copyright 2024
Hódmezővásárhely – Personally, it was crucial for János Lázár to regain Hódmezővásárhely for Fidesz. Viktor Orbán himself additionally campaigned within the metropolis, though Péter Márki-Zay received a really clean victory of virtually 20 share factors.
(Cowl photograph: Bálint Kreicsi to the correct of Orbán at a marketing campaign occasion in Salgótarján. Photograph: MTI/Minister’s Press Workplace/Zoltán Fischer)
