Karácsony officially declared mayor of Budapest for the 2nd time

Budapest’s incumbent mayor, Gergely Karácsony, has come out on top in the mayoral election recount, the election committee said on Friday.

Karácsony declared mayor of Budapest

Róbert Sasvári, the National Election Committee’s (NVB) head, said after the recount that Karácsony (Párbeszéd-Greens-DK-Socialists) notched up 371,538 votes, Dávid Vitézy (Dávid Vitézy for Budapest-LMP-Greens) received 371,245, with a difference between the two candidates of 293 votes.

“There are three Hungarian truths: we won first time round, we won a second time, and on Friday we won a third time,” the Budapest mayor said on Facebook after the result was declared. He said the outcome of the recount gave him a good reason “to say once again: thank you, Budapest!”.

Meanwhile, Dávid Vitézy, the mayor’s rival for the post, said on Facebook: “The election is over but our work is just beginning.” He congratulated Karácsony and also expressed gratitude for the support and encouragement during the campaign and “the dogged work of volunteers and my colleagues”.

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