Péter Magyar: Does emergence of ex-husband of former justice minister Judit Varga weaken Fidesz?

Ruling Fidesz has retained its 47-percent lead over the opposition parties, whereas Péter Magyar who has emerged in Hungarian politics has divided voters on the left, according to a fresh poll released by the Nézőpont Institute on Friday.

In the poll conducted by phone between 26-28 February and between 2-4 April on a sample of 1,000 adults, Nézőpont noted that three weeks ago Magyar had announced that he would set up a party and run in the upcoming European parliamentary elections.

Péter Magyar’s party would get lots of votes

Nézőpont said that at an election held this Sunday, Magyar’s party would garner 13 percent of the vote, the same as the joint list of the Democratic Coalition, the Socialist Party and Párbeszéd. The satirical Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party has a backing of 11 percent, while Momentum, “the biggest loser” on the change in the political scene, was at 4 percent (down from 7 percent in February) and thus below the EP threshold of 5 percent.

“While Magyar tries to position himself as a centre party, he has failed to win the support of ruling party supporters. His supporters come from among the camp of voters supporting left wing parties,” Nézőpont said.

Radical right-wing party Mi Hazánk has had 6 percent, just clearing the parliamentary threshold, down from 8 percent in February, Nézőpont said.

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