The Socialist party’s candidate for prime minister got the nod from 7 percent of the electorate in a survey by the Nezopont Institute, compared to 36 percent for opposition Fidesz’s Viktor Orban, the conservative think-tank said on Wednesday, citing its December survey conducted for political weekly Heti Valasz.
The 35 year-old Socialist party stalwart scored 5 percent in November — before he secured the backing of the Socialist party to lead them into the general election next spring.
The standing of the major parties was basically unchanged from November, Nezopont said. Among all voters, Fidesz registered the support of 39 percent while the Socialists had just 10 percent. Every second decided voter backed Fidesz while the Socialists were supported by just 12 percent in this category.
Radical nationalist party Jobbik was favourably rated by 6 percent of the electorate and 7 percent of decided voters.
None of the other parties registered enough support to reach five percent support needed for a parliamentary mandate, Nezopont found.
Nezopont carried out its poll between December 7 and 9 with representative sample of 1,000 voting-age adults.
