Public support for Hungary’s political parties has not changed significantly; the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democratic alliance has retained a massive lead, while every other voter still has no party preference or does not reveal their choice.
A survey by research institute Tarki sent to MTI on Wednesday said 18 percent of all respondents would vote for the governing parties, while both the opposition Socialists and radical nationalist Jobbik would garner 11 percent of the votes each. Four percent preferred the small opposition LMP, below the five-percent parliamentary threshold, Tarki’s report said.
Among decided voters, the governing alliance enjoyed 37 percent support, while the Socialists were favoured by 23 percent, the same as Jobbik. Fidesz was down from 40 percent in December, the Socialists fell from 25 percent while Jobbik added one percentage point. LMP was on 9 percent, up from 8 percent, in this voter group.
Socialist splinter group Democratic Coalition had two-percent support across the whole sample and four percent among decided voters, unchanged from December.
The survey was conducted between January 11-17, on a representative sample of 1,000 voting age adults.
