A sharp increase in voter participation has been recorded in the opening hours of parliamentary elections in Hungary, according to foreign media.
Polling stations opened at 6:00 a.m. on April 12. By 7:00 a.m., 260,556 citizens (3.46%) had voted, an increase of 120,889 compared to the same period in the 2022 elections, when 139,667 voters (1.82%) had participated.
The figure also surpassed the 2002 level, when around 2% voted in the first hour.
By 9:00 a.m. local time, turnout in the parliamentary elections stood at 16.89%, compared to 10.31% in 2022.
The rise in participation is particularly notable given a decline in the number of registered voters over the past four years, which has fallen by 166,115 due to Hungary’s population decrease.
By Jeyhun Aghazada
