Opposition Mi Hazánk on Saturday demanded a recount of votes cast in the April 3 general election, citing a “last minute” withdrawal of a party mandate as the reason for legal remedy.
Party leader László Toroczkai said in a statement that after 99% of the votes counted, the party had had seven parliamentary mandates. “As soon as votes from beyond the borders were being counted, however, the percentage result of Mi Hazánk started falling rapidly and the number of fractional votes added to the [ruling] Fidesz party list also increased because of a change in the winner of an individual constituency,” he said. Mi Hazánk lost its seventh mandate based on only 48 votes going to Fidesz, and thus the ruling party has a secure two-thirds majority in the new parliament, he added. “Considering that a bag full of partially destroyed voting slips have been found in Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely) clearly showing votes submitted to Mi Hazánk, and the fact that voting slips in Vojvodina were delivered without proof of receipt by activists of VMSZ, a party with close links to Fidesz”, Mi Hazánk refuses to accept the current situation until a review is completed, he said. Toroczkai said the party would propose recounting the votes and submit a demand for legal remedy.
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