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Gabor Kiss

Record turnout expected as parliamentary election in Hungary gets under way

A high turnout is expected in the ongoing Hungarian parliamentary election, where voting began at 6am on Sunday morning and some 7.5 million people are eligible to vote.

One hour after the polls opened, 3,46% of eligible voters had cast their ballot by 7 a.m., a historic record (four years ago it was 1,82%), and 16,9% of eligible voters had turned out by 9 a.m., also a record (four years ago 10.3% had voted by 9 a.m.).

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