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Voter turnout in Hungary shatters democratic records

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Voter turnout in Hungary on Sunday shattered records for the country’s democratic history — in a sign of the level of engagement in an election to decide whether Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule comes to an end.



According to data from the Hungarian national election office, 74 percent of registered voters had cast their ballots by 5 p.m., already outpacing the final turnout of preceding elections. In the previous parliamentary election in 2022, turnout stood at about 63 percent at t

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