Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban re-elected for the third time
Budapest, Apr 9 (IBNS): Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban registered a landslide victory in Sunday's general election.
Orban, a right-wing politician, won his third consecutive term as his party, Fidesz, won half of the votes, with 93 percent of the ballots counted, reports said on Monday.
The 54-year-old Orban is a strong Eurosceptic (someone who criticizes the European Union), whose campaign was based on anti-immigration.
Voter turnout was recorded at 69 percent.
According to reports, the nationalist Jobbik party took the second place with 20 percent of the vote, while the Socialists finished third with 12 percent.
Hungary's green party, the LMP, garnered 7 percent of the votes, finishing fourth .
Meanwhile, following the results, Jobbik's chairman Gabor Vona and Socialist Party President Gyula Molnar resigned from their respective post.
"Jobbik's goal, to win the elections and force a change in government, was not achieved. Fidesz won. It won again," Vona was quoted in the media as saying.
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