2018 Hungarian parliamentary election Sunday April 08,2018

The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held on Sunday April 08,2018 to elect 199 Members of the National Assembly

The incumbent PM Viktor Orban, electrifies both the domestic political debate and the European political scene in the name of illiberal democracy. Like Vladimir Putin, his reputation on the international scene is inversely proportional to his popularity within the country.

Hungary, with its 9.8 million people, faces a number of challenges that the next parliament will have to grapple with

The general elections take place at a time when the political momentum is favouring Orban’s party, Fidesz. In office from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 on, it is the dominant party in Hungary, especially in the Pannonian plain and in the industrial bastion of Miskolc. In the previous general elections in 2014, which saw 61 per cent turnout, the coalition formed by Fidesz (44 per cent of the vote) and the KDNP Christian Democrats (25 per cent of the vote) won an absolute two-thirds majority with 133 seats, leaving Jobbik extremists (20 per cent) far behind. Similarly, in 2017, the Fidesz-backed presidential candidate, Janos Ader, a close associate of Viktor Orban, was re-elected

Hungarian political parties held their last rallies on Friday, ahead of Sunday's general elections, where the Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is seeking a third consecutive term, is considered the absolute favorite.

Orban, who put the issue of mass migration and the defense of Hungary at the center of his campaign, told that those who wanted to preserve "Hungary a Hungarian country should cast their vote for Fidesz", which is his ruling party.