Hungary’s centre-right eyes emphatic victory / Hungary’s centre-right in landslide victory

Hungary’s centre-right opposition Fidesz party completed the most emphatic electoral victory since the fall of communism by claiming an unprecedented two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections on the 25 April 2010 and ending eight years of Socialist rule.

European Commission: MEMO/10/151: Hungary: Congratulation message of President Barroso to Viktor Orbán on his election victory http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/151&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Hungary: Parliamentary Election, 11 April and 25 April 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/hungary-parliamentary-election-11-april-and-25-april-2010/

BBC News, 25.4.10: Landslide victory for Hungary's conservative opposition http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8642456.stm

Deutsche Welle, 25.4.10: Center-right Fidesz secures two-thirds majority in Hungarian elections http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5504778,00.html

EurActiv, 26.4.10: Voters give 'revolutionary' victory to Hungary’s centre-right http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/voters-give-revolutionary-victory-hungary-s-centre-right-news-482020

Gazeta Wyborcza, 26.4.10: Fidesz, the centre right landslide (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/238711-fidesz-centre-right-landslide

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