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At a press conference on Friday, Máté Kanász-Nagy, co-chair of the LMP, announced that his party would re-launch its current representative, Antal Csárdi, in the 1st electoral district of Budapest in 2022. In the city center, which includes a part of Districts 5 and 1, as well as the Palace District, Csárdi managed to defeat István Hollik de Fidesz in 2018, not only conquering the district from the ruling parties, but also obtaining the first individual representative mandate in the history of the LMP.
Kanász-Nagy spoke at the press conference about the fact that Csárdi now has the best chance of beating the candidate of the ruling parties, so he recommends the LMP politician to the attention of the other opposition parties.
By the way, in April 2018, Antal Csárdi withdrew from the district and defeated almost seven percent of Hollik (48.73–41.81 percent), so at that time the coalition of full opposition. Before the elections, András Fekete-Győr and Márta V. Naszályi (the mayor of District 1 since October 2019) and the president of the Együtt party, which has since ceased to exist, Péter Juhász also resigned, but Pál Losonczy on the ballot voting (finally got 6.39 percent).
Fidesz is already launching the names
Last week, we wrote about the names that were leaked from the government side, which would be running in the capital for the next parliamentary elections. However, what’s interesting about Fidesz is more about who wouldn’t measure himself individually. It seems that Gergely Gulyás, Mihály Varga and Máté Kocsis will also not be on the ballot in 2022.
It seems that Gergely Gulyás, Mihály Varga and Máté Kocsis are not measured either. His withdrawal could also send the wrong message to pro-government voters.
Instead of Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister, Balázs Fürjes, Secretary of State for Development of Budapest, can participate in XII. district, Mihály Varga Minister of Finance can be replaced by Csaba Gór, lawyer, representative of the local government in II. district, while Máté Kocsis, the leader of the Fidesz faction, may be Sára Botond, a former mayor, in Józsefváros.
Although the official reason is that prominent Fidesz politicians do not start individually because they can concentrate on the campaign with all their might, they are much more likely to want to protect members of the government from possible defeat. In the municipal elections of October last year, Fidesz suffered heavy losses in the capital, so it can be said that they do not have the flag in Budapest.
They would also trade in Downtown
As we wrote on Tuesday, László Böröcz, the former president of Fidelitas, would be replaced in 2022 in place of István Hollik, the party’s communications director, in the first electoral district of Budapest.
The information in the Index was also confirmed by the Fidesz-KDNP politician, the task can be expected for László Böröcz.
And this could easily mean that the government parties don’t expect a victory here either, which is also supported by a survey conducted by the Závecz Research Institute and acquired by the Index. According to the ZRI poll, if the opposition parties back a candidate, the district can be won over to Fidesz, albeit with a tight result. What is much more interesting, however, is which applicant has the best chance, as there may be more candidates for candidates in the city center.
Nothing is set in stone yet
It could even be evidence from the opposition side that if someone has previously won their individual constituency (Fidesz won in 91 out of 106, opposition parties in 15), they will relaunch in the colors of the coalition, but the thing is not so simple. . . Since April 2018, the balance of power has shifted, instead of the previously dominant MSZP and Jobbik, the Democratic Coalition and the Momentum are now the two main opposition forces, and they want to enforce this at the individual district level as well.
Two years ago, András Fekete-Győr took a step back in his district, citing the fact that the poll he ordered showed that it was not him, but Márta V. Naszályi, who was the most likely opposition candidate. Later, however, the candidate of the MSZP-Diálogo, Márta V. Naszályi, also resigned, she was in favor of Antal Csárdi, so in the end the LMP politician became the only possible rival for Fidesz, and this brought success in the elections.
- Márta V. Naszályi has been mayor of District I since October 2019, according to our information, she is not even considering leaving her current position in exchange for a parliamentary seat.
- Jobbik is not strong in the capital, and his former candidate is no longer active in public life, so there is little chance that they will stand in the way of having Csárdi in the district again.
- According to the current position, Péter Juhász does not plan to return to politics, so the LMP does not have to have the president of the United Party, which has since ceased to exist.
It can be a pre-selection of the opposition
The situation is quite different with the president of the Momentum party. Although András Fekete-Győr has not dealt with constituency issues in recent years, he has become a nationally known and popular opposition politician, from whom he can benefit locally.
Although Fekete-Győr could easily win a parliamentary seat, given that party leaders will likely win a seat on the opposition list, a victory in an individual district would further strengthen the momentary politician’s legitimacy. In your case, it may seem like a logical decision to compete in 2022.
András Fekete-Győr did not give a clear answer to the Index’s question, but he did not deny that he was thinking of an individual exit. According to the president of the Momentum, neither in the case of Csárdi nor in other deputies
there is no evidence that in 2022 it will be the common opposition candidate who has previously won the district.
According to Fekete-Győr, no concrete personal decisions have yet been made in the opposition negotiations, Momentum would hold a pre-selection in most places to select the most suitable candidates.
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