László Turcsány resigned in January and later left Fidesz.

László Turcsány, which started as an independent constituency, won the by-elections in the 3rd individual constituency of Salgótarján. The vote had to be called because the politician resigned in January after posting photos of the deceased victim of a car accident on his community page.

Turcsány, who previously served as the leader of the Fidesz-KDNP faction in the municipality and has been a member of the constituency since 2010, obtained 47.9 percent of the vote. In second place was Andrea Kovács, a civilian candidate who lined up behind the opposition parties.

On January 17, a drunk waded to death a pedestrian in Salgótarján, in Rákóczi út. Turcsány arrived on the scene in second place and took a photo of the victim with his phone and then posted it on Facebook. The next day, he explained all this to the Index saying that he was in shock and posted the photo to see if the deceased was recognized. He later apologized and resigned all charges.


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A representative of Fidesz published a photo of the victim of a fatal accident


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Zoltán Turcsány was at the scene of a failed accident in Salgótarján.

The Fidesz representative, who posted a photo of the fatal accident victim on Facebook, resigned


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He resigned from all his positions, left the Fidesz-KDNP faction and suspended his party membership.