The Fidesz candidate was close but won the provisional elections in Borsod.

On his Facebook page, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated Zsófia Koncz, who won the interim parliamentary elections in Borsod as a candidate for Fidesz-KDNP.

Congratulations, Zsófia Koncz! Your father would be very proud of you now since we all are

Orbán wrote, adding that they would meet in Parliament.

Congratulations, Zsófia Koncz! Your father would be very proud of you now as we all are. See you in Parliament!

Posted by Viktor Orbán on Sunday, October 11, 2020

With the election of Koncz, two-thirds of Fidesz did not lose it mathematically either. The joint opposition candidate, László Bíró, received just over 1,500 votes. You can read our article on the elections here.


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