Elections shake up Hungary’s political landscape

EurActiv Hungary reports that twenty years after the transition to post-communist rule, Hungarian voters on the 11 April 2010 radically changed the country's political landscape, sending the ruling socialists into opposition and laying the ground for the centre-right to win an absolute majority in parliament in the second round of national elections later in April.

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BBC News, 12.4.10: Hungary's right-wing opposition claims election win http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8614101.stm

Lidové noviny, 13.4.10: Black landslide that never was (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/230821-black-landslide-never-was

Magyar Nemzet, 12.4.10: Centre-right landslide, Jobbik gains (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/229071-centre-right-landslide-jobbik-gains

Spiegel Online International, 13.4.10: 'Hungary has Turned into a Grubby Hive of Nationalism' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,688710,00.html

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/

ESO: Background information: Centre-right set to take control in Hungary http://www.europeansources.info/record/centre-right-set-to-take-control-in-hungary/

Spiegel Online International, 12.4.10: Orbán Triumphs in Landslide Victory http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,688400,00.html

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