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A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a minority, but can also hamper efforts to respond to problems and encourage corrupt ...
The results showed that Fidesz outperformed polls, winning its first absolute majority of the vote share since 2010 while expanding its supermajority to control 135 seats of the 199-seat Parliament, comfortably ahead of the opposition alliance United for Hungary, which was set to win 57 seats after 100% of the votes had been counted. [8]
Fidesz's landslide victory was a result of massive dissatisfaction with the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which had been in government since 2002. One event that provoked an especially strong backlash was the revelation that the MSZP's Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009, had admitted in a private speech to party members that he had lied to the general public during the ...
This article lists political parties in Hungary.Hungary has a multi-party system since it gained independence following the Revolutions of 1989.Currently, the political landscape of Hungary is dominated by the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance, which has a supermajority together with Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), while the largest party of the opposition is the Tisza Party (in ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 6 April 2014. [1] This parliamentary election was the 7th since the 1990 first multi-party election.The result was a victory for the Fidesz–KDNP alliance, preserving its two-thirds majority, with Viktor Orbán remaining Prime Minister. [2]
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség pronounced [ˈfidɛs ˈmɒɟɒr ˈpolɡaːri ˈsøvɛt͡ʃːeːɡ]) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán.
A Wikipedia Supermajority poll is a process for attempting to ascertain if a Wikipedia:Consensus may be established by voting when it is clear that a true consensus-- meaning an absence of dissent -- can not be achieved by discussion within a reasonable length of time. When possible, polls should not be used, deferring instead to consensus by ...
A qualified majority (also a supermajority) is a number of votes above a specified percentage (e.g. two-thirds); a relative majority (also a plurality) is the number of votes obtained that is greater than any other option.